*Presenter

73) Levenstein, B.*, Levy, J., Monk, W., Steeves, R., Gagné, N., Porter, T.M., Hajibabaei, M., Emilson, E.J.S., Bush, A., Lacroix, E., Baird, D.  Exploring biodiversity patterns in benthic macroinvertebrate communities of the Canadian Maritimes through partnered community-based eDNA sampling.  Oral presentation, submitted abstract, Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences (SCAS), Montreal, Canada, February 22-25, 2023.

72) Porter, T.M., Wright, M.T.G., Mallinson, R., Baird, D.J., Hajibabaei, M*. A model toolkit for standardized biomonitoring in freshwater STREAMs: training, community-based monitoring, DNA metabarcoding, bioinformatics.  Oral presentation, submitted abstract, GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity for Action, Montreal, Canada, October 10-13, 2023.

71) Rideout, N.K.*, Alavi, N., Bush, A., Gagné, N., Hajibabaei, M., Lapen, D.L., Mitchell, G.W., Porter, T.M., Steeves, R., Baird, D.J. Ditches as critical biodiversity support systems in intensively-managed agroecosystems.  Oral presentation, submitted abstract, GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity for Action, Montreal, Canada, October 10-13, 2023.

70) Baird D.J.*, Bush A., Emilson E, Gagné N, Hajibabaei M., Levenstein B., Monk, W.A., Porter T.M., Steeves R.  Connecting biodiversity to biomonitoring: applying environmental DNA metabarcoding in large-scale bioassessment programs.  Oral presentation, submitted abstract, GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity for Action, Montreal, Canada, October 10-13, 2023.

69) Porter, T.M.* NuMTs: Analytical defense.  Invited presentation, 10th Meeting of the iBOL Science Committee, Guelph, ON August 7-11, 2023 (hybrid).

68) Baird, D.J.*, McGee, K.M., Monk, W., Porter, T.M., Wright, M.T.G., Hajibabaei, M. DNA-based river biomonitoring, biodiversity mapping and citizen science networks: lessons from Canada’s STREAM project.  Oral presentation, abstract to be submitted, Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, England, June 18-23, 2023.

67) Bush, A.*, Monk, W., Compson, Z., Gagne, N., Steeves, R., Hajibabaei, M., Porter, T.M., Baird, D. DNA metabarcoding enhances detection of change from streams to landscapes.  Oral presentation, abstract to be submitted, Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, England, June 18-23, 2023.

66) Rideout, N.K.*, Bush, A., Gagné, N., Hajibabaei, M., Lapen, D.L., Porter, T.M., Steeves, R., Baird, D.J. 2023.  The secret world of ditches: Drivers of aquatic insect diversity in agriculturally-dominated landscapes.  Oral presentation, abstract to be submitted, Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, England, June 18-23, 2023.

65) Wright, M.T.G.*, Porter, T.M., Maitland, C.V., Kohi, T., Baird, D.J., Hajibabaei, M. 2023.  A STREAM-lined approach to breaking barriers in community-based water monitoring.  Oral presentation, abstract submitted, International Association of Great Lakes Researchers’ Conference, May 8-12, 2023.

64) Wright, M.T.G.*, Porter, T.M., Baird, D.J., Monk, W.A., McGee, K.M., Maitland, V.C., Kohi, T., Mallinson, R., Hajibabaei, M. Oral presentation, Society for Canadian Aquatic Sciences, February 22-25, 2023, Montreal, Canada.

63) Porter, T.M.*, McGee, K.M., Wright, M.T.G., Baird, D.J., Hajibabaei, M.  2023.  STREAM: a community-based metabarcoding approach for freshwater ecosystem health assessment.  Oral presentation, 6th Annual Environmental DNA Technical Exchange Workshop, Government Environmental DNA Working Group, January 24-26, 2023.

62) Porter, T.M.*  2022.  The road to recovery following wildfire and harvest disturbance.  Invited speaker, North American Forest Ecology Workshop, June 20-24, 2022 (virtual).

61) Porter, T.M.* 2022.  Tuning bioinformatic pipelines for eDNA applications.  Invited speaker, Genomics Research and Development Initiative: Developing a framework for interpretation of single- and multi-species eDNA detections for ecosystem management (virtual), March 22-23, 2022. *Group facilitator and development of post-workshop outreach materials development

60) Porter, T.M.* 2022.  Databases for adding ecological and biological traits to metabarcode datasets.  Invited webinar, Genomics Research and Development Initiative: Ecobiomics Demonstration,

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biological Informatics Centre of Excellence (virtual).  January 26, 2021.

59) Porter, T.M.* 2022.  MetaWorks: A multi-marker metabarcode pipeline.  Invited webinar, Genomics Research and Development Initiative: Ecobiomics Demonstration,

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biological Informatics Centre of Excellence (virtual).  January 19, 2021.

58) Porter, T.M.* 2021.  Reproducible bioinformatic pipelines for metabarcoding applications.  Invited plenary, 5th Annual Environmental DNA Technical Exchange Workshop (virtual).  October 19-21, 2021.

57) Porter, T.M.* 2021. A tour of networks and metabarcodes: A systems level approach to community analysis.  Invited seminar, Great Lakes Forestry Centre Seminar Series (virtual).  October 15, 2021.  Available on Facebook: https://fb.watch/8FLOFAzJIs/

56) Porter, T.M.*, Maitland, V.C., Phillips, L.A., Robinson, C.V., Seuradge, B.J., Wright, M.T.G., Hajibabaei, M.  2021.  Enhancing ecological studies through network analysis of DNA metabarcoding datasets.  Invited presentation, International Workshop on Environmental Genomics (IWEG) (virtual).  June 17-18, 2021.

55) Porter, T.M.* 2021.  Network analysis for data integration. Invited presentation, Ecobiomics Annual Workshop (virtual).  June 1-3, 2021.

54) Porter, T.M.* 2021.  Using a hidden Markov model to remove pseudogenes from COI metabarcodes.  Invited presentation, Toronto Bioinformatics Users Group (TorBUG), Ontario Genomics (virtual).  April 28, 2021.  Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNbm2BjqlsA

53) Rideout, N.K.*, Compson, Z.G., Monk, W.A., Hajibabaei, M., Porter, T.M., Wright, M.T.G., Baird, D.J. 2021.  Functional traits link anthropogenic impact and disturbance regimes driving ecosystem function in a floodplain wetland complex.  Paper presentation, abstract submitted, DNAQUA International Conference, Online, March 9-11, 2021.

52) Hajibabaei, M.*, Robinson, C., Porter, T.M., Wright, M., Baird, D. 2020.  Large-scale multi-year trends using benthic arthropod COI metabarcodes as bioindicators.  Paper presentation, XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland, July 19-24, 2020.

51) Porter, T.M.*  2020.  Metagenomics-based ecosystem biomonitoring (Ecobiomics).  Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Seminar Series, University of Guelph, ON, Jan. 31, 2020.

50) Compson, Z.G.*, Monk, W.A., Rideout, N., Stefani, S., Hajibabaei, M., Porter, T.M., Baird, D.J. 2019.  Exploring DNA-based food webs as rapid indicators of ecosystem change: a case of trophic downgrading?  Paper presentation, CSEE, ESC, & AES 2019 Joint Meeting, Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

49) Porter, T.M.*, Hajibabaei, M. 2019.  COI reference databases: BOLD and GenBank.  Paper presentation, 8th annual International Barcodes of Life Conference, Trondheim, Norway, June 17-20, 2019.

48) Wright, M.T.G.*, Porter, T.M., Hajibabaei, M. 2019. Optimization of molecular methods involved in the eDNA metabarcoding of benthic macroinvertebrate communities.  Poster and lightning oral presentation, 8th annual International Barcodes of Life Conference, Trondheim, Norway, June 17-20, 2019.

47) Porter, T.M.* 2019.  Shedding light on dark matter fungi.  Invited presentation, University of Toronto, Scarborough, March 13, 2019.

46) Monk, W.A., Peters, D.L., Porter, T.M., Hajibabaei, M., Baird, D.J. 2018.  Applying DNA metabarcoding for downstream monitoring of wetlands in relation to oil sands operations.  Paper presentation, International Workshop on Environmental Genomics: Building a path to regulatory acceptance of evidence from ecogenomics, St. John’s, NFLD Canada.

45) Monk, W.A., Peters, D.L., Porter, T.M., Hajibabaei, M., Baird, D.J. 2018.  Exploring the spatial and temporal drivers of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Peace-Athabasca delta, Alberta, Canada.  Paper presentation, Society for Freshwater Science, Detroit, Michigan.

44) Bush, A.*, Emilson, E., Gagné, N., Hajibabaei, M., Lapen, D., Lung, O., Ogden, N., Porter, T.M., Steeves, R., Baird, D.  2018.  Biomonitoring 2.0: From Potential to Practice.  Paper presentation, Society for Freshwater Science, Detroit, Michigan.

43) Porter, T.M. and Hajibabaei, M.* 2017.  High throughput classification of CO1 metabarcodes using a naïve Bayesian classifier.  Poster presentation, 7th International Barcode of Life Conference, South Africa.

42) Porter, T.M.* and Hajibabaei, M. 2017.  Best approaches for DNA-based biological assessment.  Paper presentation, Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Guelph University, Guelph, ON.

41) Hoage, Jesse F.J.*, Roussaeu, L., Porter, T.M., Venier, L., Basiliko, N., Hajibabaei, M. 2017.  Developing a metabarcoding strategy for assessing the ecological impacts of intensified biomass harvesting in forestry.  Paper presentation, 11th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Edmonton, AB.

40) Porter, T.M.* 2016.  Metabarcoding: addressing applied problems in environmental management.  Invited presentation, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

39) Porter, T.M.* 2016.  Fungal ‘omics: Using molecular methods to study fungal phylogeny and ecology.  Invited presentation, Biodiversity Seminar Series, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario & Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Guelph, ON.

38) Porter, T.M.*, Shokralla, S., Baird, D., Golding, G.B., Hajibabaei, M.  2015.  Ribosomal DNA and plastid markers used to sample fungal and plant communities from wetland soils reveals complementary biotas.  Invited presentation, 6th International Barcode of Life Conference, Guelph, ON.

37) Mahmoudi, N.*, Robeson, M.S., Porter, T.M., Pfiffner, S., Techtmann, S.M., Fortney, J.L., Joyner, D.C., Hazen, T.C. 2014.  Microbial community structure and diversity in Caspian Sea sediments.  Poster presentation, 15th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Seoul, South Korea.

36) Sadoway, T.*, Porter, T.M., Golding, G.B., Froese, D., Poinar, H. 2013.  Floral and faunal reconstruction from sediment cores through the Pleistocene/Holocene transition.  Paper presentation, Canadian Quaternary Association biannual meeting, Edmonton, AB.

35) Gryganskyi, A.P.*, Bonito, G., Rodrigues-Cares, M., Porter, T.M., Chen, Y., Robb, S., Liao, H.-L., Anishchenko, I.M., Savytskyi, O.V., Ortega, R., Stajich, J.E., Heitman, J., Litvintseva, A.P., James, T.Y., Sekimoto, S., Berbee, M.L., Spatafora, J., and Vilgalys, R.  2012.  Genome based phylogeny of early diverging fungal lineages.  Poster presentation, 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA.

34) Berbee, M.*, Sekimoto, S., Spatafora, J., James, T.Y., Porter, T.M., and Vilglays, R.  2012.  Early fungi and their carbohydrate active enzymes.  Paper presentation, 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA.

33) Porter, T.M.* and Golding, G.B.  2012.  Assigning ‘barcodes’ with confidence: ITS and LSU rDNA simulation studies.  Invited paper presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

32) Miadlikowska, J.*, Ball, B., Lopez-Giraldez, F., Townsend, J.P., Gaya, E., McDonald, R., Joneson, S., Gryganskyi, A., Porter, T.M., Matheny, B., Kobert, K., Stamatakis, A., Robbertse, B., Spatafora, J., Hibbett, D., Vilgalys, R., and Lutzoni, F.  2012.  Novel molecular markers and their utility in molecular systematics of Fungi.  Paper presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

31) Porter, T.M.* and Golding, G.B.  2012.  Factors that affect LSU rDNA amplicon sequencing studies: classification method, primer choice, and error.  Paper presentation, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Mycology Workshop at the University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

30) Rodriguez-Carres, M.*, Bonito, G., Porter, T.M., James, T.Y., Liao, H.-L., and Vilgalys, R.  2012.  Construction of Illumina sequencing libraries for fungal phylogenomics and community metagenomics from nanogram amounts of nucleic acid.  Poster presentation, DOE JGI User Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA.

29) Weber, C.F.*, Porter, T.M., Moya Balasch, M., Vilgalys, R., and Kuske, C.R. 2011.  Fungal metatranscriptomics and community shifts in response to elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertilization.  Poster presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.

28) Porter, T.M.* and Golding B.G. 2011.  Classification accuracy of partial and full length ITS sequences using automated tools.  Paper presentation, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Mycology Workshop at Trent University, Peterborough, ON.

27) Porter, T.M.* 2010. Assembling the fungal tree of life project: phylogenetic and phylogenomic approaches.  Invited seminar, Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour seminar series at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

26) Porter, T.M.*, Vilgalys, R., and the AFTOL2 working group.  2010.  Chytrid transcriptome pyrosequencing:  application to phylogenetic systematics.  Paper presentation, selected abstract, International Mycological Congress 9, Edinburgh, Scotland.

25) Porter, T.M.*, Vilgalys, R. and the AFTOL2 working group.  2010.  Transcriptomes and metatranscriptomics.  Invited presentation, Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland.

24) Porter, T.M.*, Sekimoto, S., Berbee, M., Vilgalys, R., and the AFTOL2 working group.  2010.  AFTOL2 report on the basal fungal lineages.  Invited presentation, International Mycological Congress 9 Special Interest Group Meeting: Evolution and biodiversity of basal lineages of fungi, Edinburgh, Scotland.

23) Porter, T.M.*, Hesse, C., Yoder, R., Robbertse, B., Vilgalys, R., and Spatafora, J. 2010.  Mining genome and transcriptome data for fungal phylogenetic analyses.  Paper presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY.

22) Porter, T.M.*, Vilgalys, R. and the AFTOL2 working group.  2009.  454 sequencing of chytrid cDNA libraries.  Poster presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT.

21) Porter, T.M.*, Vilgalys, R. and the AFTOL2 working group.  2009.  Development of additional mitochondrial markers to assess evolution among the early diverging fungal lineages.  Poster presentation, Genetics Society of America, Fungal Genetics Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA.

20) Porter, T.M.*, Vilgalys, R, and the AFTOL2 working group.  2008.  Comparison of mitochondrial versus nuclear markers for resolution and support of the basal fungal lineages.  Poster presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting at Penn State, State College, PA.

19) Porter, T.M.*, Skillman, J.E., and Moncalvo, J.M. 2007.  Application of phylogenetic methods to assess fungal diversity and community structure from DNA sequences.  Oral presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

18) McLenon, T.*, Schadt, C.W., Rizvi, L., Martin, A.P., Schmidt, S.K., Vilgalys, R., and Moncalvo, J.M.  2006.  A novel widespread subphylum of Ascomycota unraveled from soil rDNA sampling.  Invited oral presentation, 8th International Mycological Congress, Queensland, Australia.

17) McLenon, T.*, Schadt C.W., Rizvi L., Martin A.P., Schmidt S.K., Scott-Denton L., Vilgalys R., and Moncalvo, J.M.  2006.  Members of a novel Ascomycota clade detected from soil.  Oral presentation, Phytopathological Society of America, Canadian Phytopathological Society, and Mycological Society of America Joint Meeting, Quebec City, PQ.

16) Skillman, J.E.*, McLenon, T., and Moncalvo, J.M.  2006.  Comparison of the diversity of fungi at different soil depths in an old-growth forest.  Poster presentation, Phytopathological Society of America, Canadian Phytopathological Society, and Mycological Society of America Joint Meeting, Quebec City, PQ.

15) McLenon, T.*  2006.  Where are the missing fungi?  Oral presentation, 1st Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium, Toronto, ON.

14) McLenon, T.*, Skillman, J., Taylor, J., Provart, N., and Moncalvo, J.M.  2005.  Documenting fungal communities in soil: DNA sampling strategies and development of bioinformatic tools for automated phylogenetic identification.  Invited oral presentation, Mycological Society of Japan and Mycological Society of America Joint Meeting at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI.

13) McLenon, T.*  2005.  Taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological distribution of hymenomycete diversity in a forest plot.  Invited oral presentation, Botany Graduate Student Association Seminar Series at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. *Outstanding presentation award

12) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2005.  Complementary assemblages of basidiomycete fungi in a Hemlock forest plot.  Oral presentation, 25th Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Winter Mycology Workshop at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

11) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2004.  Exploring the diversity of mushroom-forming fungi.  Oral presentation, 26th Annual Colloquium at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON.

10) McLenon, T.*  2004.  Molecular ecology of fungi from forest soils.  Invited oral presentation, Botany Graduate Student Association Seminar Series at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

9) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2004.  Molecular phylogenetic methods detect unique fungal lineages in forest soil.  Oral presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC. *Best student paper award

8) Schadt, D.W.*, Moncalvo, J.M., McLenon, T., Scott-Denton, L., Meyer, A., Martin, A.P., and Schmidt, S.K.  2004.  Digging Deeper: Novel fungal lineages are widespread and common within soils of diverse origins.  Oral presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC.

7) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2004.  Diversity of fungi in a hemlock forest: Above-ground versus below-ground views.  Oral presentation, Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, Mississauga, ON.

6) McLenon, T.*  2004.  Above- versus below-ground view: Diversity of several derived clades of fungi. Oral presentation, Department of Botany Seminar Series at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

5) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2004.  High diversity of unknown fungal groups from Hemlock forest soil.  Oral presentation, Northeast Ecology and Evolution Conference at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

4) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2004.  High diversity of unknown fungal groups from Hemlock forest soil.  Oral presentation, 24th Regional Mycology Workshop, Ottawa, ON.

3) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2003.  Profile of fungi in a coniferous plot in southern Ontario.  Oral presentation, 25th Annual Colloquium at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON.

2) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2003.  The basidiomycete community in a hemlock-dominated plot in a southern Ontario temperate forest.  Oral presentation, British Mycological Society and Mycological Society of America Joint Meeting, Monterey, CA.

1) McLenon, T.* and Moncalvo, J.M.  2003.  The basidiomycete community in a hemlock-cedar patch in an Ontario forest. Poster presentation, 23rd Regional Mycology Workshop at York University, Toronto, ON.