Sylva Donaldson

MSc Candidate

Research: Assessment of the AFLP method for resolving population-genetic level questions in Chondrus crispus.

Personal:

Sylva Leanne Donaldson

Date of Birth: 23 04 75

Citizenship: Canadian

Education:

PhD candidate

University of Toronto at Scarborough

Expected date of completion: May 2004

Supervisor: Dr. John Coleman

MSc degree

University of New Brunswick

Date of completion: August 1999

Supervisors: Dr. Gary W. Saunders and Dr. Thierry Chopin

Thesis title: “Applying Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) methods to red algae with preliminary investigation of population structure in Chondrus crispus Stackhouse”

BSc (Honours) degree

Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario

Date of completion: May 1996

Supervisors: Dr. Tim Birt and Dr. Vicki Friesen

Thesis title: “Molecular systematics of Amazon parrots”

Publications:

Donaldson SL, Chopin T, Saunders GW 2000 An assessment of the AFLP method for investigating population structure in Chondrus crispus Stackhouse (Gigartinales, Florideophycidae). J. Appl. Phycol. 12: 25-35.

Donaldson SL, Chopin T, Saunders GW 1998 Genetic investigations of two divergent morphologies of Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta) using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP). J. Phycol. 34 (Suppl): 16.

Donaldson SL, Chopin T, Saunders GW 1998 Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) as a source of genetic markers for red algae. J. Appl. Phycol. 10: 365-370.

Conferences

April 2000 - Presented a paper at the Northeast Algal Symposium in Rhode Island entitled “A molecular investigation of the morphologically confounding Mazzaella linearis and M. splendens” Sylva L. Donaldson, Catherine A. Tucker, Gary W. Saunders.

August 1999 - Presented a poster at the International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Missouri entitled “Population structure of Chondrus crispus in the Maritime provinces of Canada as indicated by AFLP” Sylva L. Donaldson,Thierry Chopin, Gary W. Saunders

April 1999 - Attended the Northeast Algal Symposium in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Presented a paper entitled “An investigation into the utility of AFLP for the population study of Chondrus crispus” Sylva L. Donaldson, Thierry Chopin, Gary W. Saunders

August 1998 - Presented a paper at the Phycological Society of America meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona entitled “Genetic investigations of two divergent morphologies of Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta) using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)” Sylva L. Donaldson, Thierry Chopin, Gary W. Saunders

May 1998 - Co-authored a paper presented at the Congresso de Ciencias del Mar in Iquique, Chile entitled “Genetic diversity evaluated by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP™): Preliminary applications in Gigartina skottsbergii (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales)” Enrique A. Martinez, Sylva L. Donaldson, Gary W. Saunders

April 1998 - Presented a paper at the Northeast Algal Symposium in Plymouth, Massachusetts entitled “Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) as a source of genetic markers for red algae” Sylva L. Donaldson, Thierry Chopin, Gary W. Saunders

Teaching Experience:

Fall term 1999 and 2000: Lab demonstrator for a second year genetics course offered by the life sciences division at the University of Toronto, Scarborough campus.

Summer 1999: Taught two courses for the Shad Valley program at the University of New Brunswick: “Molecular Techniques” and “Marine Plants”

Winter term 1999 and 1998: Tutorial leader for a second year genetics course offered by the biology department at the University of New Brunswick

Fall term 1997: Lab demonstrator for a second year botany course offered by the biology department at the University of New Brunswick

Miscellaneous

-Was requested by NSF to review a grant application in the fall of 2000.

-Received the Kathleen and Donald Strong Hull Fellowship from the University of Toronto for the academic year 1999 - 200