heather j

MSc student, loud typer, she/her

[heather j @jovheather]

Missed my poster at @SETAC_world? Want to know more about the work we’re doing at @IISD_ELA on chronic venlafaxine exposure? You’ve come to the right thread! 🧵#LaurentianPrairieResearch @SETAC_PNC (1/18)

[Dr. Pepe Rodriguez @pitrod]

Huge congratulations to @jovheather on a successful defense of her MSc work looking at ecosystem-level effects of Venlafaxine on aquatic systems! The twiterless Mark Hanson and I are very proud advisors today! Awesome work!

[heather j @jovheather]

@camillejov wtf

[heather j @jovheather]

@Ologies @pitrod He researches environmental risk assessment and the effects of oil spills, pharmaceuticals, tire additives (etc!) on freshwater aquatic ecosystems, using a whole-ecosystem approach

[heather j @jovheather]

@Ologies You should 100% talk to @pitrod

[heather j @jovheather]

@pitrod @Mr_AdamScott I am so grateful for or all your help Pepe, and the support of the @IISD_ELA team!! 2 years in a row, I cannot believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[heather j @jovheather]

@sonyamich3 @Mr_AdamScott @IISD_ELA It was a fantastic talk, Sonya!! Congrats, so proud!!!

[Dr. Pepe Rodriguez @pitrod]

Ending the week with more #ProudAdvisor news. The awesome @jovheather and @Mr_AdamScott got the 1st and 2nd (respectively) MSc Poster Award at #SETACPittsburg! Great job, congratulations!

[heather j @jovheather]

@rachel_roday Can confirm that some improvising, adapting, and overcoming happened.

[heather j @jovheather]

@rachel_roday We’d like to keep you!!!!

[heather j @jovheather]

@rachel_roday A fate worse than death 😩

[heather j @jovheather]

@moira_ijzerman @pitrod Thanks!! Yes you do see emergence traps! I talk about them a bit more in my presentation video, but in short there weren’t any significant trends with emergent insects. Thanks for your q!

[heather j @jovheather]

Missed my poster at @SETAC_world? Want to know more about the work we’re doing at @IISD_ELA on chronic venlafaxine exposure? You’ve come to the right thread! 🧵#LaurentianPrairieResearch @SETAC_PNC (1/18)

[heather j @jovheather]

@DeninaSimmons @UManitoba @RiddellFaculty Thank you, this will definitely be helpful! I appreciate it!

[heather j @jovheather]

@scisally @pitrod Environmentally relevant concentrations range from ~100 ng/L to over 3,000 ng/L. The half life is approximately 5 days, which was assessed in the pilot study for this project! Thanks so much for your interest!

[heather j @jovheather]

@scisally Unfortunately though, it isn’t the most quantitative way to assess behaviour- more of a qualitative/anecdotal assessment that I will use to back up a much more standardized lab assay in the future (provided we see a similar trend!)

[heather j @jovheather]

@scisally Hello! Thanks for your q! Yes it refers to sightings (check the alt text for breakdown). We tried to be as consistent as possible - eg, not looking for fish, just noticing what was there while we were sampling, only recording more than one if we saw them together, etc…

[heather j @jovheather]

Oops, I forgot to include that I'm an MSc student at @UManitoba in the @RiddellFaculty!

[heather j @jovheather]

I can make the preliminary assessment that venlafaxine at current environmentally relevant concentrations does not appear to pose a significant ecological risk to aquatic ecosystems. Stay tuned to my page for more research updates! (18/18)