Undergraduate Research Conference
Undergraduate students in Microbiology and Immunology have often distinguished themselves at the McGill Undergraduate Research Conference.
2011
Kristiana Salmon, 1st prize, Biological Sciences: RT-qPCR Analysis of Two-Component System Gene Expression in Citrobacter rodentium
Supervisors: Prof. Samantha Gruenheid & Prof. Hervé Le Moual
Raphaël Brisset Di Roberto, 2nd prize, Medical Sciences: Intranasal administration of engineered Lactococcus lactis as a live vaccine against Leishmania major infections
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
2010
Joshua Gillard, 1st prize, Medical Sciences: Development of an oral live vaccine against Leishmaniasis using ALR knockout Lactococcus Lactis
Supervisor: Dr. Benoit Cousineau
Young Kyuen Im, 2nd prize, Biological Sciences: Selection of host factors that stimulate splicing of the Ll.LtrB group II intron in Lactococcus lactis
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
2009
Marnie Goodwin Wilson, 1st prize, Health & Life Sciences: Epigenetic cancer therapeutics modulate the oncolytic activity of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in refractory cell lines
Supervisor: Prof. John Hiscott
Daniel Ting, 2nd prize, Health & Life Sciences: The Role of Citrobacter rodentium lipopolysaccharide modifications in outer membrane permeability to hydrophobic compounds
Supervisor: Prof. Hervé Le Moual
2008
Charles Viau, 2nd prize, Health & Life ScienceS: Transcriptional Regulation by PhoP in Salmonella enterica
Supervisor: Prof. Hervé Le Moual
2007
Lisa Kronstad, 1st prize, Biological Sciences: Importance of Base-Pairing in the Trans-Splicing of a Group II Intron
Supervisor: Prof. Benoit Cousineau
2006
Kwame Twumasi-Boateng, 2nd prize, Biological Sciences: Deletion of brlA in Aspergillus fumigatus Dysregulates Development and Gliotoxin Production
Supervisor: Dr. Donald Sheppard