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DR. SUZANNE (SUZIE) CURRIE - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Dr. Currie is on sabbatical in the 2013 - 2014 academic year.


Academic History

B.Sc Acadia University
M.Sc.

Queens University

Ph.D. Queens University

Research Interests
 
Comparative physiology of stress tolerance
Physiological mechanisms of stress protein protection
The interactions of stress hormones and stress proteins
• Cellular and molecular strategies of hypoxia/anoxia tolerance
• Effects and mechanisms of action of endocrine disruptors.

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Representative Publications

Ward, A.J.W. and Currie, S.  2013.  Shoaling fish can size-assort by chemical cues alone.  In Press Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. DOI 10.1007/s00265-013-1486-9

 

Chandra, K., Bosker, T., Hogan, H., Lister, A., MacLatchy, D. and Currie, S. 2012.  Sustained high temperature increases the vitellogenin response to 17α-ethynylestradiol in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus).  Aquat. Toxicol. 118-119: 130-140.

 

Lewis, J.M., Klein, G., Walsh, P.J. and Currie, S.  2012. The role of acute heat shock in regulating hematopoiesis and apoptosis in the red blood cells of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J. Comp. Physiol. B. 182: 663-671.

 

LeBlanc, S., Höglund, E., Gilmour, K.M and Currie, S.  2012.  Hormonal modulation of the heat shock response: insights from fish with divergent cortisol stress responses.  Am. J. Physiol. (Regulatory, Integrative Comp. Physiol.) 302: R184-R192.

 
LeBlanc, S., Middleton, S., Gilmour, K.M. and Currie, S.  2011.  Chronic social stress impairs thermal tolerance in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).  J. Exp. Biol. 214: 1721-1731
 

Lewis, J., Hori, T., Rise, M., Walsh, P. and Currie, S.  2010.  Transcriptome responses to heat stress in the nucleated red blood cells of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Physiol. Genomics 42: 361-373


TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
2011 - 2012

FALL
WINTER
         
YEAR
Biology 4950 Special Topics in Biology
Biology 4990 Honours Thesis
Biology 5990 M.Sc. Thesis in Biology

Contact Information

E-mail: scurrie@mta.ca
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Department of Biology
Mount Allison University
63B York Street
Sackville, New Brunswick
Canada  E4L 1G7

Office: 011 Flemington
Telephone: (506) 364-2514
Fax: (506) 364-2505

 

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