UNB in 30

About UNB in 30

Hosted by UNB students, conversations of 30 minutes or less with fellow students, staff, and faculty, informed by UNB's toward 2030 strategic objectives for transformational learning, community engagement, and research impact. Produced by the Harriet Irving Library Research Commons.

Publisher

Marc Bragdon

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Feb 2022

Latest episode

20 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Feb 2026

   UNB Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility: A conversation with Nhu Trieu

   Marc sits down with Nhu Trieu to discuss UNB's Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility - an important player in institutional and regional scientific research with a rich history and vital mission. Nhu Trieu is the Director of the Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility (MMF) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). The MMF is an open access, interdisciplinary imaging and analysis platform that provides high-level training, subject matter expertise, and serves as the oldest centralized source of institutional and local research ecosystem knowledge for over 950+ internal UNB clients from 9 departments (biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, forestry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering) across 3 faculties (science, engineering, forestry) and 400+ external clients from other non-profit academic institutions, government, and industry of all sizes over the last 20 years. Nhu is a bioimaging and sample preparation generalist with over 10 years of experience in histology, confocal, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy and over 15 years of diverse research experience over multiple model and non-traditional organisms. As the fourth-generation director of the MMF since its establishment in 1966, Nhu oversees operation and strategic development, national and international collaborations, and still maintains biology expertise for the facility. She also actively contributes to the broader imaging community through her involvement as Counsellor at Large for the Microscopy Society of Canada (MSC), Executive Board member for Canada BioImaging (CBI), Eastern Canada Representative for the Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms (CNSP), and the inaugural Intern for Canada on the BioImaging North America Executive Board (BINA).

2. 

   5 Nov 2025

   On the Wolastoq with Felix Eissenhauer: American Eel Migration and Habitat Fragmentation

   In the second installment of our series on UNB graduate student research related to the Wolastoq, Marc speaks with Felix Eissenhauer, whose interest in freshwater ecology led to a PhD assessing the movement patterns, habitat use, and life-history traits of American eels in the lower Wolastoq, thus establishing essential baseline data for future conservation and management efforts. Felix conducted his study as part of the Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study, a collaboration between NB Power and the Canadian Rivers Institute to provide the research necessary to support informed, science-based decisions for the planned refurbishment of the Mactaquac Generating Station, a hydroelectric dam established across the Wolastoq about 20 kilometers west of Fredericton, New Brunswick.

3. 

   26 Aug 2025

   Wolastoq conversation with Percy Sacobie

   The first in what we hope is a series of conversations about the intersection of UNB research and the Wolastoq, Percy Sacobie, UNB MEd 2022 and current Director of Education for St Mary's First Nation sits down with Marc to discuss his groundbreaking (dam shattering?) thesis that culminated in the YFC departure lounge situated mural "Glooscap and the Giant Beaver".

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