All Events
PhD Oral Examination for Ms. Ariana Rostami
Investigating the Mechanisms and Kinetics of Circulating Tumour DNA Release to Improve its Clinical Utility
Date & Time: Monday, December 7, 2020, 9:00 am
Public Seminar: 9:00 am, The Public Seminar will be presented via Zoom. Link has been emailed to MBP faculty and students.
Closed Examination: 9:45 am, The closed oral exam will be presented via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to the examiners.
Ph.D. Oral Examination for Ashley Hickman
Development and Characterization of a Novel Protein Stability Probe
Date & Time: Monday, December 7, 2020, 4:00 pm
Public Seminar: 4:00 pm, The Public Seminar will be presented via Zoom. Link to public seminar has been emailed to MBP faculty and students.
Closed Examination: 4:45 pm, The closed oral exam will be presented via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to the examiners only.
Supervisor: Dr. David Andrews
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Nidhi Singh |
Development of a combined micro-Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging system for Prostate Cancer |
Christine Demore |
| Ian Smith | TBD | Benjamin Haibe-Kains |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Peter Lin |
Identification of MYC-Dependent Vulnerabilities in Breast Cancer |
Linda Penn |
| Yue (Rachel) Feng |
Understanding ClpXP degradation machinery and its function in AML |
Aaron Schimmer |
PhD Oral Examination for Ms. Alice Yangjing Zhang
Investigation of the Expression and Function of Numb Isoforms in Cancer
Date & Time: Friday, December 11, 2020, 11:00 am
Public Seminar: 11:00 am, The Public Seminar will be presented via Zoom. Link to exam emailed to MBP Faculty and Students.
Closed Examination: 11:45 am, The closed oral exam will be presented via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to the examiners only.
Supervisor: Dr. Jane McGlade
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Jessica Wright |
Conditionally-reprogrammed primary prostate cancer cells as novel models for patient therapy prediction |
Stanley Liu |
| Brandon Coles | TBD | Graham Wright |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Ethan Malkin |
Extracellular DNA in cancer: implications for the anti-tumour immune response |
Scott Bratman |
| Masroor Bayati |
Evaluating the prognostic potential of cancer driver mutations and immune cell infiltration signatures using machine learning |
Juri Reimand |
PhD Oral Examination for Mr. Danton Ivanochko
Structural and Functional Elucidation of PRDM Proteins
Date & Time: Thursday, December 17, 2020, 1:00 pm
Public Seminar: 1:00 pm, The Public Seminar will be presented via Zoom. Access link emailed to MBP faculty and students.
Closed Examination: 1:45 pm, The closed oral exam will be presented via Zoom.A Zoom link will be sent to the examiners only.
Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Kai Xuan Leong |
Enhanced Effect of Fractionated Radiation Combined with Ultrasound Stimulated Microbubbles in Mouse Fibrosarcoma Model in an Asmase Dependent Manner |
Gregory Czarnota |
| Liam Lawrence |
Monitoring radiation therapy of brain cancer using diffusion-weighted imaging on the MR-Linac |
Angus Lau |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Esther Matus |
GI-targeted bispecifics to locally treat inflammatory bowel disease |
Jean Gariepy |
| Sayan Nag |
Dynamic effective brain connectivity in task-based fMRI using dynamic causal modeling |
Kamil Uludag |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Shalini Bahl |
TBD |
Mathieu Lupien |
| Amy Chen |
Generating Single Protomer Variants of Fatty Acid Synthase for Single Domain Tracking. |
Mohammad Mazhab-Jafari |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Quinn Xie |
Investigating mechanisms of anti-CD3 antibodies in Type 1 Diabetes prevention trial |
Jayne Danska |
|
Gautier Courbon |
Inhibition of the mycobacterial ATP synthase by the TB drug Bedaquiline |
John Rubinstein |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Megan DeWeerd |
Characterization of neomorphic TP53 hotspot mutations in high-grade serous ovarian cancer |
Robert Rottapel |
| Annie Ha |
Leveraging large-scale prostate cancer proteomic secretome biomarkers screening through data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry |
Thomas Kislinger |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Maryam Arianpouya |
MRI and Deep Brain Stimulation Implants |
Simon Graham |
| Andrew Frizado |
Transvertebral Passive Acoustic Mapping of Microbubble Cavitation |
Meaghan O'Reilly |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Tristan Kenney |
Structural Characterization of the MYC:TFIIF Interaction |
Linda Penn |
| Gregory Kent |
Modelling multilineage human yolk sac hematopoiesis using pluripotent stem cells |
Gordon Keller |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Rojin Anbarafshan |
Ultrasound-mediated microbubble characteristics and induced bioeffects in a chicken embryo |
David Goertz |
| Monica Bell Vila | Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for Stroke Recovery | Bojana Stefanovic |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Kristine Keon |
Understanding the modulation of V-ATPase activity via small molecules: an investigation using CryoEM |
John Rubinstein |
| Alex Liu | Targeting the Clec5a-Syk-STAT5 signaling axis to promote sensitivity to IDH inhibitors | Steven Chan |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
William Kim |
Examining the utility of online cerebral blood flow monitoring during neuropsychiatric intervention: the NOBD study |
Bradley MacIntosh |
| Yeyoung Janny Kim |
MRI tracking of stem cell-derived alveolar-like macrophages for treatment of chronic lung disease |
Giles Santyr |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthony Mammoliti |
Detection of non-coding RNAs and assessment of their predictive value for mono therapies |
Benjamin Haibe-Kains |
| Logine Negm |
Investigating Microsatellite Instability in Replication Repair Deficient Tumours |
Uri Tabori |
| STUDENT NAME | SEMINAR TITLE | SUPERVISOR |
|---|---|---|
|
Kayley Marchena Romero |
Novel Quantification of BOLD f-MRI Cerebrovascular Reactivity |
Bradley MacIntosh |
| Jonathan Mazurski |
Predicting Recurrence in DCIS Using Convolutional Neural Networks |
Anne Martel |