Tyler Stephen Zemlak, MSc, PhD

Supervisor:

Dr. David Hoskin

Program of Study:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Microbiology and Immunology

Project Title:

Can we Enhance the Anticancer Activity of Pleurocidins (Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides) by Coupling them to Homing Proteins?

Scholarships and/or Awards:

• Cancer Research Training Program Traineeship Award(2011/01-2012/01, Accepted)
• Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Academic, Institutional, Dalhousie University (2010/09-2011/08, Accepted)
• Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Dalhousie University (2009/09-2010/08, Accepted)
• Hon. Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Dalhousie University (2008/09-2009/08, Accepted)
• Hon. Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Dalhousie University (2007/09-2008/08, Accepted)
• President’s Award, Dalhousie University (2007/09-2007/12, Accepted)
• NSERC Post Graduate Doctoral, Dalhousie University (2006/09-2009/08, Accepted)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Masters, University of Guelph (2004/09-2005/08, Declined)
• NSERC Post Graduate Masters, University of Guelph (2004/09-2005/08, Accepted)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Masters, University of Guelph (2003/09-2004/08, Accepted)
• Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship, University of Guelph (1999/09-1999/12, Accepted)

Career Aspirations:

Tyler’s ultimate objective is to secure a position in academic research. Foremost, he is interested in applying advances in human genetics and genomic technologies to advance cancer research.

Location:

Dalhousie University

Publications:

Zemlak TS, Carrea C, Newton E, Paterson I, Ruzzante DE (2011).Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for a galaxiid fish endemic to Patagonia. Molecular Ecology Notes, In Press.

Zemlak TS, WaldeSJ, Habit E, Ruzzante DE (2011). Climate induced changes to the ancestral population size of two Patagonian galaxiids: the influence of glacial cycling. Molecular Ecology 20: 5280-5294.

Roberts M, Zemlak TS, Connell A (2011). Cyclonic eddies reveal Oegopsida squid egg balloon masses in the AgulhasCurrent, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 33: 239–246.

Zemlak TS, Habit EM, WaldeSJ, Carrea C, Ruzzante DE (2009). Surviving historical Patagonian landscapes and climate: molecular insights from Galaxias maculatus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 67.

AdamowiczSJ, Menu-Marque S, Halse SA, TopanJC, Zemlak TS, Hebert PDN, Witt JDS (2009). The evolutionary diversification of the Centropagidae (Crustacea, Calanoida): a history of habitat shifts. Molecular Phylogenetics& Evolution 55:418-30.

Steinke D, Zemlak TS, Boutillier JA, Hebert PDN (2009). DNA barcoding of Pacific Canada’s Fishes. Marine Biology 156: 2641-2647.

Zemlak TS, Steinke D, Hebert PDN (2009). Barcoding nemo: DNA-based identifications for the ornamental fish trade. PLoS One. 21: e6300.

Zemlak TS, Ward RD, Connell AD, Holmes BH, Hebert PDN (2009). DNA barcoding reveals overlooked marine fishes.  Molecular Ecology Resources.9: 237-242.

Zemlak TS, Habit EM, WaldeSJ, Battini MA, Adams ED, Ruzzante DE (2008). Across the southern Andes on fin: glacial refugia, drainage reversals and a secondary contact zone revealed by the phylogeographical signal of Galaxias platei in Patagonia. Molecular Ecology. 17: 5049-61.

Ruzzante DE, WaldeSJ, Gosse JC, CussacVE, Habit E, Zemlak TS, Adams ED (2008). Climate control on ancestral population dynamics: insight from Patagonian fish phylogeography. Molecular Ecology. 17: 2234-44.