Sally Leys
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Sally Leys (Sally Penelope Leys) is a Canadian spongiologist. She is a professor of biology at the University of Alberta[1] where she and her colleagues study sponges in all their aspects[2] including ecology,[3] physiology,[4][5][6] their adaptations to a fluid environment[2] and the evolution of sensory systems using sponges as their model organism.[1] A current project is Evaluating ecosystem function, vulnerability, resilience, and ability to recover from multiple stressors.[7]
She earned a B.Sc. in 1990 from the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D from University of Victoria in 1996, entitled Cytoskeletal architecture, organelle transport, and impulse conduction in hexactinellid sponge syncytia,[8] followed by post-doctoral work in Barbados, in Marseille, and at the University of Queensland.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Sally Leys". Canadian Healthy Oceans Network. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Home: Leys Lab". Leys Lab, University of Alberta. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Stephanie K. Archer; Amanda S. Kahn; Mary Thiess; et al. (24 September 2020). "Foundation Species Abundance Influences Food Web Topology on Glass Sponge Reefs". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/FMARS.2020.549478. ISSN 2296-7745. Wikidata Q111384426.
- ^ Sally P. Leys; Bernard M. Degnan (1 December 2001). "Cytological basis of photoresponsive behavior in a sponge larva". The Biological Bulletin. 201 (3): 323–338. doi:10.2307/1543611. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1543611. PMID 11751245. Wikidata Q56188960.
- ^ Anna de Kluijver; Martijn C. Bart; Dick van Oevelen; et al. (18 January 2021). "An Integrative Model of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in a Common Deep-Sea Sponge (Geodia barretti)". Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. doi:10.3389/FMARS.2020.596251. ISSN 2296-7745. Wikidata Q111384423.
- ^ Sally P Leys; Amanda S Kahn (1 October 2018). "Oxygen and the Energetic Requirements of the First Multicellular Animals". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58 (4): 666–676. doi:10.1093/ICB/ICY051. ISSN 1540-7063. PMID 29889237. Wikidata Q57211795.
- ^ "Evaluating ecosystem function, vulnerability, resilience, and ability to recover from multiple stressors". Canadian Healthy Oceans Network. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Leys, S.P. (1996). Cytoskeletal architecture, organelle transport, and impulse conduction in hexactinellid sponge syncytia (PDF). University of Victoria.