I have been pursuing a line of research in fish physiology focused primarily on elucidating the mechanisms of ion and nitrogen regulation. The backbone of my research is built upon the use of immuno-detection techniques complement with molecular genetics approaches to characterize the transport proteins involved in these physiological processes. My research has also expanded into understanding the wider story of stomach loss in vertebrates. I have been supported by external grants from NSERC and the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission and have been actively engaged in the training of graduate students.

• NSERC DISCOVERY (RGPIN-2019-06838) The gut to gills of ion regulation. 2019-2026. NSERC ACCELERATOR 2019-2024 

• Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. Development of an artificial feeding system for parasitic lamprey. January 2019

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery (RGPIN-2014-04289) Molecular physiology of ion transport in lower vertebrates.

• Canadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Comparative Physiology Imaging Infrastructure.
• Laurier Research Funds. Internal grant category B. 2018, 2022
• Merit Award Faculty of Science. 2017, 2020, 2022.

The lab is currently opperating at capacity but am keen to take on undergraduate and graduate students in the future. If you are interested in the type of research I do, let me know.

International peer-reviewed publications since 2021:

(Students under my supervision are underlined)

ISI Web of Science (14 Auguest 2023): ISI Articles 128; Total citations 4953; H-index 41

ISI ResearcherID: I-6071-2012; ORCID: 0000-0003-3681-1166; Scopus: 23003162000.

1. Pinto, B., Machado, A.M., Cordeiro, J.M., Malakpour Kolbadinezhad, S., Fonseca, E.m, Andrade, J.P., Palma, J., Ruivo, R., Monteiro, N., Wilson , J.M., and Castro, L.F.C. (2023). Extensive gene loss parallels kidney aglomerulism in Syngnathidae. Current Biology (accepted)
2. Froufe, E., Gomes-dos-Santos, A., Matos, A., Wilson, J.M., Malakpourkolbadinezhad, S., Pereira, D.D., Singer, R. and Castro, L.F.C. (2023). How complex is the hidden species diversity of the teleost Plotosus genus?. Ichthyological Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-023-00924-2
3. Lawrence, M., Grayson, P., Jeffrey, J, Docker, M, Garroway, C., Wilson, J.M., Manzon, R, Wilkie, M., Jeffries, K. (2023). Transcriptomic impacts and potential routes of detoxification in a lampricide-tolerant teleost exposed to TFM and niclosamide. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 46: 101074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2023.101074
4. Esfandiyari; K., Pfeifer, L.; Amiri Farahani, M.; Malakpour; S., Castro, L.F. and Wilson, J.M. (2022). The gastric proton pump in gobiid and mudskipper fishes. Evidence of stomach loss? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 274: 111300.
5. Kolbadinezhad, S.M., Hajimoradloo, A., Ghorbani, R., Joshaghani, H., Wilson, J.M. (2022) Effect of Short-term Elevation Temperature and Salinity Stress on Caspian Roach, Rutilus caspicus. Aquaculture and Fisheries Studies 4(1): 1-10.
6. Moffatt, K., Rossi, M., Park, E., Svendsen, J.C. and Wilson, J.M. (2021). Inhibition of gastric acid secretion with omeprazole affects fish specific dynamic action and growth rate: implications for the development of phenotypic stomach loss. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 966447.
7. Liu, S., Wilson, J.M., Taylor, E., and Richards, J. (2022). Freshwater adaptation in prickly sculpin (Pisces: Cottidae): intraspecific comparisons reveal evidence for water pH and Na⁺ concentration driving diversity in gill H⁺-ATPase and ionoregulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (18): jeb243500
8. Lawrence, M., Grayson, P., Jeffrey, J, Docker, M, Garroway, C., Wilson, J.M., Manzon, R, Wilkie, M., Jeffries, K. (2022). Variation in the transcriptome response and detoxification gene diversity drives pesticide tolerance in fishes. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 17, 12137–12147
9. Nash, M.T., Quijada-Rodriguez A.R., Allen, G.P.J., Wilson, J.M. and Weihrauch, D. (2022). Characterization of 3 different types of aquaporins in Carcinus maenas and their potential role in osmoregulation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 272: 111281.
10. Tunnah, L., Wilson, J.M., and Wright, P.A. (2022). Retention of larval skin traits in adult amphibious killifishes: A cross-species investigation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 192: 473–488. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-022-01436-7
11. Ferreira P., Kwan, G. T., Haldorson, S., Castro, L.F.C. Tresguerres, M., and Wilson, J.M. (2022). A multi-tasking stomach: functional co-existence of acid-peptic digestion and defensive body inflation in three distantly related vertebrate lineages. Biology Letters 18 (2), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0583
12. Borowiec, B.G., Birceanu, O., Wilson, J.M., McDonald, A.E., and Wilkie, M.P. (2022). Niclosamide is a much more potent inhibitor of mitochondrial respiration than TFM in invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). ET&C Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 8, 4970–4979. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07117
13. Birceanu, O. Ferreira, P., Neal, J., Sunga, J., Anthony, S., Edwards, S.L., Wilson, J.M., Youson, J.H., Vijayan, M.M, and Wilkie, M.P. (2022). Divergent pathways of ammonia and urea production and excretion during the life cycle of the sea lamprey. Journal of Comparative Physiology B (accepted)
14. Ridgeway, M.R., Tunnah, L., Bernier, N.J., Wilson, J.M., and Wright, P.A. (2021). Novel spikey ionocytes are regulated by cortisol in the skin of an amphibious fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(1965), 20212324. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2324
15. Ferreira-Martins, D., Wilson, J.M., Kolosov, D., Kelly, S.P., and McCormick, S.D. (2021). A review of osmoregulation in lamprey. Journal of the Great Lakes 47 (S1), S59-S71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.05.003
16. Vargas‐Chacoff, L., Dann, F., Paschke, K., Oyarzún‐Salazar, R., Nualart, D., Martínez, D., Wilson, J.M., Guerreiro, P.M. and Navarro, J.M., 2021. Freshening effect on the osmotic response of the Antarctic spiny plunderfish Harpagifer antarcticus. Journal of Fish Biology 98(6), 1558-1571.

BI256 Life on Earth Animals

BI330 Fundamentals of Histology

BI451 Physiological Adaptations of Fishes

BI439 Comparative Microscopic Vertebrate Anatomy