BIO400, BIO481 & ROP Winners

Thank you to everyone for attending the BIO400, BIO481 & ROP Poster Presentations on April 9 & 10, 2024!

Here are the winners! 

ROP Poster Session:

1^st – Andrew Huynh (Currie Lab, BIO299)

Investigating the Crosstalk of Histone Modifications in Epigenetic Gene Silencing

2^nd – Sienna Valley (Dillon & Phillips, BIO399) 

                Metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana following infection by the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.

3^rd – Mikalya Wozney (Murray, BIO399)

                Colonization of Freshwater Invertebrates in Extreme Salinity

BIO481 Symposium

April 9

1^st – Evelina Tronina (Cheng Lab)

                The Interaction of N-degron Pathway E3 Ligases UBR1 and UBR2 with the Circadian Clock

Runners up:

Meghana Malagi (Walters Lab)

                Validation of m6a demethylase ALKBH5 in Neuron Morphology

Dana Al Refai (Braeutigam Lab)

                Clonal Propagation via Direct Shoot Organogenesis of Poplars

April 10

1^st – Danaca D’Sa (Erclik Lab)

                Investigating the temporal birth window of the Tm26 neuron in the Drosophila medulla

BIO400

Xenab Rizwan (Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab UHN)

Reasons Why Conference-Presented Research is Left Unpublished

Isabella Vessio (Cancer Genetics and High Rish Program Sunnybrook Cancer Centre)

Genetic Counselling: A Powerful Tool for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Our special thanks go to Stephanie do Rego and Diane Matias for their outstanding efforts in organizing the BIO481 & ROP poster session and BIO400, respectively. Your dedication and hard work are truly appreciated and have contributed immensely to the success of these events.