Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Awards in this theme were sponsored by the Facility for Infectious Disease and Epidemic Research (FINDER) at UBC.
Most outstanding poster award:
Randi Woodbeck
University of Northern British Columbia
Biochemistry
“Identification and characterization of novel mammalian endoribonucleases from a human cDNA library”
Honourable Mentions:
Matthew Benesch
University of Alberta
Biophysics
“Sterol Chemical Structure and Conformation Influence Lipid Bilayer Thermotropic Phase Behaviour”
Chelsey Lane
University of Victoria
Biophysics
“The Development of Gold Nanoparticle Probes To Monitor Cancer Treatment”
Jeremy Jackson
Simon Fraser University
Cell Biology
“Nexilin is recruited to pedestals and co-localizes with actin during EPEC-generated disease”
Rageen Rajendram
University of Toronto
Genetics
“In the age of epigenomic research, are all methylation microarrays created equal?”
Laura Sauder
University of Waterloo
Microbiology
“Life in a fishbowl: Archaea revealed as the dominant ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquarium biofilters”
Michael Horkoff
University of Victoria
Molecular Biology
“The Induction of Glucose Metabolism by Stat3″
Computational Sciences and Technology
Awards in this theme were sponsored by MITACS.
Most outstanding poster:
Sergio Da Silva
University of Toronto
Mathematics
“Oda’s Strong Factorization Conjecture and its Implications in Toric Geometry”
Honourable mentions:
Robert Xiao
University of Waterloo
Computer Science / Information Technology
“Steering-with-Steering”
Peter Forbes
University of Waterloo
Statistics
“ENTREE, A Personalized Recipe Recommendation Engine”
Engineering
Most outstanding poster:
Lazar Milovanovic
University of British Columbia
Biological / Biomedical Engineering
“Quantitative measurement of friction on single cells in microfluidics devices and the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) coating. “
Honourable mentions:
Michael Pettigrew
University of Toronto
Biological / Biomedical Engineering
“Design, construction, and characterization of a modular synthetic biochemical circuit with capacitive behaviour”
Lai Chi (Lily) So
University of Waterloo
Biological / Biomedical Engineering
“Size and Deformability Based Cell Separation Using Microfluidic Ratchets”
Jeffrey Castrucci
University of Toronto
Chemical Engineering
“Engineering Phase Properties of Arylamines for use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
Mo Chen
University of British Columbia
Electrical Engineering
“Guaranteeing Safety of Systems with Discretized Control Using Reachability Analysis”
Jennifer Sidey
McGill University
Mechanical Engineering
“The effects of particle size on the oxidation of aluminum nano and micron sized particles to produce hydrogen”
Health Sciences
Most outstanding poster:
Angela Lau
University of Alberta
Health Care & Epidemiology
“The Tuberculin Skin Test Is Unreliable In Low Risk Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) -Vaccinated School Children”
Honourable mentions:
Andrea Globa
University of Winnipeg
Anatomy / Physiology
“Role of DLX genes in vertebrate retinal development”
Kirby Goldstein
University of British Columbia
Anatomy / Physiology
“Unrecognized brain injury risk in child Taekwondo competitors: methodological considerations and findings”
Mark Auspitz
McMaster University
Medical Genetics
“Genetic Changes in Mouse Models of Retinoblastoma”
Sharon May
University of British Columbia
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
“The Clogged Sink Model: The Effects of High Fat Diet on Peripheral ß-amyloid Metabolism”
Life Sciences & Cognitive Science
Most outstanding poster:
Kiran Vadaga
Concordia University
Cognitive Sciences/Sensory Systems and Perception
“The Relationship Between Cognitive Inhibition And Working Memory”
Honourable mentions:
Dylan Kwart
University of Ottawa
Cognitive Sciences/Sensory Systems and Perception
“Looking at Beauty: A cross-sectional eye-tracking study of age and attractiveness perception”
Pamela Belter
University of Alberta
Ecology/Ecosystems
“Parasitic mycorrhizal fungi alter root foraging behaviour of Achillea millefolium”
Shay Neufeld
McGill University
Neuroscience
“Opposing roles of Plexin A and Plexin B receptors in neural wiring”
Physical & Earth Sciences
Most outstanding poster:
Michelle Thompson
Queen’s University
Geology / Geophysics
“Unlocking the Magic of Moon Dust: Characterization and analysis of the sub-micron size fraction of lunar soil”
Honourable mentions:
Matthew Carter
University of Alberta
Chemistry
“COLOR TUNABLE pNIPAm MICROGEL/GOLD ETALONS: A Comprehensive Study of Their Assembly and Optical Properties”
Elizabeth Lam
University of Toronto
Chemistry
“SERS nanoparticles for cancer cell surface markers detection”
Eli Heyman
University of British Columbia
Atmospheric Science
“Modeling detailed distribution of urban population for improved estimation of energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions”
Alexander Mangerel
University of Waterloo
Physics
“Modelling Ga1-xMnxAs Bilayers Using X-Ray Reflectivity and Absorption Data for Developing Room Temperature Spintronics”
Mathias Pielahn
University of Winnipeg
Physics
“Dynamical Black Hole Surface Gravity”
Chenchong Zhu
University of British Columbia
Physics
“Loss and heating of trapped ultracold gases”
Social Sciences
Most outstanding poster:
Jennifer Khoury
University of Toronto
Psychology
“Reducing Stereotype Threat with Cross-group Friendship”
Honourable mentions:
Tara Gralnick
Concordia University
Psychology
“The Effect of Personality Traits on Response to Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder”
Genevieve Lorenzo
University of British Columbia
Psychology
“What is Beautiful is Good… And Accurately Understood”
Yu Janice Zhang
University of Toronto
Sociology
“The Complexities of Closeness: An Empirical Analysis”
