Dr. Sally Leys > Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Tier 2
Contact
Room: ES 142A, Biological Sciences
Phone: (780) 492-6629
Fax: (780) 492-9234
Email: sleys@ualberta.ca
Academic Training
PhD: University of Victoria
BSc: University of British Columbia
Current Research Interests
My research interests concern the evolution of the first metazoan body plans. In my lab we use a diverse set of approaches to study how the sponge body plan works, and to interpret how it may be related to that of cnidarians, placozoans, and higher animals.
Our lab tools are high end micoscopy – EM, video and light microscopy – physiology and molecular techniques, but we also study these animals in the field – by diving, snorkeling, and use of a remote operated vehicle. Much of our field work occurs at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, but we also work at the Friday Harbor Laboratories
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