The photo above is of a white-footed mouse we caught at mont Saint-Bruno in the Fall of 2012 (photo V. Millien)
Welcome !
Our research focuses on the evolution of species diversity in a changing environment. Specific topics include:
• Ecotypic variation and climate change
• The evolution of species on islands
• The effects of climate change and isolation on morphological evolution
• Functional morphology in fossil rodents and other mammals
• Competition and community size structure among coexisting species
• The emergence of Lyme disease in Canada
and more ...
News
17 Nov 2022
Kirsten's paper is out, congratulations! Read more here:
https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/tick-borne-pathogens-increasingly-widespread-central-canada-343574
Léa made it into the BSE Fall 2022 Newsletter. For her honours, Léa conducted interviews of local stakeholders asking them about the state of biodiversity in the Caribbean. Tout un projet
4 Nov 2022
After spending much of my early carrier looking for evidence for and understanding rules of size variation, I am now busy "breaking the rules" with wonderful collaborators. Maya's paper on size variation in a treeshrew just got accepted in Scientific Reports.
4 Nov 2022
Kari completed a long season of field work, collecting ticks, plant data, and deer pictures at the Gault Nature Reserve. Check out here for a very nice cover of her Kari's work!
1 Sept. 2022
Welcome to Kelsey. Exited to see where this research takes us, frogs !
30 Aug 2022
Kirsten's paper is accepted in Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, congratulations! She reports the occurrence of two pathogens carried by ticks, outside of their known distribution range in Southern Canada. Link to the publication here.
4 Nov 2022
After spending much of my early carrier looking for evidence for and understanding rules of size variation, I am now busy "breaking the rules" with wonderful collaborators. Maya's paper on size variation in a treeshrew just got accepted in Scientific Reports.
4 Nov 2022
Kari completed a long season of field work, collecting ticks, plant data, and deer pictures at the Gault Nature Reserve. Check out here for a very nice cover of her Kari's work!
1 Sept. 2022
Welcome to Kelsey. Exited to see where this research takes us, frogs !
30 Aug 2022
Kirsten's paper is accepted in Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, congratulations! She reports the occurrence of two pathogens carried by ticks, outside of their known distribution range in Southern Canada. Link to the publication here.
Opportunities for Graduate Students
Are you interested in conducting research in the lab?
I am open to different projects, and you can check the Publications and People pages to get more information about current and past projects.
Please, send me a CV along with your research interests by email.
I am open to different projects, and you can check the Publications and People pages to get more information about current and past projects.
Please, send me a CV along with your research interests by email.
Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
I supervise a number of undergraduate research projects at McGill throughout the year. Contact me if you are interested in completing your honors research or independent studies in the lab.
I also participate in the Work-Study Program for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science, who help with data analyses or field work in the summer.
Volunteering is another way of getting involved in a research lab and gaining some lab or field work experience. We conduct every summer small mammal trapping at the Gault Nature Reserve (Mont Saint-Hilaire) and at many other places in Quebec. Contact me in the Spring, before field work starts. You can also get involved in current work done in the lab all year round: come and see us!
I also participate in the Work-Study Program for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science, who help with data analyses or field work in the summer.
Volunteering is another way of getting involved in a research lab and gaining some lab or field work experience. We conduct every summer small mammal trapping at the Gault Nature Reserve (Mont Saint-Hilaire) and at many other places in Quebec. Contact me in the Spring, before field work starts. You can also get involved in current work done in the lab all year round: come and see us!
Lake Hertel, Gault Nature Reserve, at the end of a long day working in the field © Virginie Millien, Oct. 2021
In the medias
Not so giants! A nice piece in the New-York Times in which I talk about my work on gigantism in fossil rodents.
Our mouse work was in the Media! Check the Press release from McGill News here; more at La Presse, CBC, The Montreal Gazette, le Journal de Montreal among others.
Us on Decouvertes, stunning images and a very good account of our work
Check us out on the National TV News (Téléjournal - Radio Canada) and on Global News
Our lab and work on Lyme disease appeared in Quebec Science magazine
Our work appeared in Le Devoir: "La maladie de Lyme s'etend au Quebec"
"Ticked Off": Our team is featured in the "Nature of Things", the CBC show hosted by David Suzuki.
Virginie was interviewed for the Radio show Desautels (RDI) and talked about our work on the northern expansion of the white-footed mouse and the consequences for the emergence of Lyme disease in Quebec.
Virginie was interviewed for the TV show "Decouverte | Passion Science". This time, it was not about Lyme disease, but about the importance of museum collections and empirical studies like ours.
Virginie was on the radio! An interview for "Les annees lumieres", a Radio-Canada show taped during the Ouranos annual symposium on climate change last November.
Our work is featured in the TV show Le Code Chastenay; link to the video.
Our mouse work was in the Media! Check the Press release from McGill News here; more at La Presse, CBC, The Montreal Gazette, le Journal de Montreal among others.
Us on Decouvertes, stunning images and a very good account of our work
Check us out on the National TV News (Téléjournal - Radio Canada) and on Global News
Our lab and work on Lyme disease appeared in Quebec Science magazine
Our work appeared in Le Devoir: "La maladie de Lyme s'etend au Quebec"
"Ticked Off": Our team is featured in the "Nature of Things", the CBC show hosted by David Suzuki.
Virginie was interviewed for the Radio show Desautels (RDI) and talked about our work on the northern expansion of the white-footed mouse and the consequences for the emergence of Lyme disease in Quebec.
Virginie was interviewed for the TV show "Decouverte | Passion Science". This time, it was not about Lyme disease, but about the importance of museum collections and empirical studies like ours.
Virginie was on the radio! An interview for "Les annees lumieres", a Radio-Canada show taped during the Ouranos annual symposium on climate change last November.
Our work is featured in the TV show Le Code Chastenay; link to the video.
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859 Sherbrooke street West Montreal (QC) H3A 0C4, Canada E-mail: virginie.millien at mcgill.ca (photo McGill University) |
