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91社区 Undergraduate Research Conference
Undergraduate students in Microbiology and Immunology have often distinguished themselves at the 91社区 Undergraduate Research Conference.听
2018
Rayoun Ramendra
2nd prize, Category: Cellular & Molecular Biology
Project: Circulating (1鈫�3)-尾-D-Glucan contributes to systemic immune activation during early and chronic HIV-infection
Supervisor: Prof. Jean-Pierre Routy
2017
Johanna Hoshizaki
1st prize, Category: Medical Sciences
Project: Using bioinformatic analysis and CRISPR gene editing to develop attenuated strains of Leishmania as a potential vaccine
Supervisor: Prof. Greg Matlashewski
Lindsay Burns
2nd prize, Category: Biological Sciences
Project: Host-cell mediated modification of bacterial virulence factor NleA
Supervisor:听Prof. Samantha Gruenheid
2015
Liang Chen, 2nd prize,听Anatomy & Cell Biology:听Loss-of-Function Analysis Elucidates Essential Roles of elF4E Isoforms in Drosophila Spermatogenesis
Supervisors: Prof. Paul Lasko, Prof. Craig Mandato
Erica Ma, 2nd prize,听Microbiology & Immunology:听Systemic coordination of eosinophilia following immune challenge
Supervisor: Prof. Irah King
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2013
Daegan Sit, 2nd prize, Cellular and Molecular Biology: Development of a High-Throughput, Genome-Wide Screen of Virulence-Related Genes in听Pseudomonas aeruginosa听using a听Caenorhabditis elegans听Liquid Killing Model.
Supervisors: Prof. Fred Ausubel and Dr. Natalia Kirienko
Joseph Yang, 2nd prize, Medical Sciences: Knee Deep in Water: Aquaporin 9 and Cartilage Damage.
Supervisors: Dr. Benjamin Alman
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2012
Edward Mason, 1st prize, Medical Sciences: Pancreatic homing of Foxp3+regulatory T cells in a murine model of Type-1 Diabetes.
Supervisor: Prof. Ciriaco A. Piccirillo
Isabelle Desloges, 2nd prize, Medical Sciences: Heterogeneity of outer membrane protease T activity in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli clinical isolates.
Supervisors: Prof. Samantha Gruenheid and Prof. Herve Le Moual.
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2011
Kristiana Salmon, 1st prize, Biological Sciences:听RT-qPCR Analysis of Two-Component System Gene Expression in Citrobacter rodentium
Supervisors: Prof. Samantha Gruenheid & Prof. Herv茅 Le Moual
Rapha毛l Brisset Di Roberto, 2nd prize, Medical Sciences: Intranasal administration of engineered Lactococcus lactis as a live vaccine against Leishmania major infections
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
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2010
Joshua Gillard, 1st prize, Medical Sciences: Development of an oral live vaccine against Leishmaniasis using ALR knockout Lactococcus Lactis
Supervisor: Dr. Benoit Cousineau
Young Kyuen Im, 2nd prize, Biological Sciences: Selection of host factors that stimulate splicing of the Ll.LtrB group II intron in Lactococcus lactis
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
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2009
Marnie Goodwin Wilson, 1st prize, Health & Life Sciences: Epigenetic cancer therapeutics modulate the oncolytic activity of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in refractory cell lines
Supervisor: Prof. John Hiscott
Daniel Ting, 2nd prize, Health & Life Sciences: The Role of Citrobacter rodentium lipopolysaccharide modifications in outer membrane permeability to hydrophobic compounds
Supervisor: Prof. Herv茅 Le Moual
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2008
Charles Viau, 2nd prize, Health & Life ScienceS: Transcriptional Regulation by PhoP in Salmonella enterica
Supervisor: Prof. Herv茅 Le Moual
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2007
Lisa Kronstad, 1st prize, Biological Sciences: Importance of Base-Pairing in the Trans-Splicing of a Group II Intron
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
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2006
Kwame Twumasi-Boateng, 2nd prize, Biological Sciences: Deletion of brlA in Aspergillus fumigatus Dysregulates Development and Gliotoxin Production
Supervisor: Dr. Donald Sheppard