High-density lipoprotein enhances the anti-thrombotic effect of apolipoprotein A-IV
Nicole Tomei
Location
Registration & Poster Sessions:
Old Vic Building - Foyer & Alumni Hall (Ground floor), 91 Charles St W
Oral Sessions & Keynote Lecture:
Northrop Frye Hall, Room NF003, 73 Queen's Park Crescent E
Click here for more detailed instructions on navigating the venue.
Registration & Poster Sessions:
Old Vic Building - Foyer & Alumni Hall (Ground floor), 91 Charles St W
Oral Sessions & Keynote Lecture:
Northrop Frye Hall, Room NF003, 73 Queen's Park Crescent E
Click here for more detailed instructions on navigating the venue.
Schedule
| 8:00–8:45 | Registration Old Vic Foyer |
| 8:45–9:00 | Opening and Welcome Northrop Frye NF003 |
| 9:00–10:00 |
Oral Presentations Session 1
Northrop Frye NF003
Paracrine Effects of CFTR-Deficient Pancreatic Ductal Epithelial Cells Impair β-Cell Stimulus–Secretion Coupling in Human Pancreas
Yunhua Ren Effective Feeding by a Neuromuscular System
Hongruo Zhang BSCI/FX125L, a novel therapeutic to prevent preterm birth: Studies to assess fetal and postnatal outcomes following therapy in C57BL/6 mice
Sharanya Shankar |
| 10:00–10:15 | Break Alumni Hall |
| 10:15–11:00 |
Poster Session 1
Alumni Hall
Endothelin-1 Overexpression in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Adam McMahon Investigating the role of key membrane-shaping proteins on sarcoplasmic reticulum morphology in the early postnatal cardiomyocyte
Kateleen Jia Breaking the Ice with 10°C Lung Storage: How Ferroptosis Mediates 10°C Donor Lung Protection and Drives 4°C Injury
Tanroop Aujla Investigating the role of NDPK in beta cell function and the pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
Yihan Luo Assessing the Role of GAPDH Nitrosylation and Nuclear Translocation in the Loss of Beta-cell Insulin Secretion due to Inflammation mimicking Early-Stage Type 1 Diabetes
Maggie Jin Understanding the risks of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes: connection with sphingolipids biosynthesis
Wenyue Ye Neuronal Activity Underlying Breathing Behaviour is Associated with Successful LTM Formation following Aversive Operant Conditioning
Yunke Wu Targeting the mitochondrial thermogenesis pathway for neuroprotection in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy by curcumin
Xianxuan Wang The landscape of X-chromosome inactivation escape variation across tissues and species
Young June Kim Detecting Ionic Mechanisms Underlying Aerial-Breathing Behavioural Changes in the Hypoxia-Tolerant Lymnaea stagnalis
Yuchao (Melanie) Niu Hippocampal time cell dynamics underlie timing deficits in a mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Maya Viegas Surgery induces astrocytic reactivity and aberrantly upregulates MAOB-dependent production of GABA in astrocytes in the mouse hippocampus
Howell Fang Co-transmitter interactions shape short term plasticity in the medial habenula-interpeduncular nucleus circuit
Claire Richter Gorey Patient Reported Outcomes and Measurement Tools in Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Scoping Review
Samantha Gu The Effect of Nuclear envelope membrane protein (NEMP) on Genome Stability and Transposable Elements in the Ovary
Maryam Pashaei Direct actions of glucocorticoids on epididymal epithelial cells: A novel route of intergenerational programming
Maya Cameron |
| 11:00–11:20 | 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Northrop Frye NF003
The Brain's Specialized Delivery System Keeps Us Thinking at Lightning Speed
Chun Hin Chow Same Gene, Different Result: The Human-Mouse Gap in LSDs
Michael Sava How to Spot a Catfish; Circulating Tumour Cells As Key Drivers of Metastases
Grace Modi Targeting Tremor Treatment
Vishnu Sripathi Friend or Foe? Immune Cells after Brain Injury
Madison Marmora |
| 11:20–11:30 | Sponsor Presentation Northrop Frye NF003 |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch Burwash Dining Hall |
| 12:30–1:30 |
Keynote Lecture (Archibald Byron Macallum Endowed Lectureship)
Northrop Frye NF003
Translating hypothalamic KNDY neurone physiology into the clinic
Dr. Waljit Dhillo, Imperial College London |
| 1:30–1:45 | Department Photo Victoria College Quad |
| 1:45–2:00 | Break Alumni Hall |
| 2:00–2:45 |
Poster Session 2
Alumni Hall
Targeted protein modifications as a therapeutic strategy to restore Phospholamban function in the diseased heart
Stephanie Sansone Developing a Novel Perfusate for Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Jorge Castillo Prado Inflammasome Activation Mediates Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
Anthony Tay Investigating changes in islet mass using ex vivo pancreas perfusion
Frances Ford Identifying Novel Myokines under Hyperglycemia and Hyperinsulinemic Conditions via Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation
Yuliya Romanets Helicobacter Pylori's Vacuolating Cytotoxin A Affects Mitochondrial Morphology and Function
Marta Betlej Investigating the Role of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase (NDPK) in Adipocyte Differentiation and Lipid Metabolism
Jane Lee Munc18-1 is crucial for photoreceptor function, survival and regulation of syntaxin-3 localization and expression
Ryan Noworolski Neuroprotection by Ryanodine Receptor 2 Inhibition in Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury via Autophagy and Mitophagy Pathways
(Maria) Meng Yang Maternal Diabetes: A Critical Driver of HIE Risk and Severity
Yi-Syuan Huang Hippocampal interneuron dysfunction during working memory in a mouse model of schizophrenia
Mark Gerlai VIP Interneuronal Dynamics in Memory-Encoding Hippocampal Spiking Sequences
Tianwei Liu Neuronal and Motor Activity in the Basal Ganglia During a Synchronization-Continuation Hand Tapping Task in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Daniel Henao Lopez Cortisol Modulates Drug Transporter Function in Human Fetal Brain Endothelial Cells
Nikola Ivanovski Exploring the impact of chronic stress on mitochondria quality in oocytes
Sonia Encinas Leal Recreating the renal vasculature using decellularized mouse kidneys and human stem cells
Anupama Bhadwal |
| 2:45–4:00 |
Oral Presentations Session 2
Northrop Frye NF003
Peri-Transplant miR-375 Dynamics Reflect Acute Islet Graft Injury and Early Function
Kaitlyn Rodricks An isogenic, endogenous NPC1 variant panel for genotype-resolved therapeutic testing in Niemann-Pick disease type C
Elham Ghorbanpour Is Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment Safe as a Potential Oncofertility Preservation Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients?
Yue Ying Yao Toward Scalable Long Duration Organ Preservation: A Cost Effective, RBC Free Ex Vivo Perfusion Strategy in a Porcine Kidney Model
Chun Tat Lui |
| 4:00–4:15 | Break Northrop Frye NF003 |
| 4:15–5:30 |
Oral Presentations Session 3
Northrop Frye NF003
Counterfactual Spatial Controls Reveal Spatial Information Embedded in Transcriptomes
Arvin Khoshboresh Modelling early human placenta development using organoid culture
Yunting (Sophie) Liu Glucose metabolic dysregulation during syncytiotrophoblast differentiation in preeclampsia-derived trophoblast stem cells
Chang Ge NDPK inhibition orchestrates lipogenesis and lipolysis in adipocytes
Hualin Wang Astrocytes Regulate Nanoscale Architecture and Function at Tripartite Synapses
Maria Gurma |
| 5:30–5:45 | Closing, Presentation Awards Northrop Frye NF003 |
| 5:45–6:30 | Reception: Canapés, Cash Bar, Cake Cutting Alumni Hall |
| 7:00– | Pub Social Jack Astor's Bar & Grill - 2 Bloor St E |
Registration
8:00–8:45
Old Vic Foyer
Opening and Welcome
8:45–9:00
Northrop Frye NF003
Oral Presentations Session 1
9:00–10:00
Northrop Frye NF003
High-density lipoprotein enhances the anti-thrombotic effect of apolipoprotein A-IV — Nicole Tomei
Paracrine Effects of CFTR-Deficient Pancreatic Ductal Epithelial Cells Impair β-Cell Stimulus–Secretion Coupling in Human Pancreas — Yunhua Ren
Effective Feeding by a Neuromuscular System — Hongruo Zhang
BSCI/FX125L, a novel therapeutic to prevent preterm birth: Studies to assess fetal and postnatal outcomes following therapy in C57BL/6 mice — Sharanya Shankar
Break
10:00–10:15
Alumni Hall
Poster Session 1
Endothelin-1 Overexpression in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension — Adam McMahon
Investigating the role of key membrane-shaping proteins on sarcoplasmic reticulum morphology in the early postnatal cardiomyocyte — Kateleen Jia
Breaking the Ice with 10°C Lung Storage: How Ferroptosis Mediates 10°C Donor Lung Protection and Drives 4°C Injury — Tanroop Aujla
Investigating the role of NDPK in beta cell function and the pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes — Yihan Luo
Assessing the Role of GAPDH Nitrosylation and Nuclear Translocation in the Loss of Beta-cell Insulin Secretion due to Inflammation mimicking Early-Stage Type 1 Diabetes — Maggie Jin
Understanding the risks of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes: connection with sphingolipids biosynthesis — Wenyue Ye
Neuronal Activity Underlying Breathing Behaviour is Associated with Successful LTM Formation following Aversive Operant Conditioning — Yunke Wu
Targeting the mitochondrial thermogenesis pathway for neuroprotection in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy by curcumin — Xianxuan Wang
The landscape of X-chromosome inactivation escape variation across tissues and species — Young June Kim
Detecting Ionic Mechanisms Underlying Aerial-Breathing Behavioural Changes in the Hypoxia-Tolerant Lymnaea stagnalis — Yuchao (Melanie) Niu
Hippocampal time cell dynamics underlie timing deficits in a mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome — Maya Viegas
Surgery induces astrocytic reactivity and aberrantly upregulates MAOB-dependent production of GABA in astrocytes in the mouse hippocampus — Howell Fang
Co-transmitter interactions shape short term plasticity in the medial habenula-interpeduncular nucleus circuit — Claire Richter Gorey
Patient Reported Outcomes and Measurement Tools in Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Scoping Review — Samantha Gu
The Effect of Nuclear envelope membrane protein (NEMP) on Genome Stability and Transposable Elements in the Ovary — Maryam Pashaei
Direct actions of glucocorticoids on epididymal epithelial cells: A novel route of intergenerational programming — Maya Cameron
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
11:00–11:20
Northrop Frye NF003
The Brain's Specialized Delivery System Keeps Us Thinking at Lightning Speed — Chun Hin Chow
Same Gene, Different Result: The Human-Mouse Gap in LSDs — Michael Sava
How to Spot a Catfish; Circulating Tumour Cells As Key Drivers of Metastases — Grace Modi
Targeting Tremor Treatment — Vishnu Sripathi
Friend or Foe? Immune Cells after Brain Injury — Madison Marmora
Sponsor Presentation
11:20–11:30
Northrop Frye NF003
Lunch
11:30–12:30
Burwash Dining Hall
Keynote Lecture (Archibald Byron Macallum Endowed Lectureship)
12:30–1:30
Northrop Frye NF003
Translating hypothalamic KNDY neurone physiology into the clinic — Dr. Waljit Dhillo, Imperial College London
Department Photo
1:30–1:45
Victoria College Quad
Break
1:45–2:00
Alumni Hall
Poster Session 2
Targeted protein modifications as a therapeutic strategy to restore Phospholamban function in the diseased heart — Stephanie Sansone
Developing a Novel Perfusate for Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion — Jorge Castillo Prado
Inflammasome Activation Mediates Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury — Anthony Tay
Investigating changes in islet mass using ex vivo pancreas perfusion — Frances Ford
Identifying Novel Myokines under Hyperglycemia and Hyperinsulinemic Conditions via Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation — Yuliya Romanets
Helicobacter Pylori's Vacuolating Cytotoxin A Affects Mitochondrial Morphology and Function — Marta Betlej
Investigating the Role of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase (NDPK) in Adipocyte Differentiation and Lipid Metabolism — Jane Lee
Munc18-1 is crucial for photoreceptor function, survival and regulation of syntaxin-3 localization and expression — Ryan Noworolski
Neuroprotection by Ryanodine Receptor 2 Inhibition in Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury via Autophagy and Mitophagy Pathways — (Maria) Meng Yang
Maternal Diabetes: A Critical Driver of HIE Risk and Severity — Yi-Syuan Huang
Hippocampal interneuron dysfunction during working memory in a mouse model of schizophrenia — Mark Gerlai
VIP Interneuronal Dynamics in Memory-Encoding Hippocampal Spiking Sequences — Tianwei Liu
Neuronal and Motor Activity in the Basal Ganglia During a Synchronization-Continuation Hand Tapping Task in Patients with Parkinson's Disease — Daniel Henao Lopez
Cortisol Modulates Drug Transporter Function in Human Fetal Brain Endothelial Cells — Nikola Ivanovski
Exploring the impact of chronic stress on mitochondria quality in oocytes — Sonia Encinas Leal
Recreating the renal vasculature using decellularized mouse kidneys and human stem cells — Anupama Bhadwal
Oral Presentations Session 2
2:45–4:00
Northrop Frye NF003
Peri-Transplant miR-375 Dynamics Reflect Acute Islet Graft Injury and Early Function — Kaitlyn Rodricks
An isogenic, endogenous NPC1 variant panel for genotype-resolved therapeutic testing in Niemann-Pick disease type C — Elham Ghorbanpour
Is Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment Safe as a Potential Oncofertility Preservation Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients? — Yue Ying Yao
Toward Scalable Long Duration Organ Preservation: A Cost Effective, RBC Free Ex Vivo Perfusion Strategy in a Porcine Kidney Model — Chun Tat Lui
Oral Presentations Session 3
4:15–5:30
Northrop Frye NF003
Counterfactual Spatial Controls Reveal Spatial Information Embedded in Transcriptomes — Arvin Khoshboresh
Modelling early human placenta development using organoid culture — Yunting (Sophie) Liu
Glucose metabolic dysregulation during syncytiotrophoblast differentiation in preeclampsia-derived trophoblast stem cells — Chang Ge
NDPK inhibition orchestrates lipogenesis and lipolysis in adipocytes — Hualin Wang
Astrocytes Regulate Nanoscale Architecture and Function at Tripartite Synapses — Maria Gurma
Closing, Presentation Awards
5:30–5:45
Northrop Frye NF003
Reception: Canapés, Cash Bar, Cake Cutting
5:45–6:30
Alumni Hall
Pub Social
7:00–
Jack Astor's Bar & Grill - 2 Bloor St E