10:00 AM
1:30 PM
Check in
2:15 PM
Career Panel
Session Chair: Veronica Grybas (University of Ottawa) Panelists: Ruth Wilkins (Division Chief, Ionizing Radiation Health Sciences Division, Health Canada) Priya Yoganathan (Head of Research and Development, Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre - Virus Manufacturing Facility, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) Cyril Castel (Senior Account Manager Canada, NanoTemper Technologies) Gilda Stefanelli (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa) 14:15-14:35 Panelists will introduce themselves and talk shortly about their current positions. 14:35-15:15 Q&A (Chair will moderate this session.)
3:15 PM
Coffee Break
Trainee Networking Event
3:45 PM
Trainee Short Talks: Parallel Session 1
Session Chair: Karanveer Johal (University of Ottawa) Speakers: Nial Navaratne (McMaster University): Human micro biota interaction with generation of super sensitive transgenic reporters to visualize expression patterns Mahalashmi Srinivasan (University of Alberta): One-step protein purification Abhijit Sinha (University of Ottawa): Nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with siRNA/miRNA to selectively silence targets Curtis Anthony (University of Ottawa): Bio-ID
Trainee Short Talks: Parallel Session 2
Session Chair: Jenny Zhang (University of Ottawa) Speakers: Dr. Sila Appak Baskoy (Toronto Metropolitan University): Nanobubbles Mustafa Al-gafari (Carleton University): In-silico approach for protein-protein interaction predictions Sara Chow (University of Ottawa): Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) and Differential Scanning Fluorimetry (DSF) Aiman Mirza (University of Calgary): Mini Turbo-ID
4:45 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Jyh-Yeuan (Eric) Lee (English) and Mireille Ouimet (francais)
4:55 PM
Session 1: IUBMB Keynote Lecture I
Host: Walid Houry (University of Toronto) Speaker:Julie Forman-Kay - The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
5:55 PM
Announcing the 2025 CSMB Fellows
Host: Walid Houry (University of Toronto) Inaugural 2025 CSMB Fellows:Imogen Coe - Toronto Metropolitan UniversityJohn Orlowski - McGill UniversityJan Rainey - Dalhousie University
6:10 PM
Welcome Reception
Beverages and light refreshments provided
