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For his outstanding work as an educator and advisor, Dr. Cooke was recently the recipient of the American Fisheries Society Student Subunit’s Outstanding Mentor Award. This award recognizes those who go above and beyond for their students by providing a … Read More

Cooke lab PDF Dr. Austin Gallagher launches new website for his NGO Beneath the Waves.

Beneath the Waves gives the ocean a voice through cutting edge research and immersive media, including a number of projects on predatory fishes and … Read More

Making cDNA from RNA isolated from non-destructive gill samples

Cooke lab PhD student Jacqueline Chapman is currently in Nanaimo, BC to conduct work at the Fisheries and Ocean’s Molecular Genetics Laboratory headed by her co-supervisor Dr. Kristi Miller. Jacqueline’s research … Read More

Dr. Cooke was recently interviewed by Lawrence Gunther as part of Outdoor Canada’s podcast “Bluefish Radio”, a podcast that highlights the future of fish and fishing in Canadian waters. To check out the interview, click here!… Read More

Cooke Lab (Andrew Rous, Liset Cruz-Font, Lee Gutowsky, Jill Brooks and Dr. Cooke)  participates in the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan (February 2016).… Read More

Dr. Cooke delivers a Comparative Physiology seminar at the University of British Columbia on the topic of Conservation Physiology (February 2016).… Read More

Dr. Cooke delivers a departmental seminar in Biology at the University of Regina on the science of catch-and-release (January 2016).… Read More

A recent publication co-athored by Dr. Cooke and PhD student Shannon Bower was recently highlighted in an article by EurekAlert! science news. Check it out here!

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The January 2016 edition of InFisherman Magazine has a full page article on a paper published by the Cooke Lab where accelerometer loggers mounted on fishing rods were used to assess the influence of largemouth bass fight intensity on fish … Read More