Jacquelina DaSilva
Student
Master of Science in Zoology (MSc)
Department of Zoology
The Department of Zoology at UBC is internationally renowned for its research in a variety of modern biological sciences, including ecology, evolution, physiology, neurobiology, cell biology and development. The department has many strong interdisciplinary connections between different areas of research.
The Department offers graduate programs leading both to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abraham, Ninan | Mammals, pathogens, genetic analysis, proper cell funtion, development, maintenance and proper functioning of T- and B-cells |
| Altshuler, Doug | Zoology; flight control; visual guidance; visual neuroscience; neuroethology; avian biomechanics; aerodynamics; wing morphing; motor control |
| Auld, Vanessa | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Cell; Cell Biology; Development; Developmental Genetics; epithelia; Genetics; glia; in vivo imaging; Molecular Genetics; nervous system; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; permeability barriers |
| Aviles, Leticia | Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Animal behaviour |
| Brauner, Colin | Gas exchange, ion regulation and acid-base balance in fish, Evolution and comparative physiology |
| Bruce, Heather | Evolution of developmental systems; Evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo); Arthropods; Novel structures; Production of morphological diversity by genetic networks; Evolution of genetic networks over hundreds of millions of years; Evolution of morphology over hundreds of millions of years; Appendages |
| Gaynor, Kaitlyn | behavioral responses of animals to human presence; effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey and other species interactions; socio-ecological dynamics of conservation and coexistence |
| Germain, Rachel | Ecology; evolution |
| Gordon, Michael | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Chemosensation; Drosophila; Feeding; Gustation; Neural circuits; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; Sensory systems; Taste |
| Harley, Christopher | Fisheries sciences; Zoology; climate change; community ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; marine algae; marine invertebrates |
| Irwin, Darren | Zoology; evolutionary genetics; genomic differentiation; hybridization; ornithology; seasonal migration; speciation |
| Jankowski, Jill | Ecology |
| King, Kayla | host-microbial parasite/pathogen systems |
| Leeks, Asher | Biological evolution; Social evolution in viruses; Evolutionary Biology; Virology; Evolutionary theory; Mathematical modeling; Bioinformatics; Social evolution; Microbiology |
| Mank, Judith | evolution; How selection acts on males and females within a species; How the genome responds to contradictory selection to encode sexually dimorphic traits; Sex chromosomes; Gene regulation; Sexual conflict |
| Marshall, Katie | Animal physiology, environmental stress; Environmental Change; Marine biodiversity; Population Ecology; invertebrates and temperature adaptation |
| Matsuuchi, Linda | Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Cell Biology; Immunology |
| Matthews, Benjamin | Genomics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Aedes aeygpti mosquitoes; Arboviral pathogens; Chikungunya; Comparative Physiology; Dengue fever; Genome of mosquitoes; Yellow fever; Zika |
| Matthews, Philip | Animal physiology, respiration; Insect biology; Animal physiology, biophysics; Comparative biomechanics; Animal physiological ecology; Comparative Physiology; biomechanics; Insect physiology; Respiratory Physiology |
| Mizumoto, Kota | Cell and Developmental Biology |
| O'Connor, Mary | climate change, ocean, seafood, seagrass, eelgrass, invertebrate, ecology, environment, |
| Otto, Sarah | evolution, mathematical modeling, population genetics, genomic evolution, evolution of sex, yeast experimental evolution, Population genetics and evolutionary biology, yeast |
| Pante, Nelly | Molecular trafficking pathways within the cell |
| Ramer, Matthew | Pain, Plasticity, Regeneration, Sensory neurons, Sympathetic neurons |
| Richards, Jeffrey | Adaptive significance of the mechanisms coordinating cellular responses to stress |