Moira Galway

Moira Galway

Senior Researcher

Department

Biology

Campus Location

Bruce Brown 418/411/209

Phone

902-867-3841

Biography

Senior Research Professor (2025-2028); Ph.D., Australian National University, 1989; postdoctoral studies at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Michigan.

Research

Genetics and development of flowering plants and algae; epidermis development and reproduction in Ascophyllum; cellular morphogenesis; the mechanisms of growth in plant cells.

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a Mi'kmaw word meaning 'human being' or 'the people.'

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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