The photo above is of a white-footed mouse we caught at mont Saint-Bruno in the Fall of 2012 (photo V. Millien)
Research
Our research focuses on the evolution of mammalian diversity in a changing environment:
• 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
• More recently, we have been working on the emergence of Lyme disease in Quebec.
• 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
• More recently, we have been working on the emergence of Lyme disease in Quebec.
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 pages to get more information about current and past projects.
Please, send me a CV along with your research interests by email.
More information for potential graduate students here.
I am open to different projects, and you can check the Publications pages to get more information about current and past projects.
Please, send me a CV along with your research interests by email.
More information for potential graduate students here.
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.
New for Winter and Summer terms 2022
Opportunities to participate on our research work at the Gault Nature Reserve:
available positions for an independent studies student (Winter 2022), as well as
field work assistant volunteers (Spring/Summer 2022)
Contact me by email if interested, thank you!
Opportunities to participate on our research work at the Gault Nature Reserve:
available positions for an independent studies student (Winter 2022), as well as
field work assistant volunteers (Spring/Summer 2022)
Contact me by email if interested, thank you!
Lake Hertel, Gault Nature Reserve, at the end of a long day working in the field © Virginie Millien, Oct. 2021
In the medias
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.
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) |
