6th ANNUAL

SYMPOSIUM
POSTER SESSION INDEX

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PRESENTER LAB INSTITUTION TITLE
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University CSF1 maintains myeloid cells

1 Marwan Althagafi Myron Cybulsky
Health Network homeostasis in the aortic intima

University of MAAgic biomaterials for endogenous

2 Alaura Androschuk Michael Sefton
Toronto terminal axon nerve growth

Programmed secretion of bacterial

Radhakrishnan University of
3 Lauren Baerg membrane vesicles and its applications
Mahadevan Toronto
in bacterial communication and IBD

Generation of unique oligodendrocyte

University of
4 Justine Bajohr Maryam Faiz lineage cells following direct lineage
Toronto
reprogramming of reactive astrocytes

Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen in

University of human embryonic stem cells to identify
5 Rony Chidiac Stephane Angers
Toronto regulators of hemogenic endothelium
differentiation

Treating diseases with therapeutic

Sinai Health
6 Fang-Yu Chou Andras Nagy subcutaneous tissues transplant:
System
hypoparathroidism as a prototype

Exploring immunoregulatory and

University
7 Sarah Colpitts Sarah Crome regenerative potential of innate
Health Network
lymphoid cells in Type 1 Diabetes

Thank you to our poster prize sponsors

 Elucidating heterogeneity between left
University of
8 Michael Dewar Scott Heximer and right ventricle-derived cardiac
Toronto
fibroblasts

Therapeutic correction of Hemophilia A

University
9 Blair Gage Gordon Keller by transplantation of hPSC-derived
Health Network
LSEC progenitors

One-Step Formation of Protein-Based

University of
10 Wuyang Gao Axel Guenther Tubular Structures for Functional
Toronto
Devices and Tissues

Development of Vascularized Human

Laurence Sinai Health
11 Madeleine Gerrie Lung Organoids as a Model to Study
Pelletier System
Multiciliated Epithelial Tissue

Metformin-mediated functional
University of recovery reveals sex-dependent effects
12 Emily Gilbert Cindi Morshead
Toronto of metformin on neural precursor
pools following spinal cord injury

Establishing a novel model of stroke to

University of examine the efficacy of astrocyte to
13 Kevin Gilmore Cindi Morshead
Toronto neuron conversion as a means to
promote neural repair

TRACR: tracing neuronal connectivity in

14 Madison Gray Julie Lefebvre SickKids
intact and degenerating circuits

Mini-MEndR: A miniaturized model of

University of
15 Nitya Gulati Penney Gilbert an in vitro muscle stem cell mediated
Toronto
repair assay

Hybrid PET-MRI Response Monitoring

Sunnybrook
using a Dual-Condition Protocol for
16 Fayez Habach Nilesh Ghugre Research
Evaluation of Cell-based Therapies in
Institute
Myocardial Infarction

Thank you to our poster prize sponsors

 University of Computationally Aided Lung Re-
17 Ahmed Hasan Aimy Bazylak
Toronto endothelialization

University of Establishing DNA Nanoplatforms to

18 Yuchen Hou Bebhinn Treanor
Toronto Investigate B cell Activation

Transcriptional signatures of cell-cell

University of
19 Brendan Innes Gary Bader interactions are dependent on cellular
Toronto
context

Engineering cells with a safeguard

Mohammad Sinai Health bioswitch: a tool for the enrichment of
20 Andras Nagy
Izadifar System mature pluripotent stem cell-derived β-
like cells

Transgene distribution and immune

Sunnybrook
response following focused ultrasound
21 Rikke Hahn Kofoed Isabelle Aubert Research
delivery to the brain of AAV9 and
Institute
PHP.B in mouse models

Nanoparticle Delivery of Gene-Editing

Yan Ming Anson University of Nucleic Acids for Cytomegalovirus
22 Omar Khan
Lau Toronto Clearance in Donor Lungs Before
Transplantation

De-repression of the IL-10 gene by

CRISPR-Cas genome editing as a
University
23 Kumi Mesaki Shaf Keshavjee therapeutic strategy to engineer
Health Network
immunologically optimized donor lungs
for transplantation

Generation of valvular interstitial cells

Alexander University
24 Gordon Keller from human pluripotent stem cell-
Mikryukov Health Network
derived endocardial cells

Amirmahdi University of In Silico Modeling of In Vitro BEAS-2B

25 Cristina Amon
Mostofinejad Toronto Cell Proliferation

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 The LINC complex is an important
University of
26 Louise Moyle Penney Gilbert regulator of myoblast cell cycle
Toronto
progression and commitment

Investigating Remyelinating Strategies

27 Roseanne Nguyen Julien Muffat SickKids in a Human Pluripotent Stem Cell
Model of Inflammatory Demyelination

Sunnybrook The impact of blood-brain barrier

28 Kate Noseworthy Isabelle Aubert Research modulation by focused ultrasound on
Institute progenitor cells

Marija Orlic- University of Towards Cell Type-Specific Biological

29 Lincoln Stein
Milacic Toronto Pathways

A 3D in vitro disease model to study

University of
30 Vera Pieters Alison McGuigan obesity-associated adipocyte
Toronto
dysfunction and hypoxia

A novel rat liver single-cell atlas

Delaram University of
31 Gary Bader uncovers molecular sources of inter-
Pouyabahar Toronto
strain intrahepatic variations.

Modelling epilepsy in cerebral

University
32 Alexandra Santos Peter Carlen organoids: oxygen-glucose deprivation
Health Network
as a convulsant

Fluidic brush: in-situ delivery of tissue

University of
33 Sushant Singh Axel Guenther precursors onto physiologically
Toronto
relevant, curvilinear topologies

Affinity-Controlled Release of Rod-

University of
34 Carter Teal Molly Shoichet derived Cone Viability Factor for Cone
Toronto
Photoreceptor Survival

Investigating the role of PTEN signaling

35 Octavia Weng Yun Li SickKids
in human neurons and epilepsy

Sinai Health Characterizing the heterogeneity of

36 Amin Yarmand Jeff Wrana
System central nervous system macrophages

Thank you to our poster prize sponsors

 using a novel human-specific assembly
of hematopoietic progenitors with
cerebral organoids on a de novo
vasculature platform

Thank you to our poster prize sponsors