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 #
Josip Rudar	Graduate Student	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Sequence signatures within the genome of SARS-CoV-2 can be used to predict host source	Virus-host interactions	059
Audray Fortin	Research Assistant	CRCHUM- Université de Montréal	Synergistic Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Replication: Exploring the Potential of Niclosamide, an Autophagy Inducing Drug, in Combination with Direct Antivirals	(not set)	092
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
Taylor Caddell	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	Human Coronavirus M Proteins Inhibit Activating Transcription Factor 6 Activation	Virus-host interactions	090
Dr. Brett Duguay	Postdoctoral Fellow	Dalhousie University	Generation of infectious HCoV-OC43 recombinant viruses using a yeast reverse genetics platform	Fundamental virology	008
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
Ms Alexa Wilson	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	The KSHV E3 ubiquitin ligase K3 modulates the host stress response	Virus-host interactions	080
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
Harshita Katiyar	Graduate Student	McGill University	IFITM proteins inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Assembly	Virus-host interactions	058
Mr. Quinn Abram	Graduate Student	McGill University	Structural and functional analyses of the Flavivirus negative-strand intermediate	Fundamental virology	013
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
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
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
Mr Joseph K. Sampson Duncan	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Extracellular vesicles activities during RNA infection	Virus-host interactions	071
Mr. Noah Conohan	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Modulating Heme Metabolism to Bolster Innate Antiviral Immunity	Virus-host interactions	074
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
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
Arghavan Alisoltanidehkordi	Staff researcher	Northwestern University	ViralVar: A Web Tool for Multilevel Visualization of SARS-CoV-2 Genomes	Virus Evolution	044
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
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
Mr. Corby Fink	Postdoctoral Fellow	Robarts Research Institute, Western University	Nef inhibitors as adjuvants towards a cure for HIV/AIDS	Vaccines and Antivirals	034
Faryal Dar	Graduate Student	School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan/ Vaccine and infectious disease Organization	Proteolytic Cleavage of Bovine adenovirus-3 protein IIIa.	Fundamental virology	009
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
Dr. Trisha Barnard	Postdoctoral Fellow	Stanford University	Profiling a (natural) killer: How do NK cells respond to Zika virus?	Virus-host interactions	055
Wendy Hwang	Undergraduate	The University of British Columbia	Understanding the Downregulation Mechanism of Complement Inhibitory Proteins in Viral Myocarditis	Virus-host interactions	091
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 Émile Lacasse	Graduate Student	Université Laval	Severe COVID-19 age-related susceptibility is caused by an antiviral response dysregulation.	Virus-host interactions	070
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
Hery Lee	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Biochemical evaluation of the nucleoside analogue azvudine as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent	Vaccines and Antivirals	028
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
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
Ms. Melanie Folkins	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Caveolin-1 is Required for Optimal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication	Virus-host interactions	082
Mr Alberto Felix-Lopez	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Identification of host factors required for SARS-CoV-2 replication	Virus-host interactions	069
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
Miss Justine Beghin	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV): A potential Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) peptidomimetic therapeutic?	Vaccines and Antivirals	031
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
Madison Granoski	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Respiratory Syncytial Virus Co-Infection Enhances Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 Infection	Fundamental virology	012
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
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
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
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
Carolina Camargo	Research Assistant	University of British Columbia	Towards the development of replicon models for negative-sense RNA viruses	Emerging Viruses	001
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
Hannah Hauch	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Investigating Multimerization of the Zika Virus NS2A Protein	Fundamental virology	010
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
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
Madeline Day	Undergraduate	University of Calgary	Identification and characterization of truncated proteoforms of the human coronavirus 229E nucleocapsid protein	Virus-host interactions	063
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

Name	Job Title/Position	Organization	Abstract Title	Abstract Category	Poster #
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
Mrs henintsoa rabezanahary	Research Assistant	CHUL	Efficacy of approved antiviral treatments against COVID-19 in immunosuppressed mice	Vaccines and Antivirals	125
Ms Alexa Wilson	Graduate Student	Dalhousie University	The KSHV E3 Ubiquitin Ligase K3 Regulates the Unfolded Protein Response	Virus-host interactions	171
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
Miss. QIAN WANG	Graduate Student	McGill University	The nanoscale organization of Nipah virus matrix protein revealed by super-resolution microscopy	Virus-host interactions	165
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 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
Dr. Karen Mossman	Principal Investigator	McMaster University	Inactive but not ineffective: therapeutic activity of non-replicating oncolytic herpesviruses	Putting Viruses to Work	111
Dr. Rajesh Jacob	Research Associate	McMaster University	Detection of circulating autoantibodies and their association with SARS-CoV-2 disease progression	Emerging Viruses	094
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
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
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
Lingyan Wang	Graduate Student	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Programmed cell death promotes HCoV release through ESCRT system at early stage	Virus-host interactions	159
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ethan Thomas	Graduate Student	Queen's University	The Multifunctional Viral Proteins pUL21 and pUL16 Facilitate Redundant Roles in Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 (HSV-1) Nuclear Egress	Fundamental virology	101
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
Isabella Pellizzari-Delano	Graduate Student	Queen's University	Trained immunity confers cross-protection against coronavirus infection independently of adaptive immunity.	Virus-host interactions	157
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
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
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
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
Carly Lin	Undergraduate	The University of British Columbia	Viral proteins 3A and 3D synergistically mediate mitochondrial dysfunction in coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis.	Virus-host interactions	145
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
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
Felix Lamontagne	Graduate Student	Université de Montréal	DUOX2 promotes survival of respiratory epithelial cells infected by respiratory syncytial virus	Virus-host interactions	152
Mr Émile Lacasse	Graduate Student	Université Laval	In Yeast Assembly to Virus Rescue: An Efficient SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetic System.	Fundamental virology	104
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
Mohaddeseh Pakzamir	Undergraduate	University of Alberta	Assessment of housekeeping gene expression in HBV infection	Fundamental virology	103
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
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
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
Zaikun Xu	Research Associate	University of Alberta	The effect of HIV-1 Vpu genotype on peroxisome homeostasis	Virus-host interactions	182
Karyn Berry-Wynne	Research Technician	University of Alberta	RNA Viruses Hijack Nuclear Pore Components During Infection	Virus-host interactions	158
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
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
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
Jessica Ramos	Graduate Student	University of Alberta	Characterization of a Vaccinia virus vectored COVID-19 vaccine expressing non-structural proteins	Vaccines and Antivirals	119
Dr. Ahmed Oraby	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Alberta	Discovery of New Druggable Allosteric Sites in Viral Polymerase	Vaccines and Antivirals	116
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
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
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
Manolya Sag	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Elucidating the switch from translation to replication in the HCV life cycle	Virus-host interactions	160
Alex Wang	Graduate Student	University of British Columbia	Examining SLA Evolution and its effects on the Zika Virus Life Cycle	Virus Evolution	136

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