Welcome to the  Lab

The LeBlanc Entomology Lab is located at Ontario Tech University (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) in Oshawa, Ontario Canada.
The lab is under the direction of Helene LeBlanc and focuses on forensic entomology and chemical ecology research. 

Browse through the remainder of this website to discover more about the current
research projects, and educational experiences, of the members of the laboratory.

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Another great visit to the Ontario Police College to teach forensic entomology! 

Congratulations Tyler Dow for passing your PhD Candidacy Exam!
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Another productive day in the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) DNA lab for Sophia Tucker.
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Welcome to the new members of our research team, Ayomide and Sophia!

Our entomotoxicology trials have begun! Tyler and Alyssa are testing extraction methods that can be validated for the detection of opioids in larvae. Very exciting!


​The Forensic Science program hosted the CSFS 2023 Conference. It was a wonderful success!
I am so proud of Tyler, Alyssa, Mark, and Autumn for presenting their work.

Another semester begins. Welcome back! We already have some exciting research in progress.

Welcome to the research team Tyler, Autumn, and Mark!

Congratulations to Angela Skopyk on her newest publication "Recognizing the Inherent Variability in Dipteran Colonization and Decomposition Rates of Human Donors in Sydney, Australia" 
https://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/ 
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Check out our video 
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RSrDE30e0k  (see STORIES)

CSFS Conference!

AAFS Conference!


​Agilent training week for the new GC-MS. Lots to learn!
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Our very own Julia Ivancic is off to the University of Birmingham to do her MSc. in Toxicology. Have a great time Julia! 

The new GC-MS & LC-QTOF are officially running! We are so excited to be collaborating with the Simmons Lab, Desaulniers Lab, and Stotesbury Lab.

Welcome to our research team, Tulsi and Earl! You both have exciting research projects. It's going ot be a great year!


It's been another great summer of research! We'll be wrapping up some of the projects in a couple of weeks to make way for other research projects. Great job everyone!

It's reading week! Our research students are hard at work. Great job on designing the flight tunnel, Julia. Now you just have to build it! :-)

​Welcome back to the lab Angela! It's great to have you with us again.

Welcome to the lab, Ivy! I know we'll have a great summer working together.
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​Angela is posting on her blog again. Have fun in Sydney, Angela!
https://askopyk.wordpress.com/
Angela Skopyk books another flight to Australia to conduct further research with the AFTER project.
Alycia Saddler is expected to receive more stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, to continue her research.
We welcome thesis student, Mirai Gendi, and undergraduate research assistant, Julia Ivancic, to the laboratory.
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