GSRD 2016 ‑ Platform Presentations (PhD)

Platform Presentations – PhD programs -Innovation Room, LSRI

3:30

Operationalizing integrated knowledge translation with public health decision makers: A scoping review
Logan Lawrence, PhD in Health Program, Faculty of Health Professions

3:45

KSHV Modulates the IRE1-XBP1 Axis of the Unfolded Protein Response during Lytic Replication
Ben Johnston, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

4:00

The development of an assessment technique for describing maximum reach measures associated with shoulder injuries
Colleen Dewis, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

4:15

Features of apelin isoforms involved in GPCR recognition vs. modulation of activity
Kyungsoo Shin, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

4:30

Adeno-associated viral vector labeling of retinal ganglion cells for in vivo Imaging
Corey Smith, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine

4:45

Clinical and functional charaterization of novel prognostic markers in lung cancer
Moamen Bydoun, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs - Room 264, CHEB - 2nd floor

3:30

The Process of Teaching Caring as a Multidimentional Phenomenon
Latifah Almater, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions

3:45

Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 4 (ORP4) is required for maintenance of TGN morphology
Antonietta Pietrangelo, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

4:00

Synaptopodin-2, a new myogenic marker and determinant of muscle cell fusion
Nandini Nagarajan Margam, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

4:15

Characterizing the role of atrial natriuretic peptide signaling in the specification of the cardiac Purkinje fiber network
Arun Govindapillai, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

4:30

Frailty, not age, predicts cardiac contractile dysfunction under basal and ischemic conditions in Langendorff-perfused hearts from older C57BL/6J mice
Hirad A. Feridooni, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

4:45

Differential binding of the R domain to TMD1-NBD1 and TMD2-NDB2 and the important role of S686 PKC site in Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein
Diogo Poroca, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine
Platform Presentations – PhD programs  - Room 140, CHEB - 2nd floor

3:30

The Benefits of Human Touch for Infants: A Rapid Scoping Review of the Scientific Literature
Britney Benoit, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions

3:45

Citral reduces breast tumour growth by inhibiting cancer stem cell marker aldh1a3
Margaret Thomas, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

4:00

Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Drew DeBay, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine

4:15

Humanizing zebrafish to study the human leukemic microenvironment
Vinothkumar Rajan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

4:30

Combining natural killer T cell immunotherapy with chemotherapy to target breast cancer metastasis
Simon Gebremeskel, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

4:45

ErbB2-dependent downregulation of a pro-apoptotic protein Perp is required for oncogenic transformation of breast epithelial cells
Iman Aftab Khan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs  - Room 150, CHEB - main level

3:30

Exploring the Potent Inhibition of CTP Synthase by Gemcitabine 5'-Triphosphate
Gregory McCluskey, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

3:45

Proteinase-activated receptor-2 contributes to the development of inflammation and pain in experimental osteoarthritis
Milind M. Muley, Departments of Pharmacology and Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine

4:00

Chronic testosterone withdrawal modifies cardiac contraction and calcium homeostasis in ventricular myocytes isolated from gonadectomised C57BL/6 male mice
Omar Ayaz, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

4:15

Reduced VIP secretion in CF mice tissues
Anna Semaniakou, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine

4:30

Mutant forms of beta-glucosidase 2 (GBA2) associated with cerebellar ataxia/spastic paraplegia are enzymatically inactive and abnormally structured
Saki Sultana, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

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