Honours Thesis Presentations

Each student will present for 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.  Light snacks and beverages will be served during a noon intermission.  Lab groups, family, and friends are invited to attend

This event is IN-PERSON (with a hybrid Zoom option for guests)

Centennial Building CB3013

Honours Thesis Students

Alexandra Grillo (Dr. Adam Algar)

Hannah Malloy (Dr. Adam Algar)

Brennan Oliver (Dr. Adam Algar)

Nathan Timmerman (Dr. Adam Algar)

Kelvi Toskovich (Dr. Mike Rennie)

Connor Kubinec (Dr. Mike Rennie)

Jasmin Schiestel (Dr. Wensheng Qin)

Caris Madsen (Dr. Wensheng Qin)

Colin Warwick (Dr. Wensheng Qin)

Zaid Shahid (Dr. Marina Ulanova)

Viktoriya Dyukaryeva (Dr. Azim Mallik)

Salem McLean (Dr. Brian McLaren)

Ryley Marchant (Dr. Brian McLaren)

To register for the Zoom webinar, email biology@lakeheadu.ca; registration IS required.

Biology Departmental Seminar

Honours Thesis Presentations

Each student will present for 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience. 

This event is IN-PERSON with a Zoom Webinar option (register with biology@lakeheadu.ca for the link).

Centennial Building CB3013

10:00  Symposium with Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Azim Mallik.

10:15  Celena Brosseau (Dr. Robert Mackereth):  The effects of beaver dams on brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) distribution in northwestern Ontario streams.

10:30  William Hunt (Dr. Kam Leung):  Arsenic detoxification: The bioremediation potential of and the ability to improve phytoremediation by As(III)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from an arsenic-contaminated mine tailing site.

11:00  Katherine Filopovic (Dr. Kam Leung):  Construction of a Tn5 isogenic mutant library of a plant growth promoting As(III)-oxidizing Pseudomonas strain BS2: Screening for As(III)-oxidizing mutants and IAA mutants.

11:15  Emily Hodgson (Dr. Leonard Hutchison):  Growth rates of saxicolous lichen in northwestern Ontario graveyards.

11:30  Kyle Swerhun (Dr. Neelam Khaper): The development of a spider silk-based hydrogel antimicrobial peptide delivery system.

11:45 Sydney-Lyn Bernardi (Dr. Adam Algar):  Predicting the northern range edge of Hyla versicolor using macro- and microclimate niche models.

 Coffee and light snacks provided.  Please bring your own mug!

Biology Departmental Seminar

Honours Thesis Presentations

Each student will present for 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.

This event is IN-PERSON with a Zoom Webinar option (register with biology@lakeheadu.ca for link).

Centennial Building CB3013

10:00 am Symposium with Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Azim Mallik.

10:15 am Calista Perrons (Dr. Simon Lees):  Exploring the radiosensitizing effects of non-radioactive 19FDG on MDA-MB-231 cells.

10:30 am Myles Cummins (Drs. Steven Hecnar and Peter Lee):  A botanical survey of the relict prairie in Stanley Cemetery.

11:00 am  Adam Falah (Dr. Michael Wesner):  A review of the neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2.

11:15 am   Mohammad Ali Karimi (Dr. Alla Reznik):  Advances in prostate cancer diagnosis with prostate specific membrane antigen PET imaging.

11:30  am:  Christopher Armiento (Dr. Deborah Scharf):  Where do adolescents see cannabis marketing?  A GIS analysis in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

The Department of Biology Departmental Seminar

Honours Thesis Presentations

Each student will present for 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.

Please register with the Department of Biology for seminar access (biology@lakeheadu.ca).

9:45 am Login/Waiting room

9:55 am Welcoming remarks from the Departmental Chair Dr. Azim Mallik

10:00 am Shayla Hartley (Dr. Mallik):  Water absorption and retention of a terricolous lichen, Cladonia stellaris.

10:15 am Andraya Colistro (Dr. Lee):  Plant production in nitrogen-limited mine soil.

10:30 am Philip Robinson (Dr. Qin):  Optimizing growth conditions for Pleurochrysis dentata and determination of phenol degradation ability of six algae species.

10:45 am Taij Mann (Dr. Qin):  Phylogenetic identification and protein analysis of a forest isolated soil bacteria for evaluation of use in bioremediation.

11:00 am Nicole Costanzo (Dr. Khaper):  Molecular effects of prostaglandin analogues on glaucoma receptor activation.

11:15 am Hanna Merner (Dr. Lees):  Effects of a novel combination cancer therapy in a cell culture model.

11:30 am Victoria Anthes (Dr. Ulanova):  The role of IgA in the opsonophagocytosis of Haemophilus influenzae type a.

11:45 am Closing remarks.

The Department of Biology Departmental Seminar

Honours Thesis Presentations

Each student will present for 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.

Please register with the Department of Biology for seminar access (biology@lakeheadu.ca).

9:45 am Login/Waiting room

9:55 am Welcoming remarks from the Departmental Chair Dr. Azim Mallik

10:00 am Catherine Kibiuk (Dr. Leung):  Diversity of arsenic oxidizing bacteria from mining areas of northwestern Ontario.

10:15 am Emily Meek (Dr. Rennie):  An investigation of white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) respiration across a range of biologically relevant temperatures.

10:30 am Kimberly Geils (Dr. Rennie):  Effect of nanosilver on northern pike (Esox lucius) bioenergetics.

11:45 am Shaalin Dlaymi (Dr. Reyes):  The effects of clearcutting on Picea rubens regeneration in coastal red spruce forests.

11:00 am Dana Gummerson (Dr. Zehbe):  Investigating the role of RBX1 in the carcinogenic potential of HPV sub-lineage E6 oncoproteins.

11:15 am Simran Bedi (Dr. Zehbe):  Studying student behaviours and their knowledge of the Covid-19 pandemic.

11:30 am Closing remarks

Due to our need for social distancing, this event will now be a live Zoom event.   

See the Lakehead University Zoom page for download and set-up instructions.

The Zoom link and meeting ID are as follows:

Link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/372031498

Meeting ID: 372 031 498

Presentations will be 10 minutes in length with 5 minutes of questions from our virtual audience.

AGENDA

10:30 a.m., Symposium and Welcoming Remarks from the Department of Biology.

10:45 a.m., Paige Perrons (Dr. Simon Lees): Effects of a selective androgen receptor modulator on proliferation of C2C12 cells.

11:00 a.m., Alexandrea Macey (Dr. Simon Lees): Effects of a selective androgen receptor modulator on C2C12 cell line differentiation.

11:15 a.m., Cody Veneruzzo (Dr. Michael Rennie): Changes in mercury accumulation and energy density in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) during aquaculture.

11:30 a.m., Colin St. James (Dr. Azim Mallik): A trait-based comparison of three alternate vegetation states.

11:45 a.m., Break; Pack your own snacks!

12:00 p.m., Ashley Faulkner (Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe): Evaluation of anti-E6 single-domain antibody binding capacity to recombinant E6 proteins.

12:15 p.m., Courtney Ferris (Dr. Marina Ulanova): Opsonophagocytosis of Haemophilus influenzae type a.

12:30 p.m., Prashidhi Pathak (Dr. Alla Reznik): Imaging and molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease.

Please invite your lab groups, family, and friends. Undergraduates considering an honours thesis project (BIOL4101YA) or special topic (BIOL3990FA, BIOL3991WA) with a biology faculty member or adjunct professor are encouraged to attend. 

The Lakehead University Association of Biology Students will be hosting a Research Symposium for students interested in Honours Thesis (BIOL4101YA), Special Topics (BIOL3990FA, BIOL3991WA, APBI3811, APBI3813, APBI4811, APBI3813), or summer research experiences.