Lab News

Preparations are underway for the garden plot drought experiment for this summer, on White Spruce in a controlled environment! Christina, Grace, Samira and Emilie went out to label trees for destructive versus non-destructive sampling. We are excited to see the results of the experiment in the coming months!

Our team, Emilie, Grace and Samira, headed to Pickering for the first campaign of the year, which involved tree selection and sampling! We are looking forward to an exciting field season ahead!

Interested in contributing to scientific research from the comfort of your own home? The Ensminger Lab is looking for volunteers to aid in our creation of a tree monitoring algorithm this summer! Volunteers will receive a certificate listing the number of hours worked and duties fulfilled at the end of…

Our Drone Crew, Emilie Isasa and Gregory Millar, with the help of Andrea and Charlize, conducted a drone calibration flight at the Turkey Point deciduous site. The weather was in perfect condition—sunny and warm, feeling like summer already!

Congratulations to the Ensminger lab members who presented their research at CSB Research Day on May 3, 2024, in UofT’s Hart House in downtown Toronto !Well done to Bridget Murphy for her presentation, to Olivia Di Biase, Anchalya Balasubramaniam, Noelle Perkins and Sylvain Colomer for their poster presentations. And thank…

It’s an incredibly thrilling day for our two ROP undergraduate students as they present the results of their research projects that they started back in September 2023! Grace Cheng showcased her poster titled “Examining drought resistance in white spruce genotypes using leaf hydraulic and wood anatomy traits,” while Christina De…