BIOD98/99 Presentations [2018] Session 1: Behaviour, Ecology, - PDF document

BIOD98/99 Presentations [2018] Session 1: Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology I April 10, 2018. 9:30AM-12:00PM (concurrent with session 2) Room: AA-208 1-1 Amanda Priyans Karuna Effects of DSV Plant Soil Interactions on 9:30-9:45 Plant Growth (Cadotte) 1-2 Michael Swift Biodiversity of Fish from the Tortuguero 9:45-10:00 Region of Costa Rica (Lovejoy) 1-3 Weihan Liu Alien Invaders: Mechanisms that Destroy 10:00-10:15 Ecosystems Worldwide (Cadotte) 1-4 Chet Greene Local and Landscape Predictors of 10:15-10:30 Leafcutter Bee Damage to Redbud Trees (MacIvor) ( Cercis canadensis ) 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 1-5 Anantha Nair An Investigation of Hair Cortisol as a 11:00-11:15 Reliable Predictor of Chronic Stress in (Boonstra) Snowshoe Hares 1-6 Arooj Qamar Plant Invasion Effects on Soil 11:15-11:30 (Cadotte) 1-7 Sinan Osman Stress Signatures in Mammals: Plasma and 11:30-11:45 Fecal Measures (Boonstra) 1-8 Antonio Alcantara-Tangonan Testing for Preferential Use of Fructose and 11:45-12:00 Glucose for Lipogenesis in Ruby-Throated (Welch) Hummingbirds 12:00-1:00 LUNCH BREAK

BIOD98/99 Presentations [2018] Session 2: Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, and Genetics I April 10, 2018. 9:30AM-12:00PM (concurrent with session 1) Room: AA-209 2-1 Neilket Patel Molecular Classification of Primitive 9:30-9:45 Neuroectodermal Brain Tumours (Huang/Riggs) 2-2 Homaira Hamidzada Essential Roles of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)- 9:45-10:00 Localized Molecular Chaperones (Zhao) 2-3 Sakina Divan Genetic Dissection of Arabidopsis thaliana 10:00-10:15 Developmental Mutants (Riggs) 2-4 Amanda Singh Investigating the Function of the Jiangene (a 10:15-10:30 Newly Developed HSP90.5 Gene) in Plant (Zhao) Development and Stress Resistance 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 2-5 Dorian Grey Optogenetic Exploration of Neocortical Neural 11:00-11:15 Codes (Richards) 2-6 Saadia Sarker Mac-2 Binding Protein (M2BP) as a Marker of 11:15-11:30 Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (Chandran/Ashok) 2-7 Gohar Rizwan Seizure Susceptibility in a Mouse Model of 11:30-11:45 Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (Reid/Thiele) 2-8 Luke Ajay David The Role of the Imprinted Gene Network in 11:45-12:00 Retinal Disease and Regeneration (Shuurmans/Hasenkampf) 12:00-1:00 LUNCH BREAK

BIOD98/99 Presentations [2018] Session 3: Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology II April 10, 2018. 1:00PM-3:30PM (concurrent with session 4) Room: AA-208 3-1 Inkar Artygalina The Effect of Dog-Strangling Vine ( Vincetoxicum 1:00-1:15 rossicum ) on Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of (MacIvor) Wild Bees in Southern Ontario 3-2 Antonio Lorenzo Impact of Plant Invasion on Bee Species Contribution 1:15-1:30 to Pollinator Networks (MacIvor) 3-3 Abdulaziz Sherif The Resistance of Chlorophyll to Oxidative Damage in 1:30-1:45 Annuals and Perennials (J. Brown) 3-4 Mandy Yuen Diversity of Microbial Communities on pollen Foraged 1:45-2:00 by Bumblebees (MacIvor) 2:00-2:30 COFFEE BREAK 3-5 Kabir Singh Plahay Urbanization and Plant Invasion as Drivers of Soil 2:30-2:45 Conditions Promoting Decomposition and Microbial (MacIvor) Diversity 3-6 Lamees Shah Species Richness and Plant Damage: Dilution or 2:45-3:00 Amplification? (Cadotte) 3-7 Bruce Maloch Litter Mesofauna of Dog-Strangling Vine 3:00-3:15 ( Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar.) Invaded (MacIvor) Urban Forests 3-8 Yousef Safar Can You Have it All? Assessing Links between Plastic 3:15-3:30 Growth and Reproductive Traits in Latrodectus (Andrade) hasselti Males PIZZA IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BALCONY 3:30 PRESENTATION OF BioBURP AWARD

BIOD98/99 Presentations [2018] Session 4: Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, and Genetics II April 10, 2018. 1:00PM-3:30PM (concurrent with session 3) Room: AA-209 4-1 Jeremy Chai The Effect of Asbestos on Phagosome 1:00-1:15 Maturation (Terebiznik) 4-2 Sameen Ahmed Investigating the Role of NF-�B in Phagocytic 1:15-1:30 Receptor-Mediated Inflammation (Harrison) 4-3 Javal Sheth Development of a Rapid Analytical Protocol for 1:30-1:45 Colocalization Image Analysis of (Terebiznik) Phagolysosomal Maturation 4-4 Ahmad Israwi Determining the Spread of Alpha-Synuclein Pre- 1:45-2:00 formed Fibrils in the Rat Model of Parkinson's (Nash) Disease 2:00-2:30 COFFEE BREAK 4-5 Rebekah Kim A Metabolomic Approach to Examining Male 2:30-2:45 Competition in Cyphoderris monstrosa (Mason) 4-6 Bryant Lim Microglia-Specific Changes in Gene Expression 2:45-3:00 in Gulf War Illness Mouse Model (McGowan) 4-7 Mornisha Panchalingam Characterizing XERICO Protein Localization and 3:00-3:15 Response to Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana (Gazzarrini) PIZZA IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BALCONY 3:30 PRESENTATION OF BioBURP AWARD