2024-2025 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.
| 2024 | PRESENTER 1 | TITLE | PRESENTER 2 | TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2024 | ORIENTATION FOR NEW STAFF and STUDENTS | |||
| September 16, 2024 | NO WIP: CIHR GRANT APPLICATIONS | |||
| September 23, 2024 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| September 30, 2024 | YONG JIN KWEON MSc Grad Student Jun Ding | Advancing cell type deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics with deep neural network, transfer learning and matrix factorization. | RUI SUN PhD Grad Student James Martin | Poly I:C alleviates asthma-associated T helper 2 immunopathology via the induction of modulatory monocyte-derived macrophages. |
| October 7, 2024 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| October 14, 2024 | NO WIP: THANKSGIVING | |||
| October 21, 2024 | KIRI STERN PhD Grad Student Simon Rousseau / Amin Emad | Establishing a need for causal inference machine learning methods in scRNA-seq studies. | EMILY WILSON PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | AhR coordinates pulmonary response to inhaled cannabis products. |
| TUESDAY October 22, 2024 | RESP SPECIAL SEMINAR – POSTPONED | |||
| October 28, 2024 | HAJAROOBA GNANAGOBAL PostDoc Fellow Dao Nguyen | Transcriptomic response of airway epithelial cells to infection with intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa lacking Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS) function. | LEONARDO JURADO PhD Grad Student Maziar Divangahi POSTPONED to January 20, 2025 | A fungal-derived adjuvant remarkably amplifies the antitumoral potency of BCG. |
| THURSDAY November 7, 2024 | INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL SYMPOSIUM | |||
| November 11, 2024 | SUMAIYA JUSAB MSc Grad Student Dao Nguyen | The role of the Type 3 secretion system on the long-term survival and proliferation of intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway epithelial cells. | ROJINE McVEA MSc Grad Student Elizabeth Fixman / Brian Ward | RSV to asthma: investigating the immunomodulatory role of IL-33 in inducing allergic airway disease. |
| November 18, 2024 | ANDREI BOGZA PhD Grad Student Irah King | Exploring the Impact of Intestinal Helminth Infection on Diet Induced Stunting. | KAITLIN OLSEN MSc Grad Student Irah King | Investigating Transkingdom-Immune Interactions During Intestinal Helminth Infection. |
| November 25, 2024 | MARIEME DEMBELE PhD Grad Student Bruce Mazer | Immunoregulatory properties of IVIg and Tregitopes in murine models of asthma. | JAYALAKSHMI JAYAN MSc Grad Student Larry Lands | Optimization of Liquid Handler parameters for the synthesis and characterization of mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for the treatment of lung disease. |
| December 2, 2024 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| December 9, 2024 | JU JING TAN PostDoc Fellow James Martin / Ryszard Grygorczyk | The Role of P2X7 Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. | JANA ABI RAFEH MSc Grad Student Bruce Mazer / Salman Qureshi | The impact of artificial intelligence on parent education in oral immunotherapy (OIT). |
| December 16, 2024 | GUO JIANG MSc Grad Student Jun Ding | Graph Link Prediction Based Cell Alignment. | NICOLE HEIMBACH PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | AhR and cigarette smoke: Effects on lung macrophages. |
| December 23, 2024 | NO WIP: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! | |||
| 2025 | ||||
| January 13, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| January 20, 2025 | BOWEN ZHAO MSc Grad Student Jun Ding | scCobra: Contrastive cell embedding learning with domain-adaptation for single-cell data integration and harmonization. / scCobra : Apprentissage contrastif de l’intégration cellulaire avec adaptation au domaine pour l’intégration et l’harmonisation des données unicellulaires. | LEONARDO JURADO PhD Grad Student Maziar Divangahi | A fungal-derived adjuvant remarkably amplifies the antitumoral potency of BCG. / Un adjuvant dérivé d’un champignon amplifie remarquablement la puissance antitumorale du BCG. |
| FRIDAY January 24, 2025 | RECRU SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| January 27, 2025 | JÉRÔME BÉDARD-MATTEAU PhD Grad Student Simon Rousseau | The Th17 inflammation axis as a potential mediator of persistent fatigue symptom in Long-Covid. / L’axe d’inflammation Th17 comme médiateur potentiel du symptôme de fatigue persistante chez le Long-Covid. | MONICA CELLA PhD Grad Student Dao Nguyen | Development of plasmid-host DNA fixation method for metagenomic sequencing analyses. / Développement d’une méthode de fixation de l’ADN des plasmides pour l’analyse métagénomique. |
| February 3, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| February 10, 2025 | NO WIP: RI STAT HOLIDAY | |||
| February 17, 2025 PRESENTATIONS POSTPONED | CLARA MacMAHON PhD Grad Student Irah King | Exploring the relationship between hypercholesterolemia, systemic inflammation, and the gut microbiome. / Exploration de la relation entre l’hypercholestérolémie, l’inflammation systémique et le microbiome intestinal. | PATRICK GREISS PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | POSTPONED TO MARCH 31 The effect of cannabis smoke exposure on the immune response to Influenza A Infection. / L’effet de l’exposition à la fumée de cannabis sur la réponse immunitaire à l’infection par la grippe A. |
| February 24, 2025 | MIROSLAV ZHAO PhD Grad Student Jun Ding | Cross-protocol data conversion using deep generative learning. / Conversion de données entre protocoles à l’aide de l’apprentissage génératif profond. | AHMED SAIF MSc Grad Student Maziar Divangahi | Targeting Central Trained Immunity via Adjuvants. / Cibler l’immunité centrale entraînée via des adjuvants. |
| March 3, 2025 | NO WIP: SPRING BREAK | |||
| March 10, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| March 17, 2025 | KATELYN LIU PhD Grad Student Simon Rousseau | Investigating OLFM4 and SHC4 in Severe COVID-19: Implications in Immunothrombosis and Disease Progression. / Investigation d’OLFM4 et SHC4 dans la COVID-19 sévère : implications dans l’immunothrombose et la progression de la maladie. | YUMIN ZHENG PhD Grad Student Jun Ding | Deep learning framework for reconstructing 3D single cell transcriptome. / Cadre d’apprentissage profond pour la reconstruction du transcriptome unicellulaire 3D. |
| March 24, 2025 | MATHEUS SCHULTZ PhD Grad Student Anne-Marie Lauzon | Leveraging modern biophysical approaches to study the effects of actin-binding proteins in the smooth muscle latch-state. / Exploiter des approches biophysiques modernes pour étudier les effets des protéines régulatrices de l’actine dans l’état latch des muscles lisses. | JINGTAO WANG PhD Grad Student Jun Ding | DTPSP: A Deep Learning Framework for Optimized Time Point Selection in Time-Series Single-Cell Studies. / DTPSP : Un cadre d’apprentissage profond pour optimiser la sélection des points temporels dans les études unicellulaires en séries chronologiques. |
| FRIDAY March 28, 2025 | RECRU SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| March 31, 2025 | PATRICK GREISS PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | The effect of cannabis smoke exposure on the immune response to Influenza A Infection. / L’effet de l’exposition à la fumée de cannabis sur la réponse immunitaire à l’infection par la grippe A. | VISHVAK RAGHAVAN PhD Grad Student Jun Ding / Yue Li | Harnessing Agent-Based Frameworks in CellAgentChat to Unravel Cell-Cell Interactions from Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics. / Exploiter les structures basées sur des agents dans CellAgentChat pour démêler les interactions cellule-cellule à partir de la transcriptomique unicellulaire et spatiale. |
| April 7, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| April 14, 2025 | EISHA AHMED PhD Grad Student Bruce Mazer | Intrinsic differences in B cell subsets and compartments confer CpG-mediated IL-10 competence. / Les différences intrinsèques dans les types et les compartiments de cellules B confèrent une compétence IL-10 médiée par les CpG. | SHAHIN BOLORI HANAFI PostDoc Fellow Maziar Divangahi | Investigating the impact of IL-22 on enhancing disease tolerance to Influenza A Virus infection by inducing autophagy in Alveolar Type 2 Cells. / Investigation de l’impact de l’IL-22 sur l’amélioration de la tolérance à l’infection par le virus de la grippe A en induisant l’autophagie dans les cellules alvéolaires de type 2. |
| April 21, 2025 | NO WIP: EASTER MONDAY | |||
| FRIDAY April 25, 2025 | RESPIRATORY RESEARCH DAY | |||
| April 28, 2025 | SOPHIE COLLINS PostDoc Fellow Benjamin Smith | Smaller airways or bigger lungs? Dysanapsis etiotypes and obstructive pulmonary physiology at rest and during exercise. / Petites voies aériennes ou grands poumons ? Phénotypes de dysanapsis et physiologie pulmonaire obstructive au repos et à l’effort. | JIAHUI TAN MSc Grad Student Jun Ding / Basil Petrof | Macrophage heterogeneity in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy using scRNA-seq Technology. / Hétérogénéité des macrophages dans la dystrophie musculaire de Duchenne à l’aide de la technologie scRNA-seq. |
| May 5, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| May 12, 2025 | JUSTINE MATHÉ PostDoc Fellow Dao Nguyen | Spatial Profiling of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Explants. / Profilage spatial des interactions hôte-pathogène dans des explants pulmonaires de patients atteints de fibrose kystique. | FARIYA WAHAB MSc Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | Biomarker Identification for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). / Identification de biomarqueurs pour la fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique (FPI). |
| May 19, 2025 | NO WIP: VICTORIA DAY & ATS | |||
| May 26, 2025 | AVA NAPHIN MSc Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | Weeding Out the Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Neutrophil Function. / Déterminer les effets du Δ9-tétrahydrocannabinol sur la fonction des neutrophiles. | ||
| FRIDAY May 30, 2025 | ANNUAL DOCTOR DOROTHY WISELBERG SEMINAR | |||
| June 2, 2025 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| June 9, 2025 | HILARY HENDIN PostDoc Fellow Gregory Fonseca | TBC | SIMRAN JAFFER MSc Grad Student Darcy Wagner | Optimizing Porcine Lung-Derived Hydrogels for Applications in Regenerative Medicine. / Optimisation des hydrogels dérivés du poumon de porc pour des applications en médecine régénérative. |
| June 16, 2025 | SYDNEY JOY PhD Grad Student Inés Colmegna / James Martin | Characterizing the Role of Alveolar Macrophages in the Development of Interstitial Lung Disease. / Caractérisation du rôle des macrophages alvéolaires dans le développement des maladies pulmonaires interstitielles. | FATEMEH OSTADAN PhD Grad Student Basil Petrof | Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in CF. / Dysfonctionnement des muscles squelettiques dans la fibrose kystique. |