About
As a professor of Biology and Research Chair in Fish and Environmental Immunology at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Dixon’s work focuses on fish immunity and the influence of environmental factors, such as antimicrobial peptides, the development of diagnostic assays for assessing fish health status, and applying fish immunology research, to improve aquaculture production worldwide. He has developed several cell lines and over 40 antibodies to fish immune and stress molecules, with several commercially available through Cedarlane Laboratories. He has published over 150 papers and book chapters and over 280 conference presentations, is the Co-editor-in-chief of both Developmental and Comparative Immunology, and Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, and was given a 2014 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Synergy award for collaboration with the aquaculture industry.
https://uwaterloo.ca/biology/profile/bdixon
Joined
October 2023
