Eric Ignatz
@eignatz.bsky.social
Ph.D. | NSERC Postdoctoral Researcher at Dalhousie University | Studying the Ecophysiology and Genomics of Farmed Bivalves 🦪 | he/him 🏳️🌈
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Eric Ignatz
@eignatz.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Application of genomic tools to study and potentially improve the upper thermal tolerance of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - BMC Genomics
Background The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry must mitigate the impacts of rising ocean temperatures and the increased prevalence/severity of marine heat waves. Therefore, we inves...
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com
Excited to share our latest work that studied how upper thermal tolerance is regulated in farmed Atlantic salmon! We combined RNA-sequencing and GWAS results to explore how gene expression and genetic architecture may influence this important trait.
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Very excited to be joining the team!
Big welcome to our Early Career Editorial Board! Laurence Feyten, Jacob Burbank, Drew Sauve (he/him), and Eric Ignatz will be learning the editorial ropes and bringing new ideas to the journal ▶️ https://ow.ly/Ati550Xouyv
#EarlyCareerResearchers #EditorialBoard #WildlifeResearch
#EarlyCareerResearchers #EditorialBoard #WildlifeResearch
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Very excited to be joining the team!
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Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
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No Free Lunch: Sustainable Aquaculture Requires Recognizing Past Science, Improvements, and Comparative Assessment - Froehlich - 2026 - Reviews in Aquaculture - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
No Free Lunch: Sustainable Aquaculture Requires Recognizing Past Science, Improvements, and Comparative Assessment - Froehlich - 2026 - Reviews in Aquaculture - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Celebrate the Jays #WorldSeries run and pass the time before tonight's first pitch with some blue jay science published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology!
As we root for the Toronto Blue Jays we’re also celebrating the science of their namesake. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite blue jay research from the archives. 💙⚾
➡️ https://ow.ly/mpQ450XiHR8
➡️ https://ow.ly/W9RW50XiHK2
#YourResearchHome #WorldSeries #WantItAll
➡️ https://ow.ly/mpQ450XiHR8
➡️ https://ow.ly/W9RW50XiHK2
#YourResearchHome #WorldSeries #WantItAll
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Celebrate the Jays #WorldSeries run and pass the time before tonight's first pitch with some blue jay science published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology!
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Tired of manually landmarking hundreds of images? 📍🖼️😩 Our lab developed HusMorph, a free and open-source tool that automates morphometric landmarking using #MachineLearning — no coding required. Simply train the model on your images, and it quickly places landmarks with human-level accuracy. #AI
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tired of manually landmarking hundreds of images? 📍🖼️😩 Our lab developed HusMorph, a free and open-source tool that automates morphometric landmarking using #MachineLearning — no coding required. Simply train the model on your images, and it quickly places landmarks with human-level accuracy. #AI
A good laugh to start with on Friday 😂
Biologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams https://theonion.com/biologists-announce-there-absolutely-nothing-we-can-learn-from-clams/
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A good laugh to start with on Friday 😂
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One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics.
Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩
Please RT!
Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩
Please RT!
How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon.
Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️
Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics.
Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩
Please RT!
Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩
Please RT!
Very proud moment today! My first Honours student submitted her thesis for publication! A lot of hard work was put into this one and I’m very excited for her to get to share her achievements soon!
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Very proud moment today! My first Honours student submitted her thesis for publication! A lot of hard work was put into this one and I’m very excited for her to get to share her achievements soon!
I am excited to have joined @canjzoology.bsky.social as an Early Career Researcher Associate Editor! I look forward to promoting high quality science and being more involved in the publishing world!
September 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I am excited to have joined @canjzoology.bsky.social as an Early Career Researcher Associate Editor! I look forward to promoting high quality science and being more involved in the publishing world!
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Faculty locked out Aug 20. We have heard nothing from @dalhousieu.bsky.social - we WANT to BARGAIN, our members WANT to WORK! Where is the Board? Students start move in Aug 28. Time for the Board to take this seriously and work with us #KeepDalStrong
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Faculty locked out Aug 20. We have heard nothing from @dalhousieu.bsky.social - we WANT to BARGAIN, our members WANT to WORK! Where is the Board? Students start move in Aug 28. Time for the Board to take this seriously and work with us #KeepDalStrong
In work led by Shelby Clarke, we explored differences in thermal tolerance from two sources of mussels in Atlantic Canada at a physiological, behavioural and molecular level. Very excited to have this one out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In work led by Shelby Clarke, we explored differences in thermal tolerance from two sources of mussels in Atlantic Canada at a physiological, behavioural and molecular level. Very excited to have this one out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Great to see support for the oyster industry!
A $3.1M project announced today will fast-track MSX-resistant oyster seed using genomics & selective breeding - an industry game-changer! @GenomeAtlantic.bsky.social @GenomeQuebec,bsky.social @GenomeCanada #MalletOysters @UniversiteLaval Learn more & video with Martin Mallet https://bit.ly/4eoBhAi
June 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great to see support for the oyster industry!
The Filgueira lab had an amazing time earlier this week at Aquaculture Canada 2025! So proud of the students for giving such incredible talks, particularly Jasmine Talevi for taking home the best oral presentation award!
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Filgueira lab had an amazing time earlier this week at Aquaculture Canada 2025! So proud of the students for giving such incredible talks, particularly Jasmine Talevi for taking home the best oral presentation award!
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@genomeatlantic.bsky.social is proud to be part of the collaborative push to protect Atlantic Canada's oyster industry from MSX. #MalletOysters #NewBrunswickRPC ‘Minimize the damage’: Race to study MSX heats up as deadly disease hits Maritime oysters www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
‘Minimize the damage’: Race to study MSX heats up as deadly disease hits Maritime oysters
Researchers in Atlantic Canada are racing to try to solve a pressing problem — how to tackle a parasite that’s killing oysters and threatening the region’s multimillion-dollar industry.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@genomeatlantic.bsky.social is proud to be part of the collaborative push to protect Atlantic Canada's oyster industry from MSX. #MalletOysters #NewBrunswickRPC ‘Minimize the damage’: Race to study MSX heats up as deadly disease hits Maritime oysters www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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Another aquarium-trade species found in the wild.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Invasive fish species reported in Nova Scotia for first time, DFO says | CBC News
A single egg-bearing Oriental weatherfish, also known as pond loach, was discovered in Morgans Falls last month, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
www.cbc.ca
May 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Another aquarium-trade species found in the wild.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Finished deploying our oyster cages across Cape Breton today with my Honours student, Elise! We will be assessing MSX-driven mortality throughout the summer and looking for genetic markers of disease resistance after!
May 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Finished deploying our oyster cages across Cape Breton today with my Honours student, Elise! We will be assessing MSX-driven mortality throughout the summer and looking for genetic markers of disease resistance after!
A hatchery on Prince Edward Island claims to have produced Canada's first MSX-resistant oyster seed. In an interview with CBC, I helped provide some context on how that might be hard to tell at this stage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
P.E.I. hatchery says it's produced 1st MSX-resistant oyster seed in Canada | CBC News
A hatchery in western Prince Edward Island says it has produced the first batch of MSX-resistant oyster seed, but at least one expert says it's still too early to determine those results.
www.cbc.ca
May 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A hatchery on Prince Edward Island claims to have produced Canada's first MSX-resistant oyster seed. In an interview with CBC, I helped provide some context on how that might be hard to tell at this stage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New paper alert 🧬💻🐟
We finaly got our follow up study on fine mapping of QTL associated with spontaneous malness in XX-rainbow trout out in PlosOne!
Check it out: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
It's a much improved version of the preprint (thanks to reviewers and editors and to Florence Phocas (INRAe)
We finaly got our follow up study on fine mapping of QTL associated with spontaneous malness in XX-rainbow trout out in PlosOne!
Check it out: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
It's a much improved version of the preprint (thanks to reviewers and editors and to Florence Phocas (INRAe)
May 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New paper alert 🧬💻🐟
We finaly got our follow up study on fine mapping of QTL associated with spontaneous malness in XX-rainbow trout out in PlosOne!
Check it out: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
It's a much improved version of the preprint (thanks to reviewers and editors and to Florence Phocas (INRAe)
We finaly got our follow up study on fine mapping of QTL associated with spontaneous malness in XX-rainbow trout out in PlosOne!
Check it out: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
It's a much improved version of the preprint (thanks to reviewers and editors and to Florence Phocas (INRAe)
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Our new paper highlighting the relative freedom from protozoan infection of hatchery shellfish seed, information foundational to shellfish health management in the US: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The biosecurity of bivalve seed transfers during different life stages with respect to their pathogens
The expansion of molluscan aquaculture in the United States has induced a rising demand for molluscan seed to sustain it. Out-of-state transfers of se…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our new paper highlighting the relative freedom from protozoan infection of hatchery shellfish seed, information foundational to shellfish health management in the US: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Excited to share our latest work that studied how upper thermal tolerance is regulated in farmed Atlantic salmon! We combined RNA-sequencing and GWAS results to explore how gene expression and genetic architecture may influence this important trait.
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Application of genomic tools to study and potentially improve the upper thermal tolerance of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - BMC Genomics
Background The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry must mitigate the impacts of rising ocean temperatures and the increased prevalence/severity of marine heat waves. Therefore, we inves...
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Excited to share our latest work that studied how upper thermal tolerance is regulated in farmed Atlantic salmon! We combined RNA-sequencing and GWAS results to explore how gene expression and genetic architecture may influence this important trait.
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for #AC25NB is April 4! I’ll be chairing the session on ‘Shellfish Health - MSX and Dermo.’ Don’t miss out!
Save the date! Aquaculture Canada 2025 will be hosted in Fredericton, NB June 8-11! Abstract submission is open until April 4, don’t miss out! #AC25NB #AquacultureIsAgriculture
March 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for #AC25NB is April 4! I’ll be chairing the session on ‘Shellfish Health - MSX and Dermo.’ Don’t miss out!
Waking up on my last day in New Orleans for #Aquaculture2025 with a manuscript acceptance! 🥳 Stay tuned for some RNA-seq and GWAS work on upper thermal tolerance in Atlantic salmon!
March 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Waking up on my last day in New Orleans for #Aquaculture2025 with a manuscript acceptance! 🥳 Stay tuned for some RNA-seq and GWAS work on upper thermal tolerance in Atlantic salmon!
Catch my talk tomorrow at 14:45 in the Genomics session in Galerie 4 at #Aquaculture2025! I’ll be presenting some new mussel population genomics work!
March 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Catch my talk tomorrow at 14:45 in the Genomics session in Galerie 4 at #Aquaculture2025! I’ll be presenting some new mussel population genomics work!