Trainee Poster Awards 2016

• Honours Biochemistry student, University of Manitoba, Department of Chemistry
• Supervisor: Dr. Mazdak Khajehpour, University of Manitoba, Department of Chemistry
• Work presented: Understanding the hydrophobic effect using beta-cyclodextrin as a model system

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• PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
• Supervisor: Dr. Greg Bridges, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
• Work presented: Dielectrophoresis Study of Electroporation Induced Changes in Internal Conductivity of CHO Cells

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• PhD candidate in Biophysical Chemistry at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Supervisor: Dr. Peter Tieleman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Work presented: Computational Studies of Lipid-Protein Interactions

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• PhD Candidate in Chemistry, University of Manitoba
• Supervisor: Dr. Sean A. McKenna, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba
• Work presented: Biophysical characterization of interaction between dsRNA-binding protein kinase and its inhibitor Adenovirus virus-associated (VA) RNA I

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• Biochemistry MSc Candidate, McMaster University, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
• Supervisor: Dr. Richard Epand, McMaster University, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
• Work presented: The Structural and Enzymatic Characterization of Purified Human Diacylglycerol Kinase Epsilon

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• Post-doctoral Fellow in Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal
• Supervisor: Dr Jean-François Masson, Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal
• Work presented: Optophysiology: A dynamic SERS nanosensor for monitoring cell secretion events

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