Travel Awards 2016

• Post-doctorate fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Supervisor: Prof. Peter Tieleman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• Work presented: Parameterization of Cysteine Palmitoyl, Cysteine Farnesyl, Cysteine GeranylGeranyl and Glycine Myrsitol for the Martini forcefield

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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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• PhD candidate in Biochemistry at Université du Québec à Montréal
• Supervisor: Dr. Steve Bourgault, Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Work presented: Site-specific asparagine deamidation accelerates Islet Amyloid Polypeptide selfassembly

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• Physics, PhD candidate, University of Toronto and Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Supervisor: Dr. Claudiu Gradinaru, University of Toronto and Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Work presented: Single-Molecule Dissection of the Conformations, Dynamics and Binding of the Disordered 4E-BP2 Protein

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• Physics PhD candidate, University of Toronto and Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Supervisor: Dr. Claudiu Gradinaru, University of Toronto and Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Work presented: Dimensions and dynamics of highly cooperative Sic1-WD40 binding: single molecule FRET through a polymer physics lens

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• Chemistry PhD candidate, Université de Montréal, Department of Chemistry
• Supervisor: Dr. Michel Lafleur, Université de Montréal, Department of Chemistry
• Work presented: The chain length of free fatty acids influences the phase behaviour of stratum corneum model membranes: A 2H-NMR and IR investigation

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• Biology MSc candidate, University of Waterloo, Department of Biology
• Supervisor: Dr. Zoya Leonenko, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Biology, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
• Work presented: Atomic Force Spectroscopy for testing amyloid-β aggregation inhibitors

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• Physics MSc candidate, University ofOttawa, Department of Physics
• Supervisor: Vincent Tabard-Cossa, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
• Work presented: Fabrication of Zero Mode Waveguide Nanopores by Controlled Breakdown for Single-Molecule Optical Detection

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• Physics PhD candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Physics
• Supervisor: Dr. Valerie Booth, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Work presented: 2H NMR studies of living bacteria interacting with antimicrobial peptides

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• Chemistry PhD candidate, McMaster University, Department of Chemistry
• Supervisor: Dr. Giuseppe Melacini, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
• Work presented: Dynamical basis of cGMP-vs.-cAMP selectivity of protein kinase G

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• Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate, University of Toronto
• Supervisor: Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
• Work presented: Dynamic force patterns promote collective cell migration

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