Travel Awards 2018

• 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

Brief Description of Work

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• PhD Candidate, Dept of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Supervisor: Dr. Vincent Tabard-Cossa, Dept of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Work presented: Controlling Molecular Conformation Before Passage Through a Nanopore

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• Postdoctoral fellow, Bioengineering department, McGill University
• Supervisor: Dr. Allen J. Ehrlicher, Bioengineering department, McGill University
• Work presented: FLNa AND FiLGAP Interactions Regulate the Contractility of Cells in Shear Stress

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• Health Sciences Undergraduate Student, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
• Supervisor: Dr. Maikel C. Rheinstädter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
• Work presented: Membrane Cholesterol Reduces Polymyxin B Nephrotoxicity in Renal Membrane Analogues

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• PhD Candidate, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MBB), Simon Fraser University
• Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Forde, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
• Work presented: Single-Molecule Assay for Proteolytic Susceptibility: Force-Induced Destabilization of Collagen's Triple Helix

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• MSc Candidate in Physics, University of Toronto
• Supervisor: Dr. Claudiu Gradinaru, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Work presented: Probing Conformational Dynamics of 4E-BP2 using Single-Molecule Fluorescence

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• PhD Candidate, Chemistry Department, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
• Supervisor: Dr. Steve Bourgault, Chemistry Department, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
• Work presented: Electrostatic Interactions to Guide the Self-Assembly of Highly Ordered ‘Amyloid-Like’ Nanostructures

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