Fourth year students in CSB can join our research laboratories to conduct projects in their favourite topic as part of CSB497, 498 or 499 courses. Their final task after generating data and analyzing results is to present their conclusions at our annual Undergraduate Poster Session.
This year, the poster session was held on March 27th and featured dozens of posters showing students’ discoveries in cell biology, cancer biology, developmental biology, neurobiology and plant biology.
The posters were judged by departmental staff and faculty. They assessed the content of the posters and the presenters’ ability to describe their projects and answer questions.
The F Michael Barrett Award was presented to students who excelled at their presentation by Undergraduate Chair Professor Keiko Yoshioka.
Faten Abla (Bruce lab) showed their expertise in “Investigating the Role of Eph/Ephrin Signaling in Tissue State Transitions During Zebrafish Mesoderm Internalization”
Maia Edney (Yip Lab) pursued “Investigation of Novel Compound for Suppression of Extracellular Matrix Proteins”
Alex Huang (Plotnikov Lab) demonstrated how “ER Ca2+ Regulates ER: PM Contacts to Facilitate Linear Migration in Elevated ECF Viscosity”
Tiantian Lei (Lin Lab) studied the “Effects of GCaMP6 on Effects of GCaMP6 on the Survival and Behaviour of Zebrafish Larvae”
Aliya Mohd Zamri (McFarlane Lab) took on the task of “Confirming putative cell wall signaling mutants from a forward genetic screen”
Shannon O’Reilly (Calarco Lab) demonstrated a “High-Throughput Behavioural Monitoring Platform to Identify RNA-Binding Proteins Regulating Locomotion in C. elegans”
Zoe Smith (Yip Lab) presented results from “Investigating the Role of FOXO1 in Radiation-Induced Fibrosis”
Tea Reed Watson (Lumba Lab) showed how “ShHTL7 mutants demonstrate altered germination and temperature sensitivity compared to wild-type in an Arabidopsis model”
Fiona Yi Yang Xu (Bruce Lab) explored “Frmd4 Proteins at Cell Junctions: Potential Cytohesin Adaptors during Zebrafish Epiboly”
Vicky Ziyi Wei performed her work in the Tepass lab, which studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control the polarity of epithelial cells and the cell adhesion between epithelial cells that binds cells into tissues
Congratulations to these impressive students on their accomplishments and good luck as you move on to graduation!