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Title:Telomerase Inhibition Induces Growth Arrest in Paediatric Ependymoma
Author: Mark Barszczyk
Co-Authors: Pawel Buczkowicz, Pedro Castelo-Branco, Stephen Mack, Kathleen Nethery-Brokx, Andrew Morrison, Michael Taylor, Peter Dirks, Uri Tabori and Cynthia Hawkins
Institution: School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canad
Title: Neonatal Anoxia: Evaluation in Rats of Its Effects on Somatic and Sensory-motor Development
Author: Luana Angélica J. De Carvalho
Co-Authors: Maria Ines Nogueira, Amrita Jha Kumar, Kelly Patricia Nery Borges
Institution: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Title: Type I interferon responses drive intrahepatic CD8 T cells to promote metabolic syndrome
Author: Magar Ghazarian
Co-Authors: XS Revelo, H Luck, S Tsai, H Lei, S Winer, and DA Winer
Institution: Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, and Department of Immunology, Toronto, Canada
Title: Identification of Specific Cellular Targets of HIV Infection in the Cervix
Author: Vineet R. Joag
Co-Authors: Lyle R. McKinnon, Jun Liu, Segen Kidane, Mark H Yudin, Sanja Huibner, James Arthos, Omu Anzala, Joshua Kimani, Mario Ostrowski, Rupert KaulLyle R. McKinnon (For full co-author affiliation, please see booklet)
Institution: Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada, Center of the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa
Title: Neonatal Anoxia in Rats: Evaluation of its Effects on Spatial Memory in Adolescence
Author: Amrita Jha Kumar
Institution: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao-Paulo, Brazil
Title: Can probiotics promote stress resilience?
Author: Tetyana Maniuk
Co-Authors: Szyszkowicz K., Anisman H., Merali Z., Maniuk T., & Audet M.C.
Institutions: Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, and University of Ottawa, and The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada
Title: THERMAL INJURY PLUS PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION INDUCES ACTIVATION OF THE NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME AND ALTERATIONS IN IMMUNE CELLS
Author: Mile Stanojčić
Co-Authors: Marc G. Jeschke
Institution: SunnybrookResearch Institute, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Title: Role of Notch Signaling in anto-Tumor-Associated Antigen T Cell Activation with Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells
Author: Milica Tanic
Co-Authors: Patricia Benveniste, Noriko Nakatsugawa, Munehide Nakatsugawa, Pamela Ohashi, Naoto Hirano, Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker
Institution: Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Title: Cellular pathways modulating the activity of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b in regulating T cell function
Author: Charles W. Tran
Co-Authors: Samuel D. Saibil, Pamela S. Ohashi
Institution: Department of Immunology, University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Title: The Social Medicine Network: Promoting Social Accountability Among Healthcare Workers and Trainees
Author: Shannon A. Wong*, Lauren Y. Chan* (*equal contributors)
Co-Authors: Michael Stein
Institution: School of Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Canada Social Medicine Network, British Columbia, Canada
Title: Enforcement of γδ T-Cell Lineage Commitment by pre-TCR in Precursors With Weak γδ TCR Signals
Author: Payam Zarin
Co-Authors: Gladys Wong, Mahmood Mohtashami, David Wiest, & Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker
Institutions: Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Blood Cell Development and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Title: Enhancement of human hematopoietic stem cell-derived T-lymphopoiesis by human progenitor T-cells generated in vitro
Author: Jastaranpreet Singh
Co-Authors: Génève Awong, Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflückerr
Institutions: Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada