POSTERS
| Booth # | Room | Name | Co-Author(s) | Abstract Title | Organization | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurora Room | Abayomi Olabode | (not set) | Functional characterization of the ancestral Nef protein of primate lentiviruses: A computation and in cellulo approach | University of Western Ontario | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 2 | Aurora Room | Ahmed Ali | Mohamed S. H. Hassan, Shahnas M. Najimudeen, Muhammad Farooq, Adel A. Shalaby, Susantha Gomis and Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem | Evaluation of vaccine protective efficacy against infectious bronchitis virus infection in laying hens | University of Calgary | Fundamental Virology |
| 3 | Aurora Room | Alan Cochrane | Subha Dahal, Ran Cheng, Peter K Cheung, Terek Been, Ramy Malty, Melissa Geng, Sarah Manianis, Lulzim Shkreta, Shahrazad Jahanshahi, Johanne Toutant, Rose Chan, Sean Park, Mark A. Brockman , Mohan Babu, Samira Mubareka, Karen Mossman, Arinjay Banerjee, Scott Gray-Owen, Martha Brown, Walid A. Houry, Benoit Chabot, David Grierson | One pill to control them all: Identification of the thiazole-5-carboxamide GPS491 as an inhibitor of HIV-1, adenovirus, and coronavirus replication | University of Toronto | Vaccines |
| 4 | Aurora Room | Alberto Felix-Lopez | Joaquin Lopez-Orozco, Anil Kumar, Ray Ishida, Mohamed Elaish and Tom C. Hobman | Fibroblast growth factor signaling is important for replication of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 variants of concern | University of Alberta | Emerging Pathogens |
| 5 | Aurora Room | Aleksandra Stojic | Farah Elawar, Ryley D. McClelland, Leanne M. Bilawchuk, and David J. Marchant | A Respiratory Syncytial Virus Shape Shifting Mutation in the RSV-F Glycoprotein Evades Broad Spectrum Antibody Neutralization | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 6 | Aurora Room | Alexander Leacy | Fernanda Ampuero, Phuc H. Pham, Ziyad Elgamal, Antonius El-Khoury, Eva Nagy, Brandon Lillie, Pauline Delnatte, Leonardo Susta | Pathogenesis of aquatic bird bornavirus 1 (ABBV-1) in Pekin ducks | University of Guelph | 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 |
| 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 |
| 9 | Aurora Room | Amit Gaba | Quinlan Carter, Shreoshri Bhattacharjee, Linda Chelico | HIV-1 Transmitted Founder Virus Vif Proteins Have Variable Abilities To Induce Degradation Of APOBEC3 Retroviral Restriction Factors | University of Saskatchewan | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 10 | Aurora Room | Amy Du | Steven Zimmerly, Michael Hynes | The phage resistance mechanism of Abortive Infection K in Lactococcus lactis | University of Calgary | Antivirals |
| 11 | Aurora Room | Andra Banete | Bryan D. Griffin*, Juan Corredor, Lily Yip, Steven Ahn, Patrick Budylowski, Patryk Aftanas, Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Paul Oleynik, Hunsang Lee, Tarini Gunawardena, Hong Ouyang, Mikko Taipale, Natasha Christie-Holmes, Scott Gray-Owen, Finlay Maguire, Rob Kozak, Allison McGeer, Theo Moraes, Samira Mubareka | Differential pathogenesis and innate immune responses following infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern | Sunnybrook Research Institute | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 12 | Aurora Room | Andrea Kroeker | Swarali Kulkarni, Jocelyne Lew, Ravendra Garg, Darryl Falzarano | Heterologous re-challenge with alpha and beta in hamsters induces cross-neutralizing antibodies against additional SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern | VIDO | Emerging Pathogens |
| 13 | Aurora Room | Andrew Webb | Brayden G. Schindell, Bryan D. Griffin, Geoff Soule, Abu B. Siddik, Bernard Abrenica, Harram Memon, Ruey-Chyi Su, Darwyn Kobasa, David Safronetz, and Jason Kindrachuk | Early Sertoli cell gene expression in response to Ebola virus binding and entry stabilizes tissue membrane integrity and facilitates persistent infection by moderating viral replication kinetics in the blood testis barrier | University of Manitoba | Emerging Pathogens |
| 14 | Aurora Room | Anna Appah | Charlotte Beelen, Don Kirkby, Winnie Dong, Chanson J. Brumme , Vincent Ganu, Linda Eva Amoah, Peter Puplampu, Nicholas N. Trebi , Zabrina L. Brumme | Molecular characterization of HIV-1 diversity in Ghana | SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 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 |
| 16 | Aurora Room | Annika Lea Schulz | Jimena Perez-Vargas, Connor Thompson, François Jean | Air-liquid interface culture of A549 alveolar epithelial cells upregulates expression of cellular host factors for influenza viruses and coronaviruses and promotes increased replication of pandemic influenza A (H1N1/09) virus | University of British Columbia | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 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 |
| 18 | Aurora Room | Arvin Tejnarine Persaud | Jonathan Burnie; Christina Guzzo | UV-LED inactivation of human coronaviruses and HIV-1 | University of Toronto | 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 |
| 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 |
| 21 | Aurora Room | Brayden Schindell | Jia Kangbai, Kaarina Kowalec, Krutika Kuppalli, Souradet Shaw, Jason Kindrachuk | Sequelae of post-Ebola virus disease syndrome persist to 6-8 years in a cohort from Sierra Leone | University of Manitoba | Emerging Pathogens |
| 22 | Aurora Room | Briallen Lobb | Anson Shapter, Andrew C. Doxey, Jozef I. Nissimov | Functional profiling and evolutionary analysis of a marine microalgal virus pangenome | University of Waterloo | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 23 | Aurora Room | Caelan Stephanson | Caelan Stephanson, Dr. Joe Mymryk, Dr. Gerd Prehna, Dr. Peter Pelka | Determining the Structure of the Conserved Region 3 of the Adenoviral Protein | University of Manitoba | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 24 | Aurora Room | Calvin Gordon | Egor P. Tchesnokov, Hery W. Lee, Jason K. Perry, Joy Y. Feng, John P. Bilello, Danielle P. Porter, and Matthias Götte | The efficient incorporation of remdesivir triphosphate by SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase improves inhibition of viral RNA synthesis | University of Alberta | Antivirals |
| 25 | Aurora Room | Cameron Griffiths | Millie Shah and Kevin A. Janes | Classifying distinct cardiomyocyte adaptations to chronic viral infection | University of Virginia | 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 |
| 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 |
| 28 | Aurora Room | Casey Hubert | Nicole Acosta, Barbara J. Waddell, Maria E. Hasing, Yuanyuan Qiu, Meghan Fuzzen, Nathanael B.J. Harper, María A. Bautista, Tiejun Gao, Chloe Papparis, Jenn Van Doorn, Kristine Du, Kevin Xiang, Leslie Chan, Laura Vivas, Puja Pradhan, Janine McCalder, Kashtin Low, Whitney E. England, Darina Kuzma, John Conly, M. Cathryn Ryan, Gopal Achari, Jia Hu, Jason L. Cabaj, Chris Sikora, Larry Svenson, Nathan Zelyas, Mark Servos, Jon Meddings, Steve E. Hrudey, Kevin Frankowski, Michael D. Parkins, Xiaoli (Lilly) Pang, Bonita E. Lee | Emergence and Spread of the BA.1 Omicron Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Large and Small Communities in Alberta, Canada Revealed by Wastewater Monitoring | University of Calgary | Emerging Pathogens |
| 29 | Aurora Room | Casey Wong | Qi Feng Lin, Heather Eaton, Maya Shmulevitz | Characterizing Reovirus' Adaptation to Laboratory Cell Culture Environments | University of Alberta | Fundamental Virology |
| 30 | Aurora Room | Cassandra Edgar | Dana C. Spencer, Rajesh A. Jacob, and Jimmy D. Dikeakos | The dual regulation of the cell surface molecule Tim-3 by the HIV-1 accessory proteins Nef and Vpu | University of Western Ontario | 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 |
| 32 | Aurora Room | Cheung Pang Wong | Zaikun Xu, Tom Hobman | Peroxisome modulating dugs inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication | The University of Alberta | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 34 | Aurora Room | Connie Le | Connie Le, Reshma Sirajee, Rineke Steenbergen, Michael A. Joyce, William R. Addison and D. Lorne Tyrrell | In Vitro Infection with Hepatitis B Virus Using Differentiated Human Serum Culture of Huh7.5-NTCP Cells without Requiring Dimethyl Sulfoxide | University of Alberta | Emerging Pathogens |
| 33 | Aurora Room | Connie Le | Connie Le, Yanming Liu, Joaquín López-Orozco, Michael A. Joyce, D. Lorne Tyrrell | A CRISPR technique incorporated with single-cell RNA sequencing for studying hepatitis B infection | University of Alberta | Emerging Pathogens |
| 35 | Aurora Room | Dan Boghici | Nishi H. Patel, Micol Rava, Matteo Iannacone, Konstantin Koro, Craig N. Jenne, Carla Osiowy, Carla S. Coffin | Evaluating the Th1 response in an in vivo mouse model of hepatitis B and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | University of Calgary | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 36 | Aurora Room | Daniel Limonta | Lovely Dyna-Dagman, William Branton, Valeria Mancinelli, Tadashi Makio, Richard W. Wozniak, Christopher Power, Tom C. Hobman | NOD2 Inhibition as a Novel Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Strategy against SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viral pathogens | University of Alberta | Antivirals |
| 37 | Aurora Room | Danyel Evseev | Jennifer A. Corcoran | Modelling SARS-CoV-2 evolution to understand variant emergence. | University of Calgary | Virus Evolution and Ecology |
| 38 | Aurora Room | Darren Gemmill | Higor Sette Pereira, Aikina Roise Peralta, and Trushar Patel* | Biophysical characterization of Zika virus RNA terminal region - human RNA-binding protein complexes | University of Lethbridge | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 39 | Aurora Room | David Evans | Jefferson T, Heneghan C, Spencer E, Brassey J, Pluddeman A, Onakpoya I, Evans D, Conly J. University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Trip Database Ltd, United Kingdom, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology and Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada | A Hierarchical Framework for Assessing Transmission Causality of Respiratory Viruses: Focus on SARS-CoV-2 | University of Alberta | (not set) |
| 40 | Aurora Room | Deanna Santer | Daniel Li, Yanal Ghosheh, Dhanvi Prajapati, M. Atif Zahoor, D. Lorne Tyrrell, Adam J. Gehring, Jordan J. Feld | Interferon-lambda treatment accelerates SARS-CoV-2 clearance independently of modulating virus-specific adaptive immunity | University of Manitoba | Antivirals |
| 51 | Prairie Room | Delaney Nash | Isaac Ellmen 1+, Michael DJ Lynch 1,2, Jiujun Cheng 1,2, Jozef I. Nissimov *1, Trevor Charles *1,2 | A Tiled-Amplicon Sequencing Method Targeting Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus RNA Isolated From Wastewater | University of Waterloo | Emerging Pathogens |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 54 | Prairie Room | Diana Bautista | Diana Bautista-Sánchez, Jimena Vargas-Pérez, Connor Thompson, Siobhan Ennis, Olga Agafitei, Pei-Yong Shi, Masahiro Niikura, Raymond J. Andersen, François Jean. | Molecular and cellular studies of bafilomycin D, a newly discovered natural product inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron | University of British Columbia | Antivirals |
| 55 | Prairie Room | Dipendra Karki | Baozhong Meng | Elucidation of Function of Novel Viral AlkB Domain of Grapevine viruses | University of Guelph | 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 |
| 57 | Prairie Room | Egor Tchesnokov | Matthias Götte, Egor P. Tchesnokov, Eddy Arnold, Roberto Sanchez, Margit Hagel, Donna L. Romero and Eric T. Baldwin | Human endogenous retrovirus-K (HERV-K) reverse transcriptase (RT) displays a lamivudine resistant genotype and phenotype | University of Alberta | Antivirals |
| 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 |
| 59 | Prairie Room | Eman Moussa | Eman W. Moussa, Shu Y. Luo, Alberto Felix-Lopez, Joaquin Lopez-Orozco, Erik Gomez-Cardona, Tom C. Hobman, Olivier Julien | Investigation of the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease and its human host substrates | University of Alberta | Virus - Host Interactions |
| 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 |