Posters: CSV2024: 5th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology

Monday, June 3
Tuesday, June 4

Name	Job Title/Position	Organization	Abstract Title	Abstract Category	Poster #
Mr Émile Lacasse	Graduate Student	Université Laval	Severe COVID-19 age-related susceptibility is caused by an antiviral response dysregulation.	Virus-host interactions	070
Mr Jack Case	Undergraduate	Dalhousie University	Effect of influenza A virus mutations that confer baloxavir acid resistance on PA-X host shutoff	Vaccines and Antivirals	032
Mr Joseph K. Sampson Duncan	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Extracellular vesicles activities during RNA infection	Virus-host interactions	071
Mr. Michael D'Agostino	Graduate Student	McMaster University	Respiratory Mucosal Delivery of DNA Aptamer Nanomaterials as an Effective Anti-Infective Countermeasure Against SARS-CoV-2	Vaccines and Antivirals	035
Mr. Michael D'Souza	Graduate Student	University of Lethbridge	CRISPR-RfxCas13d-Mediated Antiviral Therapeutic Against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus RNA-Dependent RNA-Polymerase	Vaccines and Antivirals	036
Mr. Nikolas Akkerman	Research Assistant	University of Manitoba	Wrestling with SUMOylation: Adenovirus E1A-induced SUMOylation of DREF promotes viral fitness through regulation of stress-response and adenoviral gene expression	Virus-host interactions	073
Mr. Noah Conohan	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Modulating Heme Metabolism to Bolster Innate Antiviral Immunity	Virus-host interactions	074
Mr. Quinn Abram	Graduate Student	McGill University	Structural and functional analyses of the Flavivirus negative-strand intermediate	Fundamental virology	013
Mr. Quinten Kieser	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	The Bardet-Biedl Syndrome complex plays a role in respiratory syncytial virus entry	Virus-host interactions	075
Mr. Ryan Ho	Research Assistant	Western University	HIV latency reversal enhancement by addition of immunostimulatory RNA motif	Vaccines and Antivirals	037
Mrs. Aysha Demeler	Graduate Student	University of Lethbridge	Investigation of Dengue Virus Terminal Region Interactions with DEAD-Box Helicase 6 and Interferon-Stimulated Gene 15	Virus-host interactions	078
Mrs Ghada Elfayres	Graduate Student	Universite de quebec a trois rivieres	Cellular platforms for the generation of SARS-CoV-2 VLPs and propagation- incompetent infectious vectors	Vaccines and Antivirals	039
Mr. Spencer Luong	Undergraduate	University of Alberta	Wild reoviruses adapt to cell culture through improving uncoating-dependent and independent processes of replication.	Virus Evolution	047
Mrs Rachelle Buchanan	Research Technician	VIDO	Differential antibody profile and neutralization antibody titers in individuals with continuing long-term symptoms of COVID-19 compared to those considered recovered	Virus-host interactions	077
Mrs. Shermila Kulanayake	Graduate Student	VIDO, University of saskatchewan	Stable interactions of bovine adenovirus-3 protein VII with cellular and other viral proteins.	Virus-host interactions	079
Mr. W. Austin Guild	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Identification of Putative Binding Proteins of Endogenous Retrovirus in the Vaginal Epithelium	Virus-host interactions	076
Mr. Zahed khatooni	Postdoctoral Fellow	USASk	In Silico Inhibitor Discovery Against Proteases of Hemagglutinin in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses	Vaccines and Antivirals	038
Ms Akshaya Krishnagopal	Graduate Student	USASK	Investigation of the functional role of bovine herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1) VP8 in the DNA damage response	Veterinary Viruses	042
Ms Alexa Wilson	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	The KSHV E3 ubiquitin ligase K3 modulates the host stress response	Virus-host interactions	080
Ms. Claire Fernandes	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Expanding a Virologist’s Toolbox: New Advances in Flow Virometry and Virus Sorting	Fundamental virology	014
Ms. Marin Habbick	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	The impact of sex in determining tolerance to pathogenic coronavirus infection	Emerging Viruses	005
Ms. Melanie Folkins	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Caveolin-1 is Required for Optimal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication	Virus-host interactions	082
MS Nasim Akbari	Graduate Student	university of Saskatchewan	The role of human microproteins on Enterovirus-D68 virus life cycle	Emerging Viruses	004
Ms. Razieh Sadat Banijamali	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles: a new strategy for delivering oncolytic coxsackievirus B3 in breast cancer treatment	Putting Viruses to Work	022
Ms Safara Holder	Graduate Student	Queen's University	The Identification of Proteins in Proximity to Virion-Associated Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 pUL21 Following Viral Entry	Virus-host interactions	081
Ms. Shreoshri Bhattacharjee	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	Host restriction factors ZAP and APOBEC3G work together to restrict HIV-1 replication	Virus-host interactions	083
Ms Simmone D'souza	Graduate Student	University of Calgary	A humanized single domain antibody can be used to target the hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA genome	Vaccines and Antivirals	019
Oluwaseyi Ajagbe	Graduate Student	Vaccine for Infectious Diseases and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan	Using Collaborative Cross Mice to Model Differential Mpox (Monkeypox) Disease Outcomes	Virus-host interactions	085
PhD Miguel Garcia-Leon	Research Assistant	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Children Under 15 Years in 28 States of Mexico	One Health	018
PhD Miguel García-León	Research Assistant	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Evaluation of glut1 expression modulation as an antiviral mechanism against human rhinovirus in a respiratory epithelial cell line	Vaccines and Antivirals	040
Prof Saidbeg Satorov	Head of the department	Medical-Social Institute of Tajikistan, Dushanbe	In vitro anti influenza virus activity of Ferula L. endemic species - Ferula violacea Kor., growing in Tajikistan	Virus-host interactions	180
Rafe Helwer	Graduate Student	University of Manitoba	Transcriptomic analysis of primary human cells infected with adenoviruses expressing different E1A isoforms	Virus-host interactions	086
sanaz Ashraf-Nouhegar	Undergraduate	University of British Columbia	Understanding the Role of Coxsackievirus B3 in the Landscape of Immunogenic Proteins in Breast Cancer	Putting Viruses to Work	023
Smriti Chand	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	African Swine Fever Virus-Host Interactions: Investigating Role of Structural Protein H108R	Virus-host interactions	087
Stefanie Castelblanco	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Elucidating the roles of microRNA interactions in Zika virus-associated microcephaly	Virus-host interactions	088
Tabatha Weller	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Defining the molecular determinants of a successful antiviral response in mosquitoes	Virus-host interactions	089
Taylor Caddell	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	Human Coronavirus M Proteins Inhibit Activating Transcription Factor 6 Activation	Virus-host interactions	090
Wendy Hwang	Undergraduate	The University of British Columbia	Understanding the Downregulation Mechanism of Complement Inhibitory Proteins in Viral Myocarditis	Virus-host interactions	091

Name	Job Title/Position	Organization	Abstract Title	Abstract Category	Poster #
Mr. Dirk Taal	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Oncolytic reovirus infection is restricted by JAM-A deficient E0771 breast cancer cells.	Virus-host interactions	167
Mr Émile Lacasse	Graduate Student	Université Laval	In Yeast Assembly to Virus Rescue: An Efficient SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetic System.	Fundamental virology	104
Mr. Levi Klassen	Graduate Student	Public Health Agency of Canada	Disease modelling of clade I, IIa and IIb monkeypox virus isolates in Mus musculus castaneus and Peromyscus maniculatus rodents	Emerging Viruses	097
Mr. Liam Kerr	Graduate Student	University of Lethbridge	The Circle of “Life”: Cyclization of Zika Virus genome occurs through sequence specificity	Fundamental virology	105
Mr Nicolas Salcedo-Porras	Postdoctoral Fellow	The University of British Columbia	Insights into the origin of viral factorless Internal Ribosome Entry Sites	Virus Evolution	138
Mr. RICKY RAJ PASWAN	Graduate Student	University of Quebec Trois Rivieres	DENGUE VIRUS RESTRICTION BY CYTOPLASMIC TRIM PROTEINS	Vaccines and Antivirals	124
Mr. Sauhard Shrivastava	Graduate Student	VIDO, University of Saskatchewan	Discovering and Characterizing Bat Restriction Factors	One Health	110
Mr. Scott Tersteeg	Graduate Student	University of Lethbridge	Understanding the cycle; Insights into the regulation of flaviviral replication	Virus Evolution	139
Mrs henintsoa rabezanahary	Research Assistant	CHUL	Efficacy of approved antiviral treatments against COVID-19 in immunosuppressed mice	Vaccines and Antivirals	125
Mrs. Jingjing Wang	Postdoctoral Fellow	Mcgill University	Cortical actin promotes Nipah virus assembly by regulating the nanoscale organization of the matrix protein	Virus-host interactions	170
Mrs Maria Yousefi	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	Different efficiencies of APOBEC3 degradation by HIV-1 and HIV-2 Vifs	Virus-host interactions	168
Mrs Mina Zhiani	Graduate Student	USASK	Evaluation of tissue-resident memory B and T cells in response to an intranasal subunit vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus	Vaccines and Antivirals	126
Mrs ZEINEB MHAMDI	Postdoctoral Fellow	Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan	Genetically Diverse Collaborative Cross Mice As A COVID-19 Pathogenesis Mouse Mode	Virus-host interactions	169
Mr Vahid Rajabali Zadeh	Postdoctoral Fellow	Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-University of Sasketchwan	Combination Therapy Enhances the Antiviral Activity of IFN-λ Against SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV In Vitro	Vaccines and Antivirals	123
Ms. Aleksandra Stojic	Graduate Student	University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry	Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Glycoprotein Adaptation and Community Circulation	Virus Evolution	140
Ms Alexa Wilson	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	The KSHV E3 Ubiquitin Ligase K3 Regulates the Unfolded Protein Response	Virus-host interactions	171
Ms Grace Onu-Odey	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	Detection of Pea Seedborne Mosaic Virus in Faba Bean (Vicia faba) Seeds	Virus-host interactions	172
Ms. Jessica Skoreyko	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Repurposing compounds from the anti-cancer realm: using G-quadruplex binding agents to target Hepatitis B virus	Vaccines and Antivirals	127
Ms Kira Sviderskaia	Research Assistant	University of Alberta	Characterization of HBV G4-quadruplex—Sp1 transcription factor interaction: nucleotide mutagenesis and folded HBV G4Q decoy luciferase studies	Virus-host interactions	173
Ms. Kristi Loeb	Graduate Student	University of Manitoba	Retrospective Orthopoxvirus Surveillance of female sex workers and gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men populations in Nairobi, Kenya from 2013-2018	Emerging Viruses	098
Ms Leslie Macas Jacome	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	hnRNPU negatively regulates nuclear RIG-I mediated antiviral response	Virus-host interactions	174
Ms. Lianne Presley	Graduate Student	The University of British Columbia	Development and validation of a high-content image-based assay for the evaluation of lead compounds against human respiratory viruses with pandemic potential: influenza A virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and Omicron subvariant JN.1	Vaccines and Antivirals	128
Ms. Madeline Stewart	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	A Humanized Mouse Model to Assess the Effects of Human IFNα Subtypes on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection	Virus-host interactions	176
Ms Margaret Choi	Graduate Student	McMaster University	Using next-generation humanized mice to model HIV infection and understand effects of HIV infection with and without ART on lung CD4+ T cell subsets	Virus-host interactions	175
Ms. Sarah Worfolk	Graduate Student	University of Guelph	A novel role of caspase 8 in regulation of the antiviral response: Characterization of the crosstalk between cGAS-STING signaling and caspase 8.	Virus-host interactions	177
Ms. Shreoshri Bhattacharjee	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	APOBEC3D excludes APOBEC3F from HIV-1 virions by competitive binding of RNA	Virus-host interactions	178
Ms. Trinity Tooley-Macarandang	Graduate Student	Queen's University	Induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibits hepatitis C virus infection and suggests a role for viral regulation of stress responses	Virus-host interactions	179
Ms. Yona Tugg	Graduate Student	McMaster University	Investigating the role of broadly-neutralizing IgA antibodies in response to influenza A virus infection	Vaccines and Antivirals	129
Nahid Moghadam	Graduate Student	University of Quebec in Montreal	Characterization of the downstream effectors of sHBZ-B23 association in Adult T-cell Leukemia derived from HTLV-1	Virus-host interactions	084
Noga Sharlin	Graduate Student	University of Calgary	Human coronaviruses expand the functional repertoire of the nucleocapsid (N) protein by producing truncated N proteoforms	Fundamental virology	106
Pauline McCluskie	Graduate Student	University of Ottawa	The Development and Characterization of Plant-Produced Nanoparticles for use in an Intranasal Vaccine Against Respiratory Viruses	Vaccines and Antivirals	130
PhD Miguel García-León	Research Assistant	Trabajo	Respiratory Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in Co-infection in Adults with COVID-19 During the Pandemic	Emerging Viruses	099
PhD Miguel García-León	Research Assistant	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Prevalence of Respiratory Pathogens in Children with Pneumonia During the Second Half of the Pandemic in 6 Hospitals in Mexico	Emerging Viruses	100
Qi Feng Lin	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Naturally-circulating reoviruses are inefficient at intracellular uncoating and post-uncoating steps compared to prototypic lab-adapted reoviruses.	Fundamental virology	107
Rachel Waterworth	Graduate Student	Simon Fraser University	Deconstructing the T cell response to COVID-19 vaccines using single-cell RNA sequencing	Vaccines and Antivirals	131
Ronja Kothe	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Evaluating Protein-Protein Interactions in the Zika Virus Replicase Complex	Fundamental virology	108
Simon Walker	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Investigating conserved mechanisms of inhibition and resistance of clinically relevant nucleotide analogs against dengue virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase	Vaccines and Antivirals	132
Stefanie Castelblanco	Principal Investigator	University of Toronto	Zika virus interactions with microRNAs: new roles in infection of neural progenitors and microcephaly	Virus-host interactions	181
Zaikun Xu	Research Associate	University of Alberta	The effect of HIV-1 Vpu genotype on peroxisome homeostasis	Virus-host interactions	182
Zhihan Wang	Graduate Student	Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital / The University of British Columbia	Unraveling the Genetic Factors Influencing Susceptibility and Resistance to Viral Myocarditis	Virus-host interactions	183

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