Connie Lovejoy, Université Laval

Latest papers

Genomic investigations of Plocamiomonas psychrophila and Dictyochophyceae sp. CCMP2098 reveal organellar genome complexity in Arctic Stramenopiles.
Scientific reports · 2026 · senior author
Assembly and co-occurrence networks of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with epiphyllous liverworts in fragmented tropical forests.
ISME communications · 2025
A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes.
Microbiome · 2025

All 70 publications

Latest funding

Un séquenceur de table de nouvelle génération pour la métagénomique comparative, la génomique fonctionnelle, et la biologie des systèmes.
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$128,950
Arctic microbial communities in a changing climate
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Séquenceur d'ADN pour un programme de recherche intégré en écologie génomique
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$134,515

All 24 grants and awards

70 publications.

01

Genomic investigations of Plocamiomonas psychrophila and Dictyochophyceae sp. CCMP2098 reveal organellar genome complexity in Arctic Stramenopiles.

Gastineau R, Freyria NJ, Lemieux C, Turmel M, Otis C, Lovejoy C

Scientific reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58736-z PMID: 42336920

02

Assembly and co-occurrence networks of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with epiphyllous liverworts in fragmented tropical forests.

Sierra AM, Escolástico-Ortiz DA, Zartman CE, Derome N, Lovejoy C, Villarreal A JC

ISME communications2025

DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf173 PMID: 41164406

03

A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes.

Bindels LB, Watts JEM, Theis KR, Carrion VJ, Ossowicki A, Seifert J, Oh J, Shao Y, Hilty M, Kumar P, Hildebrand F, Lovejoy C, Wigley P, Yu K, Zhang M, Zhang T, Walter J, Desai MS, Huws SA, Schriml LM, Ravel J, Fricke WF, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Lee CK, Clavel T

Microbiome2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02091-0 PMID: 40200306

04

Temporal dynamics and biogeography of sympagic and planktonic photosynthetic microbial eukaryotes during the under-ice Arctic bloom.

Sim CWH, Ribeiro CG, Le Gall F, Probert I, Gourvil P, Lovejoy C, Vaulot D, Lopes Dos Santos A

ISME communications2025

DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf075 PMID: 40444144

05

Shotgun metagenomics reveals the flexibility and diversity of Arctic marine microbiomes.

Freyria NJ, de Oliveira TC, Meng A, Pelletier E, Lovejoy C

ISME communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf007 PMID: 39995421

06

Stress responses in an Arctic microalga (Pelagophyceae) following sudden salinity change revealed by gene expression analysis.

Freyria NJ, de Oliveira TC, Chovatia M, Johnson J, Kuo A, Lipzen A, Barry KW, Grigoriev IV, Lovejoy C

Communications biology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06765-7 PMID: 39232195

07

Vulnerability of Arctic Ocean microbial eukaryotes to sea ice loss.

Jackson VLN, Grevesse T, Kilias ES, Onda DFL, Young KF, Allen MJ, Walsh DA, Lovejoy C, Monier A

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-77821-9 PMID: 39572565

08

Environmental selection and advective transport shape the distribution of two cyst-forming Acantharia clades in the Canadian Arctic.

Thaler M, Labarre A, Lovejoy C

Journal of plankton research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbae051 PMID: 39664261

09

Arctic cyanobacterial mat community diversity decreases with latitude across the Canadian Arctic.

Hooper PM, Bass D, Feil EJ, Vincent WF, Lovejoy C, Owen CJ, Tsola SL, Jungblut AD

FEMS microbiology ecology2024

DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae067 PMID: 38653723

10

Diverse winter communities and biogeochemical cycling potential in the under-ice microbial plankton of a subarctic river-to-sea continuum.

Blais M-A, Vincent WF, Vigneron A, Labarre A, Matveev A, Coelho LF, Lovejoy C

Microbiology spectrum2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04160-23 PMID: 38511950

Un séquenceur de table de nouvelle génération pour la métagénomique comparative, la génomique fonctionnelle, et la biologie des systèmes.

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Derome, Nicolas

$128,950

Arctic microbial communities in a changing climate

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lovejoy, Connie

$240,000

Séquenceur d'ADN pour un programme de recherche intégré en écologie génomique

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Bernatchez, Louis

$134,515

Arcitc microbial biodiversity, biogeography and environmental selection

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Lovejoy, Connie C

$90,000

Portable flow cytometer for freshwater and marine ecosystem research in the rapidly changing Arctic

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Vincent, Warwick

$95,738

BaySys - Contributions of climate change and hydro-electric regulation to the variability and change of freshwater-marine coupling in the Hudson Bay system

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Barber, David

$4,825,000

Un séquenceur de table de nouvelle génération pour la génomique fonctionnelle, la génomique comparative et la biologie des systèmes

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Landry, Christian

$133,984

Canadian research icebreaker Amundsen

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Fortier, Louis

$305,620

Biodiversity and ecosystem function of Arctic marine microbial food webs

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lovejoy, Connie

$250,000

Microscopie confocale pour l'IBIS (Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes)

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Charette, Steve

$149,517

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

Biologie
Biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique
Biochimie, microbiologie et bio-informatique
Molecular Medicine
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski
Sciences du bois et de la forêt
Sciences fondamentales
Other

Co-authors at Université Laval, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Marcel Babin

Biologie

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Michel Gosselin

Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Claude Lemieux

Biochimie, microbiologie et bio-informatique

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Alexander Culley

Biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Jacques Corbeil

Molecular Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Raoul-Marie Couture

Chimie

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Louis Bernier

Sciences du bois et de la forêt

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Nicolas Derome

Biologie

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Sylvain Moineau

Biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Milla Rautio

Sciences fondamentales

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Najat Bhiry

Géographie

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Philippe Archambault

Biologie

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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