Undergraduate Student Poster Award
Jaryd Sullivan: 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
Graduate Student Poster Awards
1st Place: Elham Salimi
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
2nd Place: Besian Sejdiu
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
3rd Place (Tie): Edis Dzananovic
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
3rd Place (Tie): William Jennings
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
Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Award
Thibault Brulé
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
