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 #
Andrea Kroeker	(not set)	University of Saskatchewan	Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets alters tissue tropism leading to virus replication in the lungs	(not set)	043
Smriti Chand	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	African Swine Fever Virus-Host Interactions: Investigating Role of Structural Protein H108R	Virus-host interactions	087
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
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
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
Maia Finch	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Assessing the impact of reovirus-neutralizing antibodies on reovirus oncolysis during oncolytic therapy	Putting Viruses to Work	021
Deepa Chaphekar	Graduate Student	University of Toronto, Scarborough	A unique flow virometry screen identifies CD38 on the HIV-1 surface	Fundamental virology	007
Hery Lee	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Biochemical evaluation of the nucleoside analogue azvudine as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent	Vaccines and Antivirals	028
Ms. Melanie Folkins	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Caveolin-1 is Required for Optimal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication	Virus-host interactions	082
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
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
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
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
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
Tabatha Weller	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Defining the molecular determinants of a successful antiviral response in mosquitoes	Virus-host interactions	089
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
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
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 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
Akarin Asavajaru	Research Technician	VIDO (University of Saskatchewan)	Efficacy of a stable multivalent broadly protective subunit vaccine platform against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern	Vaccines and Antivirals	025
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
Stefanie Castelblanco	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Elucidating the roles of microRNA interactions in Zika virus-associated microcephaly	Virus-host interactions	088
Dr Kristen Conn	Principal Investigator	University of Saskatchewan	Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV1) infection globally mobilizes histones	Virus-host interactions	051
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
Lauren Aubrey	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan, VIDO	Evaluating the effect of maternal immunity on piglet immune response to H1N2 influenza vaccine	Vaccines and Antivirals	029
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
Mr. Arkadeb Bhuinya	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	Evolution and role of Betacoronavirus Transcription Regulatory Sequence (TRS) in disease pathogenesis	Emerging Viruses	003
Dr Michael Joyce	PhD	University of Alberta	Evolution of Immune Evasion Mechanisms by SARS-CoV-2 Variants	Virus Evolution	046
Ms. Claire Fernandes	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Expanding a Virologist’s Toolbox: New Advances in Flow Virometry and Virus Sorting	Fundamental virology	014
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
Mr Joseph K. Sampson Duncan	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Extracellular vesicles activities during RNA infection	Virus-host interactions	071
Dr. Brett Duguay	Postdoctoral Fellow	Dalhousie University	Generation of infectious HCoV-OC43 recombinant viruses using a yeast reverse genetics platform	Fundamental virology	008
David Kelvin	(not set)	Dalhousie University, Halifax	Genome sequencing, annotation, and mutational profiling of a novel Mpox Clade I Subgroup VI virus causing a sustained Mpox outbreak in eastern DRC.	(not set)	006
Miss Justine Beghin	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV): A potential Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) peptidomimetic therapeutic?	Vaccines and Antivirals	031
Mr. Ryan Ho	Research Assistant	Western University	HIV latency reversal enhancement by addition of immunostimulatory RNA motif	Vaccines and Antivirals	037
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
Taylor Caddell	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	Human Coronavirus M Proteins Inhibit Activating Transcription Factor 6 Activation	Virus-host interactions	090
Madeline Day	Undergraduate	University of Calgary	Identification and characterization of truncated proteoforms of the human coronavirus 229E nucleocapsid protein	Virus-host interactions	063
Mr Alberto Felix-Lopez	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Identification of host factors required for SARS-CoV-2 replication	Virus-host interactions	069
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
Catherine Gong	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Identification of the proteolytic signature in CVB3-infected cells	Virus-host interactions	049
Harshita Katiyar	Graduate Student	McGill University	IFITM proteins inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Assembly	Virus-host interactions	058
Mr. Zahed khatooni	Postdoctoral Fellow	USASk	In Silico Inhibitor Discovery Against Proteases of Hemagglutinin in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses	Vaccines and Antivirals	038
Kuldeep Kaur	Graduate Student	University Of Alberta	In silico structure prediction and characterization of X protein in human, woodchuck and duck: Insights into HBV associated HCC	Fundamental virology	011
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
Hannah Hauch	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Investigating Multimerization of the Zika Virus NS2A Protein	Fundamental virology	010
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
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
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
Juliette Blais-Savoie	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Launching a novel “torpedo” sampling method for avian influenza virus surveillance in wetlands	Veterinary Viruses	041

Name	Job Title/Position	Organization	Abstract Title	Abstract Category	Poster #
Julien Miri	Graduate Student	Queen's University	Activation of interferon regulatory factor 1 by cyclosporine A does not contribute to its antiviral effect against dengue virus	Vaccines and Antivirals	121
Art Marzok	Graduate Student	McMaster University	Acute respiratory viral infection accelerates the progression of ALS	Virus-host interactions	143
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
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. 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
Brielle Martens	Graduate Student	University of Manitoba	A population-based study of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody responses to vaccination in Manitoba	Vaccines and Antivirals	115
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
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. Arianna Mahely Hurtado Monzon	Postdoctoral Fellow	Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan	Assessing the wide range of animal susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern using a cell-based screening assay	One Health	109
Mohaddeseh Pakzamir	Undergraduate	University of Alberta	Assessment of housekeeping gene expression in HBV infection	Fundamental virology	103
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
Agnitha Xavier	Graduate Student	University of Ottawa	Calmodulin activity is required for Ebolavirus entry	Virus-host interactions	141
Jessica Ramos	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Characterization of a Vaccinia virus vectored COVID-19 vaccine expressing non-structural proteins	Vaccines and Antivirals	119
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
Mariam Maltseva	Graduate Student	University of Ottawa	Characterization of Heterologous Systemic Prime and Mucosal Boost Humoral Immune Responses to an SARS-CoV-2 Protein Subunit Vaccine Candidates in Mice	Vaccines and Antivirals	122
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
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
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
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
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
Jason Knapp	Graduate Student	University of Guelph	Creating a heat-adapted vesicular stomatitis virus for improved oncolytic immunotherapy	Putting Viruses to Work	113
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
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
Mr. RICKY RAJ PASWAN	Graduate Student	University of Quebec Trois Rivieres	DENGUE VIRUS RESTRICTION BY CYTOPLASMIC TRIM PROTEINS	Vaccines and Antivirals	124
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
Dr. Rajesh Jacob	Research Associate	McMaster University	Detection of circulating autoantibodies and their association with SARS-CoV-2 disease progression	Emerging Viruses	094
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. 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
Jocelyne Lew	Technician	VIDO	Development and Validation of Biolayer Interferometry Assay for Avidity-Testing of Antibodies Elicited Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination	Vaccines and Antivirals	120
Mrs Maria Yousefi	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	Different efficiencies of APOBEC3 degradation by HIV-1 and HIV-2 Vifs	Virus-host interactions	168
Mr. Sauhard Shrivastava	Graduate Student	VIDO, University of Saskatchewan	Discovering and Characterizing Bat Restriction Factors	One Health	110
Dr. Ahmed Oraby	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Alberta	Discovery of New Druggable Allosteric Sites in Viral Polymerase	Vaccines and Antivirals	116
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
Felix Lamontagne	Graduate Student	Université de Montréal	DUOX2 promotes survival of respiratory epithelial cells infected by respiratory syncytial virus	Virus-host interactions	152
Mrs henintsoa rabezanahary	Research Assistant	CHUL	Efficacy of approved antiviral treatments against COVID-19 in immunosuppressed mice	Vaccines and Antivirals	125
Manolya Sag	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Elucidating the switch from translation to replication in the HCV life cycle	Virus-host interactions	160
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
Ronja Kothe	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Evaluating Protein-Protein Interactions in the Zika Virus Replicase Complex	Fundamental virology	108
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
Alex Wang	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Examining SLA Evolution and its effects on the Zika Virus Life Cycle	Virus Evolution	136
Arlo Loutan	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Exploring metal-chelating compounds as cap-snatching endonuclease inhibitors of segmented negative-sense RNA viruses	Vaccines and Antivirals	114
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
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
Dr Higor Sette Pereira	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Lethbridge	G-quadruplex in Dengue virus 3' UTR regulates viral replication cycle	Virus-host interactions	146
Ms Leslie Macas Jacome	Graduate Student	University of Saskatchewan	hnRNPU negatively regulates nuclear RIG-I mediated antiviral response	Virus-host interactions	174
Arvin Tejnarine Persaud	Graduate Student	University of Toronto	Host protein incorporation by HIV-1: new mechanisms for immune modulation.	Virus-host interactions	144
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
Dr. Karen Mossman	Principal Investigator	McMaster University	Inactive but not ineffective: therapeutic activity of non-replicating oncolytic herpesviruses	Putting Viruses to Work	111
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

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