Publications
2025
15. Ignatz, E.H., Allen, M.L., Hall, J.R., Sandrelli, R.M., Fast, M.D., Perry, G.M.L., Rise, M.L., Gamperl, A.K. (2025). Application of genomic tools to study and potentially improve the upper thermal tolerance of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). In Press: BMC Genomics.​​
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14. Sandrelli, R.M., Vadboncoeur, E., George, S., Ignatz, E.H., Swanson, A.K., Gamperl, A.K. (2025). Understanding how winter conditions in the North Atlantic affect the physiology and behaviour of Atlantic salmon in sea-cages. Aquaculture, 596, Article 741777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741777​
2024
13. Vadboncoeur, E., Nelson, C., Ignatz, E.H., Clow, K.A., Sandrelli, R.M., Brauner, C.J., Swanson, A.K., Gamperl, A.K. (2024). Increased liver size and dysfunction, ionoregulatory disturbance and opportunistic infections in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at low temperatures: a case study. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 4, Article e70021. https://doi.org/10.1002/aff2.70021
12. *Ignatz, E.H., *Xue, X., Hall, J.R., Islam, S.S., Rise, M.L., Fleming, I.A. (2024). Defence-relevant gene expression differences in hatchlings among wild Newfoundland and farmed European and North American Atlantic salmon and their hybrids. Molecular Ecology, 33, Article e17535. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17535.
*Indicates shared first authorship.
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11. Ignatz, E.H., Hall, J.R., Eslamloo, K., Gamperl, A.K., Rise, M.L. (2024). Characterization and transcript expression analyses of four Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) serpinh1 paralogues provide evidence of evolutionary divergence. Gene, 894, Article 147984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2023.147984
2023
10. Ignatz, E.H., Rise, M.L., Gamperl. A.K. (2023). Impact of stress phenotype, elevated temperature, and bacterin exposure on male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) growth, stress and immune biomarker gene expression. Physiological Genomics, 55, 587-605. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00055.2023
9. von Schalburg, K.R., Gowen, B.E., Christensen, K.A., Ignatz, E.H., Hall, J.R., Rise, M.L. (2023). The late-evolving salmon and trout join the GnRH1 club. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-023-02227-z
8. Ignatz, E.H., Sandrelli, R.M., Vadboncoeur, E., Zanuzzo, F.S., Perry, G.M.L., Rise, M.L., Gamperl, A.K. (2023). The Atlantic salmon's (Salmo salar) incremental thermal maximum is a more relevant and sensitive indicator of family-based differences in upper temperature tolerance than its critical thermal maximum. Aquaculture, 574, Article 739628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739628
7. *Crossman, A.H., *Ignatz, E.H., Hall, J.R., Kumar, S., Fast, M.D., Eslamloo, K., Rise, M.L. (2023). Basal and immune-responsive transcript expression of two Atlantic salmon interferon regulatory factor 2 (irf2) paralogues. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 143, Article 104689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2023.104673
* Indicates shared first authorship.
2022
6. Ignatz, E.H., Sandrelli, R.M., Tibbetts, S.M., Colombo, S.M., Zanuzzo, F.S., Loveless, A.M., Parrish, C.C., Rise, M.L., Gamperl, A.K. (2022). Influence of supplemental dietary cholesterol on growth performance, indices of stress, fillet pigmentation, and upper thermal tolerance of female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture Nutrition, 2022, Article 6336060.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6336060
5. Ignatz, E.H., Hori, T.S., Kumar, S., Benfey, T.J., Braden, L.M., Runighan, C.D., Westcott, J.D., Rise, M.L. (2022). RNA-seq analysis of the growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) hepatic transcriptome reveals broad temperature-mediated effects on metabolism and other biological processes. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, Article 852165. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.852165
2021
4. Ignatz. E.H., Zanuzzo, F.S., Sandrelli, R.M., Clow, K.A., Rise, M.L., Gamperl, A.K. (2021). Phenotypic stress response does not influence the upper thermal tolerance of male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Thermal Biology, 101, Article 103102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103102
2020
3. Ignatz, E.H., Braden, L.M., Benfey, T.J., Caballero-Solares, A., Hori, T.S., Runighan, C.D., Fast, M.D., Westcott, J.D., Rise, M.L. (2020). Impact of rearing temperature on the innate antiviral immune response of growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 97, 656-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.12.081
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2. Ignatz, E.H., Dumas, A., Benfey, T.J., Hori, T.S., Braden, L.M., Runighan, C.D., Rise, M.L., Westcott, J.D. (2020). Growth performance and nutrient utilization of growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared at three temperatures in a land-based freshwater recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Aquaculture, 519, Article 734896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734896
2019
1. Pfeuti, G., Osborne, V., Shoveller, A., Ignatz, E.H., Bureau, D.P. (2019). Development of a novel enzymatic pre-treatment for improving the digestibility of protein in feather meal. AgriEngineering, 1(4), 475-484. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering1040034