Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program

2023 Weekly Seminar Series

Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower
101 College St., 4th floor, Room 4-204

  • Attendance is compulsory for the BBDC summer students.
  • Three joint student/supervisor presentations will take place during each seminar. Each joint presentation by the student and supervisor should be 15 minutes long, followed by a 5 minute question and answer period. The summer student’s presentation outlines the project and indicates how their project fits into the overall goals of the lab.
  • Summer students must attend all of the weekly in-person seminars and are required to give a presentation of their work at the Mini-Conference on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 from 12:40 – 5:00 pm. Failure to comply with the program’s requirements will result in future ineligibility of both the student and supervisor for BBDC funding programs.
  • All seminars are in-person.

 

DateStudent and Supervisor PresentingTitle of the Presentation
Wednesday, June 7
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Sanchit Kaushal & Dr. Alanna WeismanEndocrinologists’ Perceptions of Hemoglobin A1c Targets for Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
Wednesday, June 7
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Abdul Ahad & Dr. Mahavir AgarwalIs brain insulin resistance a feature of the biology of depression? A pilot multi-modality neuroimaging study in adolescents
Wednesday, June 14
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Natasha Johanna Verhoeff & Drs. Bruce Perkins and Noah IversWorking to Mitigate Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Type 1 Diabetes: An Education Tool Combining Novel Trial Data Analysis and Lived Experience
Wednesday, June 14
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Justin Lin & Dr. Maria Cristina NostroInvestigating the role of FEV knockout on pancreatic endocrine lineage commitment to reduce the off-target enterochromaffin cells in stem cell differentiation to islet-like cells
Wednesday, June 14
4:40 – 5:00 pm
Serena Bansal & Dr. Mamatha BhatThe Predictive Value of Myosteatosis on the Development of Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus
Wednesday, June 21
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Frances Ford & Dr. Ian RogersDevelopment of an mouse pancreas ex vivo perfusion system to generate a Type 1 Diabetes Model for cell therapy studies
Wednesday, June 21
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Abigail Reya Bisnauth & Dr. Jacqueline BeaudryDetermining the role of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor in activated brown adipose tissue on lipid uptake
Wednesday, June 21
4:40 – 5:00 pm
Krista Ariello & Drs. Darren Yuen and Eno HysiQuantitative ultrasound of POCUS (point of care ultrasound) of kidneys
Wednesday, June 28
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Aws Feras Mustafa & Dr. Denise BelshamDelineation of miRNA-circadian mechanisms leading to the disruption of energy homeostasis in models of hypothalamic neurons
Wednesday, June 28
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Mu Hang (Henry) Guan & Dr. Khosrow AdeliEnteroendocrine regulation of intestinal and hepatic lipid metabolism via gut hormones
Wednesday, June 28
4:40 – 5:00 pm
Amna Ahmed & Drs. John L Sievenpiper and Vasanti S MalikQuality Assurance Evaluation of the PortfolioDiet.app for Knowledge Translation and Mobilization in a High-Risk Community for Prevention and Management of Diabetes
Wednesday, July 5
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Susanna Fang & Dr. Daniel J. DruckerImmunometabolic role(s) of the astrocyte GLP-1 receptor
Wednesday, July 5
4:20 – 4:40 pm
Daeun Kim & Dr. Minna WooInvestigating the role of platelet JAK2 V6 17F activating mutation-mediated inflammatory response in diabetes and atherosclerosis
Wednesday, July 5
4:40 – 5:00 pm
Caroline Grace Middelton & Dr. Mary L’AbbeInfluence of front-of-pack labelling adapted to Canada’s Food Guide on perceptions of consumers with type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases on product healthfulness and purchase intentions: A randomized
controlled trial

Mini-Conference

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower
101 College St., 4th floor, Room 4-204

As part of the summer studentship program all students are required to give a presentation at the Mini-conference. Attendance by all students and their supervisors is required. Each summer student must submit a 1-page abstract for the Mini-conference program to the BBDC administrator, Sanam Tajadod at [email protected] by Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The complete Mini-conference schedule of presentations will be emailed to all students and supervisors one week before the conference.

Presentation Guidelines:

  • Each student will be given 15 minutes. The presentation should be 10-12 minutes long leaving 2-3 minutes for questions and answers.
  • Students should email a copy of their PowerPoint presentation to the BBDC administrator, Sanam Tajadod at [email protected] by Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
  • Students will be asked to arrive 20 minutes (at 12:40 pm) before the start of the conference for the setup.