Award Winners for 4th Annual BSC Meeting

BSC Travel Award Winners

4th Annual BSC Meeting

2017 Award Recipients

Daniel Berard
PhD Candidate, Dept of Physics, McGill University, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Sabrina Leslie, Dept of Physics, McGill University, Canada
Work presented: Miniaturized Flow Cell with Pneumatically-Actuated Vertical Nanoconfinement

Caitlin E. Cornell
PhD Candidate, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Supervisor: Prof. Sarah L. Keller Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Work presented: Tuning Length Scales of Small Domains in Cell-Derived and Synthetic Model Membranes

Daniel Nino
PhD candidate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
Supervisor: Dr. Joshua N. Milstein, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
Work presented: Estimating Molecular Counts using Fluorophore Blinking Statistics

Miranda Schmidt
Sessional lecturer, University of Guelph, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: Dr. Jenifer Thewalt, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Work presented:Investigating Interactions Between Lipids Involved in Drug Delivery

Jessica Wu
PhD Candidate, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Work presented: Molecular Asymmetries Establish Tissue Boundaries during Drosophila Axis Elongation