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2024 Graduate Student Award Winners

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Congratulations to the following Meakins-Christie Labs members, winners of 2024 student awards:

MIMM Graduate Student Research Day – May, 2024

POSTER PRESENTATION WINNER:

Sumaiya Jusab
MSc student with Dao Nguyen
The role of the type 3 secretion system on the long-term survival of intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway epithelial cells

ORAL PRESENTATION WINNERS:

Mina Sadeghi
PhD student with Maziar Divangahi
Regulation of bone marrow iron metabolism in hematopoiesis and host defence against TB

Jacquelyn Rich
PhD student with Dao Nguyen
Proteomic profiling of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa stringent response


11th Annual TB Research Day – March, 2024

BEST BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL & HEALTH OUTCOME ORAL PRESENTATION:

Mina Sadeghi
PhD student with Maziar Divangahi
Investigating the regulation of bone marrow iron metabolism in hematopoiesis and host defense against TB

BEST 2023 PUBLICATION AWARD (Emil Skamene Award for Best Paper in Basic Biomedical Research):

Kim A. Tran
PhD student with Maziar Divangahi
BCG immunization induces CX3CR1hi effector memory T cells to provide cross-protection via IFN-γ-mediated trained immunity

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s

Kaitlin Olsen
MSc student with Irah King
Investigating type 3 immunity and early life IgA in promoting life-long intestinal immune resilience

Andrei Bogza
MSc student with Irah King
Investigating the tripartite relationship between helminth infection, the gut microbiome, and stunting in early life