What we stand for: Toxicology, Evolution and Molecular Endocrinology
What we do: Cutting-edge basic and applied research in reproductive endocrinology
Who we are: Current and past members are an inclusive and diverse group of people from around the world.
Empey MA, Reyes YM, Ethier JP, Rosa CGT, Trudeau VL. Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and deltamethrin in three anuran species. Environ Pollut. 2025 Jun 18:126702. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126702. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40541731.
Trudeau VL, Ethier JP. Amphibians and their impact on human reproduction research. F S Rep. 2025 Apr 15;6(Suppl 1):3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.xfre.2025.01.005. PMID: 40487318; PMCID: PMC12139205.
Cui X, Chen L, Tao B, Zhang X, Song Y, Chen J, Duan M, Li W, Chen K, Pei Y, Hu X, Feng K, Luo D, Luo H, Qiao Z, Zhou F, Zhu Z, Trudeau VL, Hu W. Olfactory GnRH3 crypt sensory neurons transduce sex pheromone signals to induce male courtship behavior in zebrafish. Sci China Life Sci. 2025 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s11427-025-2917-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40347216.
Peng D, Lu C, Spadacini V, Mitchell K, Tan Y, Zhang D, Levavi-Sivan B, Hu W, Trudeau VL. Hormonal dynamics reveal a stimulatory role for secretoneurin in zebrafish ovulation. PNAS Nexus. 2025 Apr 4;4(4):pgaf097. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf097. PMID: 40191135; PMCID: PMC11969067.
TEAMendo travelled to Quebec City in June to attend the 8th biennial North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology. Congratulations to Udeesha for receiving the 3rd place prize for best poster and to Dinusha for receiving the 1st place prize for best poster!
Congradulations to Victoria Spadacini on successfully defending her MSc thesis on April 23rd, 2024 🎉
On December 8, 2023 Vance received the Professional career award for outstanding contributions. from the The Intersectoral Centre for Endocrine Disruptor Analysis (https://www.ciape-iceda.ca/about-us/?lang=en).Â
Presenting the award is Isabelle Plante (L) and ValĂ©rie Langlois (R).Â
Kat successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congrats, Dr. Shaw!
Maddie passed comprehensive exam
Brianna passed comprehensive exam
Vance participated in a mini-course on fish neuroendocrinology at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (November 27-December 2, 2023). The students were from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and they were awesome. The course was organized by Profesora Paula Vissio (UBA) and she recruited colleagues from Argentina, Canada and Spain as instructors.Â
NASCE Conference
Some of the team travelled to Querétaro, Mexico to partake in the 2023 NASCE Conference to present their current research. Congratulations to Dr. Trudeau for being awarded the Gorbman-Bern Memorial Lectureship
Chunyu joined as post doc
Rice Lake Workshop
Dinusha joined the lab
Chunyu graduated PhD
Peng Di graduated PhD