CSB Research Day 2026 was held on May 1st at UTM‘s Kaneff Centre. This event showcased impressive innovation across the kingdoms of life.
Our keynote speaker, Professor Sheena Josselyn of SickKids Hospital presented her thought-provoking research on how memories are formed and erased in a Taylor Swift-themed talk.
We are grateful to Ryan Ruan (BSF) and Dr Burton Lim (ROM) who provided important job perspectives in a lunchtime career panel.
Through talks in the KN137 lecture theatre and posters in the Rotunda, CSB graduate students clearly and concisely presented their discoveries. Some presentations were chosen by judges as outstanding efforts and earned awards at the end of the day, presented by N. Ross Stewart and Bauhua Liu of the Organizing Committee.
Best Spotlight Talk Awards
Claire Fernandes (Guzzo Lab) for “Emerging Cytometry Techniques To Purify And Study Virus Subpopulations”
Milena Russo (Liu Lab) for “Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Global Motion Processing in the Brainstem”
Best Lightning Talk Award
Anthony Kadamani (Peever Lab)
Best Poster Awards
Matthew Danesh (Peever Lab)
Congrong (Ruby) He (Calarco Lab / Zhen Lab)
Serene Moussaoui (Terebiznik Lab)
Ryan Ugovsek (Lin Lab)
Mackenzie Wilson (Phillips Lab)
Congratulations to these talented presenters! Thank you to the Organizing Committee N. Ross Stewart, Bryan Guo, Gary Chatha, Boahua Liu, Adam Mott, Shelly Lumba, Ben Eldridge and Denise Horsley. Photographs by Angela Sidsworth.
