POSTERS
| Name | Job Title/Position | Organization | Abstract Title | Abstract Category | Poster # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Alexa Wilson | Graduate Student | Dalhousie University | The KSHV E3 ubiquitin ligase K3 modulates the host stress response | Virus-host interactions | 080 |
| Tabatha Weller | Graduate Student | University of Toronto | Defining the molecular determinants of a successful antiviral response in mosquitoes | Virus-host interactions | 089 |
| 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 |
| Hajar Miranzadeh Mahabadi | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Alberta | Monkeypox virus infects human astrocytes and drives gasdermin B cleavage and associated pyroptosis | Virus-host interactions | 057 |
| Mariam Maltseva | Graduate Student | University of Ottawa | Seasonal Human Coronaviruses NL63 and 229E Infect Human CD4+ T cells and Produce Infectious Virus | Virus-host interactions | 064 |
| Fayruza lalany | Graduate Student | University of Sherbrooke | The Role of Botrytis Virus F Coat Protein on Transient Gene Expression and Viral Interactions | Virus-host interactions | 056 |
| Mr Émile Lacasse | Graduate Student | Université Laval | Severe COVID-19 age-related susceptibility is caused by an antiviral response dysregulation. | Virus-host interactions | 070 |
| 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. Quinten Kieser | Graduate Student | University of Alberta | The Bardet-Biedl Syndrome complex plays a role in respiratory syncytial virus entry | Virus-host interactions | 075 |
| Harshita Katiyar | Graduate Student | McGill University | IFITM proteins inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Assembly | Virus-host interactions | 058 |
| Wendy Hwang | Undergraduate | The University of British Columbia | Understanding the Downregulation Mechanism of Complement Inhibitory Proteins in Viral Myocarditis | Virus-host interactions | 091 |
| 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 |
| Rafe Helwer | Graduate Student | University of Manitoba | Transcriptomic analysis of primary human cells infected with adenoviruses expressing different E1A isoforms | Virus-host interactions | 086 |
| 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 |
| Miss Carla Gallardo | Graduate Student | Queen's University | Cyclophilin A is differentially required for human coronavirus 229E replication in different cell types | Virus-host interactions | 065 |
| Mr. Caleb Galbraith | Undergraduate | Dalhousie University | Elucidating the protective features of the TIAR transcript against SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1-mediated shutoff | Virus-host interactions | 072 |
| Dr. Amit Gaba | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Saskatchewan | Restriction of coronaviruses by APOBEC3 protein | Virus-host interactions | 052 |
| Miss Lauren Fulham | Graduate Student | University of Manitoba - Fort Garry | Deciphering the Mechanisms of Ubiquitination of PTPN14 by UBR4 during Adenovirus Infections | Virus-host interactions | 068 |
| Julia Fox | Graduate Student | University of Calgary | Evaluating RNaseH molecules that resist the viral replication and transcription activator (RTA) E3 ligase to test the role of R-loops during Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection | Virus-host interactions | 060 |
| Ms. Melanie Folkins | Graduate Student | University of Alberta | Caveolin-1 is Required for Optimal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication | Virus-host interactions | 082 |
| Miss Charlotte Fletcher | Graduate Student | McMaster University | The Effect of Neuraminidase Inhibition on Broadly Neutralizing Antibody-Mediated Immunity Against Influenza A Virus | Virus-host interactions | 066 |
| Louis Flamand | Principal Investigator | Université Laval | The immediate-early protein 1 of human herpesvirus 6B interacts with NBS1 and inhibits ATM signaling | Virus-host interactions | 062 |
| Mr Alberto Felix-Lopez | Graduate Student | University of Alberta | Identification of host factors required for SARS-CoV-2 replication | Virus-host interactions | 069 |
| Mr Joseph K. Sampson Duncan | Graduate Student | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Extracellular vesicles activities during RNA infection | Virus-host interactions | 071 |
| 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 |
| Madeline Day | Undergraduate | University of Calgary | Identification and characterization of truncated proteoforms of the human coronavirus 229E nucleocapsid protein | Virus-host interactions | 063 |
| Mr. Noah Conohan | Graduate Student | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Modulating Heme Metabolism to Bolster Innate Antiviral Immunity | Virus-host interactions | 074 |
| Dr Kristen Conn | Principal Investigator | University of Saskatchewan | Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV1) infection globally mobilizes histones | Virus-host interactions | 051 |
| Kim Chiok | Postdoctoral Fellow | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - University of Saskatchewan | Developing 3D lung organoid platforms for virus-host interaction studies | Virus-host interactions | 061 |
| 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 |
| Taylor Caddell | Graduate Student | Dalhousie University | Human Coronavirus M Proteins Inhibit Activating Transcription Factor 6 Activation | Virus-host interactions | 090 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Diana Bautista-Sanchez | Graduate Student | University of British Columbia | Integrated comparative transcriptomic and phenotypic profiling of human neurotropic coronavirus 229E infection in primary cultures of human astrocytes and immortalized HT-1080 cells | Virus-host interactions | 050 |
| Dr. Trisha Barnard | Postdoctoral Fellow | Stanford University | Profiling a (natural) killer: How do NK cells respond to Zika virus? | Virus-host interactions | 055 |
| Dr. Jasmin Baby | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of British Columbia (UBC) | Exploring the miRNA-enhancing complex at the 5’ terminus of the HCV genome using BioID | Virus-host interactions | 053 |
| Miss Fazia AIT ZENATI | Graduate Student | University of Manitoba | Molecular mechanisms of innate immune response suppression by human adenovirus species B | Virus-host interactions | 067 |
| Dr. Sophie-Marie Aicher | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Toronto | Characterization of innate immune features and disease tolerance in white-tailed deer toward SARS-CoV-2 | Virus-host interactions | 054 |
| Dr David Marchant | Principal Investigator | University of Alberta | A Single Amino Acid Mutation Causes Global Conformational Shift of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Protein to Preserve the Receptor Binding Site While Evading Neutralizing Antibodies | Virus Evolution | 045 |
| Dr Michael Joyce | PhD | University of Alberta | Evolution of Immune Evasion Mechanisms by SARS-CoV-2 Variants | Virus Evolution | 046 |
| Arghavan Alisoltanidehkordi | Staff researcher | Northwestern University | ViralVar: A Web Tool for Multilevel Visualization of SARS-CoV-2 Genomes | Virus Evolution | 044 |
| 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 |
| Juliette Blais-Savoie | Graduate Student | University of Toronto | Launching a novel “torpedo” sampling method for avian influenza virus surveillance in wetlands | Veterinary Viruses | 041 |
| Hery Lee | Graduate Student | University of Alberta | Biochemical evaluation of the nucleoside analogue azvudine as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent | Vaccines and Antivirals | 028 |
| Mr. Alex Leacy | Graduate Student | University of Guelph | A Newcastle disease virus vectored vaccine expressing a prefusion stabilized spike of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus is immunogenic in hamsters and protects mice from challenge | Vaccines and Antivirals | 033 |
| Mr. Zahed khatooni | Postdoctoral Fellow | USASk | In Silico Inhibitor Discovery Against Proteases of Hemagglutinin in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses | Vaccines and Antivirals | 038 |
| Dr Rebecca Kalikawe | Postdoctoral Fellow | Simon Fraser University | Dynamics of Memory B Cells After Three Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine in People Living With HIV Receiving Suppressive ART | Vaccines and Antivirals | 027 |
| Mr. Ryan Ho | Research Assistant | Western University | HIV latency reversal enhancement by addition of immunostimulatory RNA motif | Vaccines and Antivirals | 037 |
| 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 |
| Name | Job Title/Position | Organization | Abstract Title | Abstract Category | Poster # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Maria Yousefi | Graduate Student | University of Saskatchewan | Different efficiencies of APOBEC3 degradation by HIV-1 and HIV-2 Vifs | Virus-host interactions | 168 |
| Zaikun Xu | Research Associate | University of Alberta | The effect of HIV-1 Vpu genotype on peroxisome homeostasis | Virus-host interactions | 182 |
| 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 Alexa Wilson | Graduate Student | Dalhousie University | The KSHV E3 Ubiquitin Ligase K3 Regulates the Unfolded Protein Response | Virus-host interactions | 171 |
| Miss. QIAN WANG | Graduate Student | McGill University | The nanoscale organization of Nipah virus matrix protein revealed by super-resolution microscopy | Virus-host interactions | 165 |
| 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 |
| Lingyan Wang | Graduate Student | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Programmed cell death promotes HCoV release through ESCRT system at early stage | Virus-host interactions | 159 |
| 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 |
| Hannah Wallace | Graduate Student | Memorial University | Death by a Thousand Cuts: Influenza A Viruses From Avian and Swine Hosts Display Differential Cell Death Profiles | Virus-host interactions | 155 |
| Miss Claudia Venevongsa | Graduate Student | University of Alberta | Unveiling Novel Antiviral Strategies Targeting Peroxisome Biogenesis to Combat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infections | Virus-host interactions | 164 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. 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 |
| Dr. Reema Singh | Bioinformatician and Data Manager | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan | Assessing SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility of wildlife species at Huanan market using in-silico structural and transcriptomics analysis. | Virus-host interactions | 150 |
| Dr Higor Sette Pereira | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Lethbridge | G-quadruplex in Dengue virus 3' UTR regulates viral replication cycle | Virus-host interactions | 146 |
| Heidi Scott | Graduate Student | Queen's University | Characterizing the Viral and Cellular Determinants of Toll-like Receptor 4 Activation by Filoviruses | Virus-host interactions | 156 |
| Ananya Saraph | Graduate Student | University of British Columbia | Establishment of Primary Vaginal Organoids to Dissect Antiviral Responses Against Herpes Simplex Virus-2 | Virus-host interactions | 142 |
| Arvin Tejnarine Persaud | Graduate Student | University of Toronto | Host protein incorporation by HIV-1: new mechanisms for immune modulation. | Virus-host interactions | 144 |
| Isabella Pellizzari-Delano | Graduate Student | Queen's University | Trained immunity confers cross-protection against coronavirus infection independently of adaptive immunity. | Virus-host interactions | 157 |
| Dr. Dinesh Babu Paudel | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Saskatchewan | Detection, monitoring and characterization of Pea seedborne mosaic virus on major pulses from Canadian Prairies | Virus-host interactions | 148 |
| Michael Palmer | Graduate Student | University of Saskatchewan | Mechanistic Analysis of Argonaute 2 and MicroRNA-122 Promotion of Hepatitis C Virus Replication | Virus-host interactions | 163 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hajar Miranzadeh Mahabadi | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Alberta | The Inflammasome-Pyroptosis Axis in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: Activation of Gasdermin B in Glial Cells | Virus-host interactions | 154 |
| 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 |
| Matthew Melki | Graduate Student | McMaster University | Investigating the role of WNK signaling in viral replication | Virus-host interactions | 162 |
| Art Marzok | Graduate Student | McMaster University | Acute respiratory viral infection accelerates the progression of ALS | Virus-host interactions | 143 |
| Ms Leslie Macas Jacome | Graduate Student | University of Saskatchewan | hnRNPU negatively regulates nuclear RIG-I mediated antiviral response | Virus-host interactions | 174 |
| Dr Joaquin Lopez-Orozco | Research Associate | University of Alberta | The RNA interference effector protein Argonaute 2 functions as a restriction factor against SARS-CoV-2 | Virus-host interactions | 147 |
| Dr. Helene Minyi Liu | Principal Investigator | National Taiwan University | The Temporal Regulations of MDA5-Dependent Type-I Interferon Induction by Caspase 3-Dependent 14-3-3η Cleavage | Virus-host interactions | 149 |
| Hahn Li | Graduate Student | McMaster University | A genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen identifies a host factor for HCoV-OC43 infections in CNS-derived cells. | Virus-host interactions | 153 |
| Mr. Andrew Leidal | Principal Investigator | University of Calgary | Functional interplay between processing bodies and extracellular vesicle secretion during influenza A virus infection | Virus-host interactions | 166 |
| Emmanuelle LeBlanc | Graduate Student | Queen's University | Investigating the mechanisms of Toll-like receptor 4 activation in COVID-19 cytokine storm | Virus-host interactions | 151 |
| Felix Lamontagne | Graduate Student | Université de Montréal | DUOX2 promotes survival of respiratory epithelial cells infected by respiratory syncytial virus | Virus-host interactions | 152 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ms. Shreoshri Bhattacharjee | Graduate Student | University of Saskatchewan | APOBEC3D excludes APOBEC3F from HIV-1 virions by competitive binding of RNA | Virus-host interactions | 178 |
| Mary Addo | Undergraduate | Univeristy of Toronto/Sunnybrook Hospital | Comparison of upper respiratory transcriptional profile during acute phase of infection from ambulatory long-COVID-19 and non-long-COVID-19 patients | Virus-host interactions | 161 |
| Anthony Yourkowski | Graduate Student | University of Saskatchewan | SARS-CoV-2 mutations differ in response to exposure in vitro with serum antibodies from COVID-19 vaccinated PLWH | Virus Evolution | 137 |
| Alex Wang | Graduate Student | University of British Columbia | Examining SLA Evolution and its effects on the Zika Virus Life Cycle | Virus Evolution | 136 |
| Mr. Scott Tersteeg | Graduate Student | University of Lethbridge | Understanding the cycle; Insights into the regulation of flaviviral replication | Virus Evolution | 139 |
| 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 |
| hoda Poorbagher | Graduate Student | Small Animal clinical science (oncology) department of USASK | The use of a long-lasting hepatocyte-specific contrast agent in an animal model of viral-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) | Veterinary Viruses | 135 |
| Dr Sandy Ndlovu | Postdoctoral Fellow | VIDO-InterVac | A porcine cell-line that supports the replication of African swine fever virus (wild-type and gene deleted mutant) | Veterinary Viruses | 134 |
| 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 |
| Dr. Tekeleselassie Woldemariam | Postdoctoral Fellow | VIDO, University of Saskatchewan | Blockade of pulmonary neutrophilic infiltration with G31P did not ameliorate SARS-CoV-2- induced lung pathology in K18-hACE2 mice | Vaccines and Antivirals | 117 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |