SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Mark Fast
Email
mfast@upei.ca
Position
Faculty Member
Department(s)
Pathology and Microbiology
Phone
902-620-5041
Building
Veterinary Medicine 1003N
Website
https://www.upei.ca/profile?u=mfast
Status
Current
Biography

Chair, Pathology and Microbiology; Professor

BSc (Dalhousie); MSc (UPEI); PhD (Dalhousie)

Recent Citations
Exposures to hydrogen peroxide impact healing, redox and oxygen transport differentially from immune mechanisms in the gill of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Aquaculture, 2025
Synergies of co-infecting pathogens, sea lice (Lepeophetheirus salmonis) and Moritella viscosa, are impacted by exposure order, and host response to initial infection
Aquaculture, 2024
Keratinocytes drive the epithelial hyperplasia key to sea lice resistance in coho salmon
BMC Biology, 2024
Assessing Factors to Evaluate Welfare in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Infested With Sea Lice (Lepeophteirus salmonis)
AVC Summer Research and Leadership Program (SRLP), 2024
Movement of infectious agents between wild and farmed fish
Climate Change on Diseases and Disorders of Finfish in Cage Culture, 2023
Research Interests
Fish immunology
Parasitology
Host-pathogen interactions
Fish physiology
Molecular biology