SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
2025
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (Oct. 2025). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. Annual Meeting, IRMP-NRCAN, Halifax, NS, Canada. Oral
Honda, S., Freyria, N. J. & Whyte, L. G. (Sep. 2025). Oil biodegradation potential in Canadian High Arctic shorelines: microbial community analyses from in situ microcosms. AES USRA, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. Poster. Winner 2nd place.
Righi, E., Freyria, N. J., Greer, C. W. & Whyte, L. G. (June 2025). Optimisation of an in vitro mesocosm simulating the bioremediation of an oil-contaminated Arctic shoreline. Annual Conference, Société Canadienne de Microbiologistes, SCM, Montréal, QC, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J., Lirette, A.-O., Greer, C. W. & Whyte, L. G. (June 2025). Transcriptomic analysis unveils hydrocarbon degradation mechanisms in a novel polar Rhodococcus strain R1B_2T from a high Arctic intertidal zone exposed to ultra-low sulfur fuel oil. Annual Conference, Société Canadienne de Microbiologistes, SCM, Montréal, QC, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (May 2025). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. Annual Meeting, Garde Côtière Canadienne Programme d’Intervention, DFO. Oral
Freyria, N. J., Greer, C. W., & Whyte, L. G. (March 2025). Development of bioremediation and natural
attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. Scientific meeting MPRI NRCan. Online event. Oral
2024
Freyria, N. J., Lirette, O'Connor, B. R. W., A.-O., Greer, C. W. & Whyte, L. G. (Dec. 2024). Transcriptomic analysis unveils hydrocarbon degradation mechanisms in a novel polar Rhodococcus strain R1B_2T from a high Arctic intertidal zone exposed to ultra-low sulfur fuel oil. Arctic Change Conference, ArcticNet, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (Dec. 2024). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. Annual meeting MPRI NRCan. Online event. Oral
Righi, E., Freyria, N. J., Greer, C. & Whyte, L. G. (June 2024). Optimisation of in vitro mesocosms simulating the bioremediation of an oil-contaminated Arctic shoreline. Canadian Society of Microbiologists, CSM, London, ON, Canada. Poster
de Oliveira, T. C., Freyria, N. J., Sarmiento-Viillamil, J. L., Porth, I., Tanguay, P. & Bernier, L. (May 1st-3rd, 2024). Analyse des caractéristiques transcriptionelles d’Ulmus americana lors d’une infection par différentes espèces d’Ophiotoma. 17ème colloque du Centre d’étude de la forêt. Oral
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (February 27th, 2024). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. NRCan MPRI meeting, Devon, Alberta. Oral
2023
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (Nov. 1st, 2023). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. NRCan MPRI meeting, Devon, Alberta. Oral
Freyria, N. J., & Whyte, L. G. (September 6th, 2023). Development of bioremediation and natural attenuation strategies for Arctic marine beaches contaminated with hydrocarbon. Norwegian oil spill R&D conference, streamed live on board of OV Skomvær. Oral
Freyria, N. J., Góngora, E., Lirette, A.-O., Ellis, M., Chen, Y.-J., & Whyte, L. G. (June 25th-28th, 2023). Summer surveying of natural attenuation of Arctic microbial communities from northern intertidal beaches in Resolute Bay. Annual Conference, Canadian Society of Microbiologists, CSM, Halifax, NS, Canada. Poster
2022
Freyria, N. J. & Whyte, L. G. (October 4th-7th, 2022). Taxonomic and Genomics Insights of Arctic Microbial Communities from Northern Intertidal Beaches in Resolute Bay using Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencing. International Oil Spill Science Conference, IOSSC, Halifax, NS, Canada. Oral
Freyria, N. J., Ellis, M., Chen, Y.-J., Góngora, E., Lirette, A.-O., Altshuler, I., & Whyte, L. G. (August 14th-19th, 2022). Arctic Microbial Community Taxonomic and Genomics Structures from Intertidal Beaches in Resolute Bay Along the Northwest Passage. 18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME, Lausanne, Switzerland. Poster
Freyria, N. J., Ellis, M., Chen, Y.-J., Góngora, E., Lirette, A.-O., Altshuler, I., & Whyte, L. G. (June 24th-30th, 2022). Arctic Microbial Community Taxonomic and Genomics Structures from Intertidal Beaches in Resolute Bay Along the Northwest Passage. Annual Conference, Canadian Society of Microbiologists, CSM, Guelph, ON, Canada. Poster
de Oliveira, T. C., Freyria, N. J., Sarmiento-Viillamil, J. L., Porth, I., Tanguay, P. & Bernier, L. (March 22nd, 2022). Study of the transcriptional regulation of the host-pathogen interaction Ulmus americana-Ophiostoma spp. 31st Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California, USA. Poster
2021
de Oliveira, T. C., Freyria, N. J., Sarmiento-Viillamil, J. L., Porth, I., Tanguay, P. & Bernier, L. (Nov. 2021). Functional analyses of Elm-Ophiostoma interactions. Division 7, Forest Health webinar series, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), online event. Oral
Freyria, N. J. (October 27th, 2021). Aperçus taxonomiques et génomiques des communautés microbiennes face à un environnement fluctuant dans la Polynie des Eaux du Nord (Canada-Groenland). PhD defense, IBIS, Laval University. Oral
Freyria, N. J. & Lovejoy, C. (February 9th, 2021). Comparative transcriptomic analyses of an Arctic marine microalga, Plocamiomonas psychrophile (Pelagophyte, CCMP2099), exposed to rapid salinity change. Annual Scientific Meeting, Québec Océan, online event. Oral
Freyria, N. J. (January 29th, 2021). Diversités taxonomique et réponses génomiques des communautés microbiennes sur l’adaptation à un environnement fluctuant dans la Polynie des eaux du Nord (Canada-Greenland). Seminar II: presentation of PhD results. Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada. Oral
2020
Freyria, N. J. & Lovejoy, C. (August 27th, 2020). Comparative metagenomics of Arctic eukaryotic communities in the North Water. Journée Étudiante de l’IBIS, Laval University, online event. Poster
Freyria, N. J. & Lovejoy, C. (March 9th-11th, 2020). Transcriptomic analyses and functional annotation of an Arctic marine microalga (Pelagophyceae) exposed to rapid salinity changes. Annual Scientific Meeting, Québec Océan, Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, Beaupré, QC, Canada. Poster
2019
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N. & Lovejoy, C. (August 26th-28th, 2019). Summer variability in Arctic microbial eukaryotic communities in the North Water – Pikialasorsuaq. Annual Scientific Meeting, Sentinel North, Lévis, QC, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N., Potvin, M. & Lovejoy, C. (March 2nd, 2019). Seasonal and multi-annual changes in Arctic microbial eukaryotic communities in Northern Baffin Bay. Planet Water, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, ASLO, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Oral
2018
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N., Potvin, M. & Lovejoy, C. (November 5th-6th, 2018). Seasonal and multi-annual changes in Arctic microbial eukaryotic communities in Northern Baffin Bay. Annual Scientific Meeting, Québec Océan, Rivière-du-loup, QC, Canada. Oral
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N., Potvin, M. & Lovejoy, C. (August 27th-30th, 2018). Seasonal and multi-annual changes in Arctic microbial eukaryotic communities in Northern Baffin Bay. Annual Scientific Meeting, Sentinel North, Québec, QC, Canada. Poster
2017
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N. & Lovejoy, C. (December 11th-15th, 2017). Arctic microbial eukaryotes in the Northern Baffin Bay. Arctic Change, ArcticNet. Graduate Student Poster Award, Québec, QC, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J., Jolie, N. & Lovejoy, C. (November 13th-15th, 20170. Arctic microbial eukaryotes in the Northern Baffin Bay. Annual Scientific Meeting, Québec Océan, Rimouski, QC, Canada. Poster
Freyria, N. J. (June 13th, 2017). Adaptations des eucaryotes microbiens aux conditions environnementales en mutation dans le nord de la baie de Baffin. Seminar I: presentation of doctoral project in oceanography. Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada. Oral
2016
Fernández-Robledo, J. A., Cold, E. R., Freyria, N. J., Roos, D. S. & Waller, R. F. (2016). Genetic tools for decoding Perkinsus marinus genome. Annual Meeting, National Shellfisheries Association, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Oral