2023-2024 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.
| 2023 | PRESENTER 1 | TITLE | PRESENTER 2 | TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 11 | ORIENTATION FOR NEW STAFF and STUDENTS | |||
| September 13 | NO WIP: CIHR GRANT APPLICATIONS | |||
| September 18 | SARA TEIMOURI NEZHAD MSc Grad Student Bruce Mazer / Maziar Divangahi | Mitigation of type 2 airway inflammation using B-cell derived extracellular vesicles. | JORDI CHAFFER MSc Grad Student Sabah Hussain | MTHO: A novel regulator of myogenesis. |
| September 25 | SOPHIA GOLDMAN MSc Grad Student Dao Nguyen | Pseudomonas aeruginosa evasion of neutrophil-mediated clearance in Persistent Cystic Fibrosis infections. | SAHAR MIKAEELI PhD Grad Student Simon Rousseau / Jean Bourbeau | POSTPONED to February 19, 2024 |
| October 2 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| October 9 | NO WIP: THANKSGIVING | |||
| October 16 | ELSA SAKR MSc Grad Student Bruce Mazer | Assessing antibody responses to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines against the XBB.1.5 variant. | EISHA AHMED PhD Grad Student Bruce Mazer | From B-cell to Breg: Intrinsic differences between B-cell subsets affect IL-10 competence. |
| October 23 | PATRICK GREISS PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | The effect of cannabis terpenes on the innate immune response in the lungs. | KIM TRAN PhD Grad Student Maziar Divangahi | The cross-protection of BCG vaccination in influenza infection: A role for T cells in trained immunity. |
| October 30 | LYDIA LABRIE PhD Grad Student Elizabeth Fixman / Brian Ward | Sex and Sex Hormone-Dependent Modulation of Allergen-Induced Type 2 Immunity Following Early-Life RSV Infection. | Open Presentation Slot | |
| October 30 1:30-2:30pm | SPECIAL RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| November 6 | WENDY ZHAO PhD Grad Student Bruce Maze | Project Mouse Tracker: Quantifying mouse characteristics during anaphylaxis. | Open Presentation Slot | |
| November 13 | BAVANITHA THURAIRAJAH PhD Grad Student Irah King | Understanding the role of the microbiota in regulating early-life intestinal gd17 responses. | JU JING TAN PostDoc Fellow James Martin / Ryszard Grygorczyk | The Role of Extracellular ATP and P2X7 Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. |
| November 20 | ESZTER FARKAS PhD Grad Student Dao Nguyen | Production of antibiotics by Canadian High Arctic bacteria. | DIVYA TATA MSc Grad student Larry Lands | Development of Lipid Nanoparticles for the Delivery of ENaC Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. |
| November 27 | NO WIP: PhD Defence | |||
| December 4 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| December 11 | WIDED AKIK PhD Grad Student Larry Lands | Synergistic Implications of IL-17A in the Modulation of Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. | QUAZI SUFIA ISLAM PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | The role of HuR in IPF pathogenesis. |
| NO WIP: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! | ||||
| 2024 | ||||
| January 15 | SUSAN WESTFALL PostDoc Fellow Irah King | TBC | NICHOLAS VONNIESSEN PhD Grad Student Bruce Mazer | TBC |
| January 22 | JACKIE RICH PhD Grad Student Dao Nguyen | TBC | AARON WANG MSc Grad Student Sabah Hussain | TBC |
| January 29 | FATIMA HUBAISHI PhD Grad Student Elizabeth Fixman / Brian Ward | TBC | DIANA TOSCANO RIVERO PhD Grad Student Bruce Mazer | TBC |
| February 5 | NO WIP: RI STAT HOLIDAY | |||
| February 12 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| February 19 | VINCENZA CARUANA MSc Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | TBC | SAHAR MIKAEELI PhD Grad Student Simon Rousseau / Jean Bourbeau | TBC |
| February 26 | NO WIP: SPRING BREAK | |||
| March 4 | NO WIP: CIHR GRANT APPLICATIONS | |||
| March 11 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| March 18 | KRISTINA NIKOLAOU MSc Grad Student Maziar Divangahi | TBC | MATTHEW MARABELLA MSc Grad Student Simon Rousseau | TBC |
| March 25 | TERESA GOMES PhD Grad Student Marta Kaminska / John Kimoff | TBC | WILLEM RIJNBOUT ST. JAMES PhD Grad Student Carolyn Baglole / Jun Ding | TBC |
| April 1 | NO WIP: EASTER | |||
| April 8 | RESP SEMINAR SPEAKER | |||
| April 15 | ORSOLYA LAPOHOS PhD Grad Student Amin Emad / Gregory Fonseca | TBC | YONG JIN KWEON MSc Grad Student Jun Ding | TBC |
| April 22 | MADDISON ARLEN MSc Grad Student Carolyn Baglole | TBC | GABRIEL GOSSELIN MSc Grad Student Larry Lands | TBC |
| April 29 | RESPIRATORY RESEARCH DAY | |||
| RYANN LANG PhD Grad Student Basil Petrof | TBC | RAPHAEL INTREVADO MSc Grad Student Anne-Marie Lauzon | TBC | |
| May 13 | MIKAL EL-HAJJAR PhD Grad Student Gregory Fonseca | TBC | LYVIA FOURCADE PostDoc Fellow Simon Rousseau | TBC |
| May 20 | NO WIP: VICTORIA DAY & ATS | |||
| May 27 | TOMOTAKA NISHIZAWA PostDoc Fellow James Martin | TBC | KAILU SONG PhD Grad Student Jun Ding | TBC |
| May 31 | ANNUAL DOROTHY WISELBERG SEMINAR | |||
| June 3 | PAOLA ROJAS GUTIERREZ PostDoc Fellow Larry Lands | TBC |