Three years ago, new international rules took effect limiting sulfur in the heavy fuels used by ships. Practically overnight, maritime sulfur pollution dropped 85%. This is good for humans, as sulfur pollution is toxic, but probably had unintended climate consequences. A 🧵

Lumpfish season is really kicking off in the Huntsman Marine labs, look at the hatch we had overnight!

The Aquatic Biosciences department is looking to fill an Aquatic Research Technician II (Specialist) position with an individual having specific interest, experience, and skillset associated with Marine Species Production on a 15-month fixed term basis. huntsmanmarine.ca/copy-of-aquati…

And another one in collaboration with Wiseman Ecotox Lab, where we looked at the mechanisms of 6PPD-quinone toxicity in fathead minnows. Liver and gills showed marked differences in response. U of Saskatchewan Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan Global Institute for Water Security sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I know it’s wrong, but I can’t for the life of me stop writing lifestage as a single word 😂

Such a cool part of lobster biology 🦞

We are hiring!

New publication out from the Huntsman Marine team examining the impacts of temperature on the toxicity of polycyclic aromatic compounds! Very interesting implications for both oil spill models and climate change doi.org/10.1002/etc.57…

Testing the toxicity of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) is fun because you never know how the oil will behave during WAF preparation. The sample we are testing today has formed an odd waxy coating and won’t vortex no matter what RPM we use. Very cool!!

#HuntsmanMarineMembers, age 10+, are invited to join us to tour our Aquatic Bioscience labs & learn more about the research we are performing at the Huntsman. Tours are offered as part of Huntsman Marine Days on Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 10-11am or 1-2pm. fareharbor.com/embeds/book/hu…

Check out our new preprint on “Toxicokinetic Characterization of the Inter-Species Differences in 6PPD-Quinone Toxicity Across Seven Fish Species” led by Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan MSc student David Montgomery biorxiv.org/content/10.110… U of Saskatchewan Global Institute for Water Security

Part of the continued work at Huntsman Marine , bridging the gap between toxicity data and oil spill effects models with our favourite model species - the lobster 🦞

Thank you for the opportunity to talk tox! 😃

Presenting some of the periwinkle snail work completed by the Huntsman Marine team at the #CEW2023 conference in Ottawa today! The righting assay we adapted is showing a lot of promise as a rapid screening test for hydrocarbon contamination

Abstract submission for #SETACSeville is now open!! If you are working on impact of #chemical stressors and #climatechange consider submitting to our session! 🧪🪸🐠🦐🌊 #SETAC #MarineBiology #ecotoxicology #pollution

CSP WEBINAR: "For Open Science, Not For Profit" Celebrate #OAweek with an overview of #OpenScience & #OpenAccess including benefits, barriers, and recent developments in Canadian and international open access publishing policy. 📅 October 26 🔗 Register: ow.ly/btPR50PVj9Q

Interesting approach to curb the growth of predatory journal practices

A shipment of red abalone has arrived safe and sound at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre! Looking forward to working with these neat critters in the upcoming weeks!

#AtlanticCanada #aquaculture forum Huntsman Marine Glad to be here and see how many things are going on in aquaculture industry and research! So cool 🌊 #conference

Honoured our team was one of the lucky recipients for some of this funding! Looking forward to expanding our marine single compound and whole oil testing to freshwater species Huntsman Marine Ben de Jourdan