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Research
Latest papers
Associations between early life exposure to chlorpyrifos and behavioural and physiological stress response in Japanese quail.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Hepatic transcriptomic responses to benzo[a]pyrene in early-life stage Japanese quail and double-crested cormorant.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Comparison of in vitro transcriptomic points of departure with fish acute and chronic toxicity values: a case study of rainbow trout cells exposed to pesticides.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025
Latest funding
- $757,000
Indigenization of new approach methods for contaminated sites assessments in Indigenous communities: A community-based case study in the Kanien'kéha:ka community of Kanesatake
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $160,000
Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Sensitivity to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Birds
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $120,000
Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Sensitivity to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Birds
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
19 publications.
Associations between early life exposure to chlorpyrifos and behavioural and physiological stress response in Japanese quail.
Béziers P, Boulanger E, Love OP, Harris CM, Head J
Hepatic transcriptomic responses to benzo[a]pyrene in early-life stage Japanese quail and double-crested cormorant.
Sangiovanni J, Jeon YS, Crump D, Head J
Comparison of in vitro transcriptomic points of departure with fish acute and chronic toxicity values: a case study of rainbow trout cells exposed to pesticides.
Emberley-Korkmaz S, Mittal K, Xu K, Head J, Basu N
Inconsistent transcriptomic responses to hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese quail: a comparative analysis of results from four different study designs.
Béziers P, Legrand E, Boulanger E, Basu N, Ewald JD, Henry P, Hecker M, Xia J, Karouna-Renier N, Crump D, Head J
Cytotoxicity of 19 pesticides in rainbow trout gill, liver, and intestinal cell lines.
Emberley-Korkmaz S, Mittal K, Temlock N, Head J, Basu N
Comparing transcriptomic responses to chemicals across six species using the EcoToxChip RNASeq database.
Mittal K, Ewald J, Crump D, Head J, Hecker M, Hogan N, Xia J, Basu N
Hepatic Transcriptomic Responses to Ethinylestradiol in Embryonic Japanese Quail and Double-Crested Cormorant.
Jeon YS, Sangiovanni J, Boulanger E, Crump D, Liu P, Ewald J, Basu N, Xia J, Hecker M, Head J
Characterizing Variability and Uncertainty Associated with Transcriptomic Dose-Response Modeling.
Ewald JD, Basu N, Crump D, Boulanger E, Head J
Consideration of metabolomics and transcriptomics data in the context of using avian embryos for toxicity testing.
Legrand E, Jeon YS, Basu N, Hecker M, Crump D, Xia J, Chandramouli B, Butler H, Head J
EcoToxXplorer: Leveraging Design Thinking to Develop a Standardized Web-Based Transcriptomics Analytics Platform for Diverse Users.
Soufan O, Ewald J, Zhou G, Hacariz O, Boulanger E, Alcaraz AJ, Hickey G, Maguire S, Pain G, Hogan N, Hecker M, Crump D, Head J, Basu N, Xia J
Indigenization of new approach methods for contaminated sites assessments in Indigenous communities: A community-based case study in the Kanien'kéha:ka community of Kanesatake
Principal investigators: Basu, Niladri N
Keywords: environmental assessment; exposure science; indigenous knowledge; participatory research; remediation; risk assessment; survey; toxicology
Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Sensitivity to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Birds
Principal investigators: Head, Jessica
Keywords: ecotoxicology; birds; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; cytochrome p450; aryl hydrocarbon receptor; epigenetics; species sensitivity; chicken; embryo; development
Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Sensitivity to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Birds
Principal investigators: Head, Jessica
ADVANCING ECOTOXICOLOGY, FOOD SCIENCE, WILDLIFE ECOLOGY, SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY USING COMPOUND-SPECIFIC CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES ANALYSIS
Principal investigators: Mckinney, Melissa
Microplastics and plastic additives in the St. Lawrence River and Estuary: occurrence, fate and impacts
Principal investigators: Lu, Zhe Z
Keywords: Atmospheric Deposition; Environmental Fate; Environmental Impacts; Inherent Optical Properties; Microplastics; Photodegradation; Plastic Additives; St. Lawrence River and Estuary; Toxicity; Wildlife Exposure
Environmental epigenetics: a mechanistic approach to describing persistent effects of PAHs in birds
Principal investigators: Head, Jessica
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jianguo Xia and Niladri Basu: 26 shared papers
- Markus Hecker and Niladri Basu: 22 shared papers
- Markus Hecker and Jianguo Xia: 16 shared papers
- Niladri Basu and Jessica Head: 15 shared papers
- Jianguo Xia and Jessica Head: 8 shared papers
- Markus Hecker and Jessica Head: 7 shared papers
- Markus Hecker and Gordon Hickey: 4 shared papers
- Niladri Basu and Gordon Hickey: 4 shared papers
- Jianguo Xia and Gordon Hickey: 3 shared papers
- Guillaume Bourque and Jianguo Xia: 2 shared papers
- Steve Maguire and Markus Hecker: 2 shared papers
- Steve Maguire and Jianguo Xia: 2 shared papers
- Steve Maguire and Niladri Basu: 2 shared papers
- Steve Maguire and Jessica Head: 2 shared papers
- Jessica Head and Gordon Hickey: 2 shared papers
- Guillaume Bourque and Niladri Basu: 1 shared paper
- Guillaume Bourque and Jessica Head: 1 shared paper
- Natural Resource Sciences
- Natural Resource Sciences - McGill University
- Institute of Parasitology
- School of the Environment & Sustainability
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Human Genetics
Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Niladri Basu
Natural Resource Sciences - McGill University
15 shared papers, latest 2025
Jianguo Xia
Institute of Parasitology
8 shared papers, latest 2025
Markus Hecker
School of the Environment & Sustainability
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Gordon Hickey
Interdisciplinary Studies
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Steve Maguire
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Guillaume Bourque
Human Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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