Undergraduate Summer Research Awards Results
2024
| Name | Supervisor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Ardiel | Ryan Noyce | Targeting tumour glycosylation with oncolytic poxviruses |
| Devin Atkins | Khaled Barakat | In silico modeling of poly-(A) tail lengths in mRNA encoding tumor-specific antigens for optimized cancer vaccine design |
| Meghan Bunn | Amit Bhavsar | An inside job: investigating how Salmonella manipulates host receptors to promote infection |
| Natalie Lapa | Wael Elhenawy | Investigating the effects of altered maltose metabolism on the pro-inflammatory behavior of Crohn’s disease-associated Escherichia coli |
| Helena Piekut | Denise Hemmings | The role of SDC-1 shedding in the pathogenesis of placental malaria |
| Connor Riemann | David Marchant | Nucleolin is a scavenging receptor |
Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2023
| Name | Supervisor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Isabelle Bernard | Michael Hawkes | Characterization of benign ethnic neutropenia in children living with HIV |
| Alisha Duggal | Edan Foley | Understanding how immune signals influence the growth of intestinal tumors |
| Levi Legaree | Karen Doucette | Evaluation of outcomes of a nurse led Hepatitis B clinic |
| Eliana Pyon | Denise Hemmings | Interactions between bioactive lipids: key to the maintenance of systemic vasodilation in pregnancy |
| Jessica Ramos | Maya Shmulevitz | Identifying the course of reovirus assembly |
| Cole White | Carlos Cervera | Improving our understanding of the urine microbiome: the role of intracellular bacterial biofilms |
Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2022
| Name | Supervisor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Almeida | Lisa Willis | Sex differences in immunomodulatory glycans |
| Isabelle Bernard | Michael Hawkes | Chitinase-3-like protein 1 as a marker of systemic inflammation in children with vertically-acquired HIV |
| Eva Craik | Michael Houghton | Characterization of the cross-neutralization response using recombinant glycoproteins E2 from various HCV strains |
| Emma Kasinyabo | Vanessa Meier-Stephenson | Towards a novel therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus – targeting the chronic form of hepatitis B virus |
| David Tianqin Yao | Lisa Willis | Investigating secreted glycoproteins in breast cancer |
Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2021
| Name | Supervisor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Dubrule | Amit Bhavsar | Protein-based inhibitors of bacterial effector proteins |
| Mai Huynh | Shokrollah Elahi | Investigating the role of dexamethasone in the differential expression of ACE2/TMPRSS2 |
| Ji Hyun (Lucy) Lee | Sue Tsai | The impact of insulin resistance on CD8+ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity |
| Naomi Perkins | Andrew Mason | Prognostic evaluation of mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic remodeling in peripheral blood of patients with primary biliary cholangitis |
Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2020
| Name | Supervisor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Tyce Culp | David Marchant | Inhibiting RSV binding to IGF1R |
| Katarzyna Dzierlega | Xavier Clemente-Casares | The role of activin A in cancer-associated muscle wasting |
| Hery Lee | Deborah Burshtyn | Investigating the interaction of immune regulatory receptors with myelin |
| Vasyl Yavorskyy | Andrew Mason | RNA analysis of primary biliary cholangitis patients responding to obetocholic acid treatment |