Notes
Research notes & career updates.
Occasional notes on my work, career milestones and research papers worth thinking about—plus life beyond the lab.
Research · 6 posts
2026
Wildlife Health and Ecology Research Group retreatTwo days of shared ideas, inspiring lectures and research connections at Barrier Lake Field Research Station—and the honour of helping organize our September retreat.Havemeyer Horse Genome Workshop in KentuckyPresenting my research on inbreeding depression, catching up on advances in horse genomics and fulfilling a long-held dream of visiting Lexington.Sable Island Horse Project Summit 2026Welcoming our University of Saskatchewan colleagues to Calgary for two days of research updates and discussions, with the project’s twentieth anniversary coming in 2027.New Paper Alert: Exploring Racing Pigeon GeneticsMy first non-equine paper explores whether variation in the PPARD gene may be linked to racing performance in pigeons.Postdoc Research Slam 2026A three-minute challenge to turn horse genomics and inbreeding into a clear story for a broad audience.