About the Lab

The Wilkie Lab is a lab in the Department of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University. We specialize in aquatic invasive species, environmental physiology of fishes and physiological aquatic toxicology. Our research combines whole animal techniques with biochemical, morphological, electrophysiological, and molecular approaches to determine how different species of fishes respond, cope, adapt and live in such unpredictable and extreme environments.  We  work on a variety of fishes in the lab, ranging from phylogenetically ancient sea lampreys and lungfish, to more modern teleosts such as goldfish and trout.