POSTERS
Name | Job Title/Position | Organization | Abstract Title | Abstract Category | Poster # |
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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 # |
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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 |