NGS: Next Generation Solutions for Healthy Water Resources (GWF Pillar 3)

Section 1: Project Information

Project Name

Led by

	Lead 1	Lead 2	Lead 3	Lead 4
Name	Paul D. Jones	John P. Giesy
Institution	University of Saskatchewan	University of Saskatchewan
Role	PI	Co-PI
Contact Information	paul.jones@usask.ca	john.giesy@usask.ca

Classification (e.g., "GWF Pillar 3", "CCRN", etc.)

GWF Pillar 3

Project Websites

https://gwf.usask.ca/edna/
Inception and Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
https://gwf.usask.ca/documents/meetings/inception2018/28-GWF%20Inception%203_Jones.pdf

Project Description

This project will advance emerging and transformative technologies in biology and bioinformatics, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) and next generation sequencing (NGS), that enable the previously challenging study of aquatic life and their habitats. The DNA analysis of aquatic systems can be used to detect and identify the full range of biological diversity, including presence of rare and endangered species, in near real time, while reducing costs and the need for taxonomic expertise. These transformative technologies have potential to provide more rapid, comprehensive and objective assessments of ecosystem status of aquatic environments exposed to stressors in Canada.

Project Participants

Name	Role	Position, Institution, and Contact Information
John P. Giesy	Co-PI	Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan john.giesy@usask.ca
Mark R. Servos	Co-Investigator	Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, mservos@uwaterloo.ca
Paul D. Jones	PI	Northern Ecosystem Toxicology Initiative Chair, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, paul.jones@usask.ca
Markus Hecker	Co-Investigator	Canada Research Chair in Predictive Aquatic Toxicology, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, markus.hecker@usask.ca
Timothy Jardine	Co-Investigator	Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, tim.jardine@usask.ca
Bram Noble	Co-Investigator	Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, b.noble@usask.ca
Paul Craig	Co-Investigator	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, pcraig@uwaterloo.ca
Barb Katzenback	Co-Investigator	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, bkatzenback@uwaterloo.ca
Andrew Doxey	Co-Investigator	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, acdoxey@uwaterloo.ca
Vince Palace	Collaborator	IISD-Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), vpalace@iisd-ela.org
Xiaowei Zhang	Collaborator	State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Current Status of this Project

○ Planned

◉ In Progress

○ Abandoned

○ Complete