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Work-in-Progress

2022-2023 Schedule – Mondays 9am-10am
A weekly work-in-progress provides trainees with the opportunity to present their research results, develop communication skills, and receive feedback from colleagues. Our WIP presentation schedule is changing starting January 16th, 2023. In order to give more students an opportunity to present during the year, there will be two presentations on each designated Monday. Each presentation will last 20 minutes maximum, followed by a 10-minute question period.

DATEPRESENTERPOSITIONSUPERVISORTITLE OF PRESENTATION
2022
September 12, 2022Orientation for new staff & trainees
September 14, 2022CIHR Grant Applications
September 19, 2022SAHAR MIKAEELIPhD Grad StudentSabah HussainRegulation of Skeletal Muscle Mass by Long non-coding RNAs
September 26, 2022MIKAL EL-HAJJARPhD Grad StudentGregory FonsecaCharacterizing Sars-CoV-2 Heterogeneity in UAE Wastewater
October 3, 2022GARRIE PENGPhD Grad StudentIrah KingExploring the role of the gut microbiota in virtual memory CD8 T cell development during intestinal helminth infection
October 10, 2022NO WIP: Thanksgiving
October 17, 2022JACKIE RICHPhD Grad StudentDao NguyenThe role of the oxidative stress response on envelope adaptation and antibiotic tolerance in stationary phase Pseudomonas aeruginosa
October 24, 2022RENAUD PRÉVELPostDoc FellowMaziar Divangahiβ-glucan enhances LPS-induced acute lung injury via AM reprogramming
October 31, 2022RESP Seminar Speaker
No speaker scheduled
November 7, 2022RYANN LANGPhD Grad StudentBasil PetrofCharacterizing Changes in Diaphragm Cell Populations in Response to Mechanical Ventilation
November 14, 2022DIANA TOSCANO RIVEROMSc Grad StudentBruce MazerSerological assessment of patients undergoing peanut Oral Immunotherapy
November 21, 2022YUMIN ZHENGPhD Grad StudentJun DingRepurposing drugs for IPF with deep generative model and single nucleic RNA-seq data
November 28, 2022RESP Seminar SpeakerNo speaker scheduled
December 5, 2022MICHAEL ZHOUMSc Grad StudentJames MartinThe Role of BTLA-HVEM Interaction in CD4+ T cell Cytokine Synthesis and ASM Cell Phenotype in Co-culture
December 12, 2022EMILY WILSONPhD Grad StudentCarolyn BagloleInhaled Cannabis Products Activate Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor to Modulate Pulmonary Inflammation
December 19, 2022 – January 9, 2023
NO WIP:Happy Holidays!
DATE – 2023PRESENTER 1TITLEPRESENTER 2TITLE
January 16MATHEUS SCHULTZ
PhD Grad Student
Anne-Marie Lauzon
Actin’ up in the laser trap house.SOFIA PAOLI
MSc
Grad Student
Carolyn Baglole
Pulmonary Immunotoxicity of E-Cigarette Aerosols.
January 23CLARA MacMAHON
MSc Grad Student
Irah King
A role for intestinal cholesterol metabolism in the gut-brain axis?SYDNEY JOY
PhD Grad Student
James Martin /
Inés Colmegna
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-Related Lung and Skin Fibrosis.
January 30RESP Seminar Speaker
February 6NO WIP: RI Stat Holiday
February 13SAMI SEDRAOUI
PostDoc Fellow
Sabah Hussain /
Basil Petrof
Regulation and monitoring of mitophagy in skeletal muscles.TOM PODOLSKY
MSc Grad Student
Basil Petrof
Investigating the effects of glucocorticoid steroid treatment on the maladaptive trained immune response in the murine model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
February 20RESP Seminar Speaker
February 27NO WIP: Spring Break
March 6NO WIP: CIHR Grant Applications
March 13JINGTAO WANG
PhD Grad Student
Jun Ding
Enabling single-cell studies for large-scale disease cohorts with a deep generative model.ÉMILIE CHARETTE
MSc Grad Student
Gregory Fonseca
Characterization of the Host Transcriptional Response to Adenovirus E1A Deletion Mutants.
March 20ROHIN CHAKRABORTY
MSc Grad Student
James Martin
Role of interleukin-33 (IL-33) in Influenza A-induced airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in C57BL/6 mice.ELIZABETH LAPSHINA
MSc Grad Student
Maziar Divangahi
The role of GATA6+ peritoneal macrophages in influenza infection.
March 27RESP Seminar Speaker
April 3RESP Seminar Speaker
April 10No WIP: Easter
April 17NICOLE HEIMBACH
PhD Grad Student
Carolyn Baglole
Cigarette Smoke Response in Lung Macrophages: The Where and Why of AhR.
April 24RESP Seminar Speaker
May 1KATELYN LIU
PhD Grad Student
Simon Rousseau
Examining the roles and the interrelationship between SHC4, FGFR signaling, and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in COVID-19 associated thrombosis.SUMAIYA JUSAB
MSc Grad Student
Dao Nguyen
The role of the type 3 secretion system on the long-term survival of intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway epithelial cells.
May 8ATS Poster Practice
May 15LEONARDO JURADO
PhD Grad Student
Maziar Divangahi
How to harness the power of trained immunity in bladder cancer.
May 22NO WIP: Victoria Day & ATS
May 29YASMIN JOLASUN
MSc Grad Student
Jun Ding
Leveraging multi-omics sequencing data to identify clinically relevant cell groups and risk-associated biomarkers.ROHAM GORGANI
MSc Grad Student
Carolyn Baglole
The Impact of Vaporized Cannabis Distillates on Pulmonary Immune Modulation.
June 5RUI SUN
PhD Grad Student
James Martin
Elk-1-myocardin cross-inhibition determines the airway smooth muscle phenotype only when serum response factor is in low abundance.ALEXANDRE MÉLI
PostDoc Fellow
Irah King
Bcl6 expression by CD4+ T cells determines host resistance across distinct parasitic infections.
June 12JANA ABI RAFEH
MSc Grad Student
Bruce Mazer / Salman Qureshi
Real time cytokine profiling of critically ill patients.JÉRÔME BÉDARD-MATTEAU
MSc Grad Student
Simon Rousseau
The Th17 inflammation axis as a potential mediator of persistent fatigue symptom in post-COVID-19 condition.
June 19POSTPONED TO THE FALLPOSTPONED TO THE FALL