POSTERS
| Poster # | Room | Name | Co-Author(s) | Abstract Title | Organization | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | Maple Leaf Room | Xiaoli Pang | Xiaoli Pang*, Tiejun Gao, Erik Ellehoj, Qiaozhi Li, Yuanyuan Qiu, Rasha Maal-Bared, Christopher Sikora, Graham Tipples; Mathew Diggle, Deena Hinshaw, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, James Talbot, Steve E. Hrudey, Bonita E. Lee | Wastewater-based surveillance is a reliable tool for trending COVID-19 prevalence in communities – A study of 10 major communities for 17 months in Alberta | Alberta Precision Laboratory -APL | Emerging Pathogens |
| 15 | Aurora Room | Anneliese von Eicken | Rhiannon A. E. Logan (First Author)1,2, Shannon Quek1, Joseph N. Muthoni1, Anneliese von Eicken3#, Laura E. Brettel1,4, Enyia R. Anderson1, Marcus E.N. Villena3, Shivanand Hegde1, Grace T. Patterson5, Eva Heinz1,3, Grant L. Hughes1, Edward I. Patterson1,3* | Vertical and horizontal transmission of cell fusing agent virus and screening of pupae exuviae in laboratory Aedes aegypti colonies. | Brock University | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 20 | Aurora Room | Assmaa El Khal | Irene Brundula Ilija, Edward Ian Patterson | Insect-specific viruses: route of transmission in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes | Brock University | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 60 | Prairie Room | Emile Lacasse | Isabelle Dubuc, Leslie Gudimard, Annie Gravel, Louis Flamand | Evasion of type I IFN by the SARS-CoV-2 and its variants | Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 56 | Prairie Room | Eduardo Padilla-Camberos | Ivan Sánchez-Hernández, RicardoTorres-González, Abel Gutierrez-Ortega | Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles with Bactericidal and Antiviral Activity | CIATEJ | Antivirals |
| 215 | Maple Leaf Room | Trinity Tooley | Brett A. Duguay, Orlando Sosa Diaz, Craig McCormick. | Development of a new HCoV-OC43 reverse genetics system in yeast | Dalhousie University | Fundamental Virology |
| 206 | Maple Leaf Room | Stacia Dolliver | Stacia Dolliver, Mariel Kleer, Maxwell Bui-Marinos, Shan Ying, Jennifer A. Corcoran, and Denys A. Khaperskyy | Coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV2 limit stress granule formation to promote virus replication | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 63 | Prairie Room | Eric Pringle | Brett Duguay, Maxwell P. Bui-Marinos, Rory P. Mulloy, Shelby L. Landreth, Krishna Swaroop Desireddy, Stacia M. Dolliver, Shan Ying, Tayor Caddell, Patrick D. Slaine, Stephen L. Bearne, Darryl Falzarano, Jennifer A. Corcoran, Denys A. Khapserskyy, Craig McCormick | Thiopurines inhibit coronavirus Spike protein processing and incorporation into progeny virions | Dalhousie University | Antivirals |
| 65 | Prairie Room | Estelle Samaraweera | Taylor Caddell, Dr. Craig McCormick | Investigating the host UFMylation pathway in influenza virus infection | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 214 | Maple Leaf Room | Trinity Franklin | Alexa Wilson, Craig McCormick | Investigating the effects of KSHV host shutoff on the unfolded protein response | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 199 | Maple Leaf Room | Shan Ying | Denys Khaperskyy | Identification of host factors interacting with coronavirus Nsp1 using proximity proteomics | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 7 | Aurora Room | Alexa Wilson | Dr. Craig McCormick | A KSHV UBIQUITIN LIGASE TARGETS THE CELLULAR STRESS SENSOR PERK FOR DEGRADATION | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 58 | Prairie Room | Eileigh Kadijk | Eileigh Kadijk, Juliette Bougon, Denys A. Khaperskyy | Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Augments PA-X Mediated Host Shutoff | Dalhousie University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 113 | Glacier Room | Joshua De Guzman | Rory Long, Jason Gravett, Tirosh Shapira, Connor AH Thompson, Natalie C. J. Strynadka, Artem Cherkasov, François Jean | Discovery of 3-chymotrypsin-like viral protease inhibitors as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia | Antivirals |
| 19 | Aurora Room | Ashley Campbell | Carlos F de la Cruz Herrera, Edyta Marcon, Jack Greenblatt, Lori Frappier | The Epstein-Barr Virus BGLF2 Protein Interferes With Cellular miRNA Function By Binding RISC | Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 72 | Prairie Room | Gabriel Chamberlain | Pr. Alain Lamarre | Antigen Acquisition by Polyclonal B cells during LCMV Infection | INRS - AFSB | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 125 | Glacier Room | Laurent Chatel-Chaix | Wesley Freppel, Anaïs Anton, Clément Mazeaud, Zaynab Nouhi, Claudia Gilbert, Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais, Andreas Pichlmaier, Pietro Scaturro, Laura Hulea | Flaviviral NS4B alters endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contacts to regulate respiratory metabolism and virus-induced apoptosis | Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 73 | Prairie Room | Gaëlle Grivart de Kerstart | Claudia Gilbert, Claudia Champagne, Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais | A genome-wide screen uncovers a regulatory role for mitochondrial mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in RNA virus induced pyroptosis | Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand Frappier | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 87 | Prairie Room | Ian Rodrigue-Gervais | Paulin Vanié, Claudia Champagne, Gaëlle Grivart, Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais | HTRA2 mitochondria-based regulation of macrophage cell fate during Influenza A virus infection | Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 91 | Prairie Room | James Nieman | Alexandr Belovodskiy, Bing Bai, Appan Srinivas Kandadai, Mostofa Hena, Elena Arutyunova, Muhammad Bashir Khan, Jimmy Lu, Michael A. Joyce, Holly A. Saffran, Justin A. Shields, D. Lorne Tyrrell, M. Joanne Lemieux | Improving the metabolic stability of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease inhibitors to identify a next generation COVID-19 drug | Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute, University of Alberta | Antivirals |
| 118 | Glacier Room | Karyn Berry-Wynne | Michael Joyce, Holly Bandi, Lorne Tyrrell | RNA VIRUSES HIJACK NUCLEAR PORE COMPONENTS DURING INFECTION | Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 53 | Prairie Room | Dhanesh Patel | Gu, B., Malo, D., Vidal, S., Rossant, J., Justice, M., and Nutter, L. | New ACE2 knock-in humanized mouse model of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection | McGill University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 168 | Maple Leaf Room | Nathan Markarian | Nathan M. Markarian, Gaël Galli, Dhanesh Patel, Mark Hemmings, Priya Nagpal, Albert Berghuis, Levon Abrahamyan, Silvia M. Vidal | Identifying Markers of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants; From Immunodeficient Patients to Mouse Models | McGill University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 183 | Maple Leaf Room | Rachel Hayes | Carolina Camargo, Pablo Cervera, Ahmed K. Oraby, David J. Marchant, and Selena M. Sagan | Understanding RSV entry requirements by mapping RSV-F and IGF1R interactions | McGill University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 181 | Maple Leaf Room | Quinn Abram | Selena M. Sagan | More Than an Intermediate: Unravelling the Structure of the Flavivirus Positive-Strand Promoter | McGill University | Fundamental Virology |
| 151 | Maple Leaf Room | Marylin Rheault | Selena M. Sagan | Zooming in on the host-virus interaction between hepatitis C virus and miR-122 | McGill University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 27 | Aurora Room | Carolina Camargo | Michelle Manolya Sag, Selena M. Sagan | Understanding hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A protein-mediated viral replication organelle biogenesis | McGill University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 222 | Maple Leaf Room | Xu Zhang | Xu Zhang, Christine Zhang, David L. Dai, Jun Luo, Reese Ladak, Qian Li, Shane Wiebe, Alex C.H. Liu, Xiaozhuo Ran, Jiaqi Yang, Parisa Naeli, Aitor Garzia, Lele Zhou, Niaz Mahmood, Qiyun Deng, Mohamed Elaish, Rongtuan Lin, Tom Hobman, Jerry Pelletier, Tommy Alain, Silvia Vidal, Thomas Duchaine, Mohammad T. Mazhab-Jafari, Xiaojuan Mao, Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad and Nahum Sonenberg | SARS-CoV-2 impairs interferon production via NSP2-induced repression of mRNA translation | McGILL UNIVERSITY | Antivirals |
| 197 | Maple Leaf Room | Sergey Yegorov | Daniel B. Celeste, Kimberly Braz Gomes, Jann C. Ang, Colin Vandenhof, Joanne Wang, Ksenia Rybkina, Vanessa Tsui, Hannah D. Stacey, Irina Kadyrova, Baurzhan Negmetzhanov, Yevgeniya Kolesnikova, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Ilya Korshukov, Yeldar Baiken, Bakhyt Matkarimov, Gonzalo H. Hortelano, Dmitriy Babenko, Mark Loeb and Matthew S. Miller. | Exploring Associations of Vaccine-Elicited Immunity in Mucosa Versus Blood: Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines. | McMaster University | Vaccines |
| 17 | Aurora Room | Art Marzok | Jonathan Mapletoft, Braeden Cowborough, Andrew Chen, Matthew Miller | Prior viral infection accelerates ALS disease progression in SOD1G93A mice | McMaster University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 157 | Maple Leaf Room | Michael D'Agostino | Sam Afkhami | Development and application of a next-generation mucosal single-dose COVID-19 vaccine | McMaster University | Vaccines |
| 185 | Maple Leaf Room | Rajesh Jacob | Ali Zhang, Michael R D'Agostino, Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Altynay Shigayeva, Wael Demian, David Bulir, Marek Smieja, Andrew G. McArthur, Allison J. McGeer, Samira Mubareka, Arinjay Banerjee, Matthew S. Miller, and Karen Mossman | SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage variants are sensitive to neutralizing antibodies but resistant to type I interferons | McMaster University | Emerging Pathogens |
| 219 | Maple Leaf Room | Vithushan Surendran | Jonathan Mapletoft, Peter Zheng, Andrew Chen, Matthew Miller | Senataxin is Involved in Generating Antibody Diversity through Class Switch Recombination in B-cells | McMaster University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 8 | Aurora Room | Ali Zhang | Ali Zhang, Yonathan Agung, Michael D’Agostino, Hanu Chaudhari, Matthew S Miller | Broadly-neutralizing antibodies that bind to the influenza hemagglutinin stalk domain enhance the effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors via Fc-mediated effector functions | McMaster University | Antivirals |
| 200 | Maple Leaf Room | Sheridan Baker | Kara K. Tsang, Shehryar Ahmad, Alanoud Aljabou, Mohammed Al Salem, Emily M. Panousis, Hooman Derakhshani, Laura Rossi, Jalees A. Nasir, Michael G. Surette, Robyn S. Lee, Dominik Mertz, Fiona Smaill, Andrew G. McArthur and Sarah Khan | SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigation using contact tracing and whole genome sequencing in a Canadian hospital | McMaster University | Emerging Pathogens |
| 79 | Prairie Room | Hannah L. Wallace | Cassandra L. Gardner, Rodney S. Russell | The Inflammasome Next Door: Understanding the Role of Bystander Pyroptosis during Hepatitis C Virus Infection | Memorial University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 52 | Prairie Room | Delania Gormley | Cass Gardner and Dr. Rodney S Russell | SARS-CoV-2 and immune response; The establishment of a SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assay | Memorial University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 31 | Aurora Room | Cassandra Gardner | Hannah L Wallace, Rodney S Russell | Visualizing Hepatitis C virus-induced pyroptosis using super-resolution confocal microscopy | Memorial University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 112 | Glacier Room | Joseph Kobina Sampson Duncan | Joseph K. Sampson Duncan, Danyang Xu, Maria Licursi, Jin Gohda, Yasushi Kawaguchi and Kensuke Hirasawa] | Antiviral roles of interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-1, 3 and 7 against human coronavirus infection | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Antivirals |
| 128 | Glacier Room | Lingyan Wang | Lingyan Wang, Maria Licursi, Rodney Russell, Ken Hirasawa | Programmed cell death promotes HCoV replication | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 130 | Glacier Room | Logan Banadyga | Shihua He, Karla Emeterio, Kevin Tierney, Guodong Liu, Wenguang Cao, Logan Banadyga | Atypical Ebola Virus Disease in Ferrets Treated with Monoclonal Antibodies | Public Health Agency of Canada | Emerging Pathogens |
| 62 | Prairie Room | Emmanuelle LeBlanc | Youjin Kim, Chantelle J. Capicciotti and Che C. Colpitts | Characterizing the roles of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycosylation in viral entry and pathogenesis | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 134 | Glacier Room | Madison Roth | Che C. Colpitts and Katrina Gee | Characterization of the antiviral functions of IL-27 during dengue virus infection of human macrophages | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 90 | Prairie Room | Isabella Pellizzari-Delano | Nicole Coman, Che C. Colpitts | Characterizing the role of IFNgamma-inducible guanylate binding proteins in restricting coronavirus replication. | Queen's University | Antivirals |
| 80 | Prairie Room | Heather Amsden | Dr. Che C. Colpitts, Dr. Katrina Gee | IL-27 inhibition of pandemic influenza A virus infection is regulated in part by type I IFNs. | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 110 | Glacier Room | John Mamatis | Taylor B. Walsh, Che C. Colpitts | Cyclophilin inhibitors enhance cell-autonomous antiviral immunity to inhibit coronavirus infection | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 121 | Glacier Room | Kimberley Siwak | Emmanuelle V. LeBlanc, Che C. Colpitts | Elucidating the Role of Cellular Glycans in the Cell Entry of Pre-emergent Bat Coronaviruses | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 26 | Aurora Room | Carla Elizabeth Gallardo Flores | John E. Mamatis & Che C. Colpitts | Characterizing the roles of cellular cyclophilins in coronavirus infection | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 195 | Maple Leaf Room | Safara Holder | Maike Bossert and Bruce W. Banfield | The Identification of Cellular Molecules in Proximity to the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Tegument Protein pUL21 | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 187 | Maple Leaf Room | Renee Finnen | Jamil H. Muradov, Valerie Le Sage, Bruce W. Banfield | Fine-tuning of HSV-2 Nuclear Egress by pUL21 | Queen's University | Virus - Host Interactions |