View the posters that were presented at the Undergraduate Poster Showcase on March 15, 2022! All students presented virtually via Zoom.
| Presenter |
Department |
Poster (click to view) |
| Adeline Wang |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
 The Effect of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants and Plasticizers on Hormone Production |
| Aelis Spiller |
Earth System Science |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Permafrost Peat Altered by Gradual Drying but depends on Landscape Position and Peat Biogeochemistry |
| Amos Zhang |
Biochemistry |
Reconstructing the Parallel Folding Pathways of Intercalating Motifs by Thermo Hysteresis |
| Amrita Gosaine |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Plasma Fibronectin Regulates Whole Body Insulin Sensitivity and Adipose Tissue Cellularity in Mice on Normal Diet |
| Ann Huang |
Neuroscience |
Predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder via Graph Classification on Brain Networks |
| Ann Huang |
Neuroscience |
Apparent “Time” Cells Encode Behaviourally Relevant Variables in Recurrent Networks |
| Anya Mueller |
Biology |
The Different Geographic and Habitat Signatures of CO1 and 12s eDNA Metabarcoding Communities in Haida Gwaii |
| April C. Lee |
Cognitive Science |
Symbolic Thinking: Should You Go Abstract or Concrete with Your Child's Math? |
| Beryl Arnould |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Anatomical Variations of the Liver and its Suspensory System: A Cadaver-based Study |
| Bianca Matthews |
Psychology |
The Behavioural Effect of Varying Pain Medicines on Mice Models of Chronic Pain |
| Bianca Pozzebon |
Microbiology and Immunology |
Investigations into the Genetic Aspect of Bipolar Disorder among Mood Disorders |
| Cat Wang |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Student Approach to Learning and Visuospatial Ability as Independent Predictors of Academic Performance in Human Anatomy |
| Cathy Shen |
Biochemistry |
Thermal Tolerance Experiment for the Determination of Optimal, Lethal and Near Lethal Temperatures for Daphnia Pulex |
| Catriona Daley |
Natural Resource Science |
A Vulnerability Assessment of the Impacts of Agriculture on Bats in Quebec |
| Celeste Groux |
Mathematics |
Improving Temporal Graph Network Messaging |
| Charlotte Goldberger |
Philosophy |
Impacts of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Eruption on Aviation |
| Cindy Gao |
Biology |
The Effect of Thermal Stress on Ecosystem Functions and Invertebrate Communities of Mussel Beds Over Time |
| Crystal Yang |
Psychology |
Cognitive Performance at Midlife and Menopause In Relation to Prefrontal Cortical Thickness |
| Daria-Salina Storch |
Biology |
Developmental Changes in Parvalbumin Neurons across the Sensitive Period for Vocal Learning |
| Darren Li |
Biology |
Canada’s 30% by 2030 - Optimizing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Conservation in Canada |
| Eden Pletner |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Investigating the Role of Fibronectin in Skeletal Development |
| Elaine Lee |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Organophosphate Esters Affect The Expression of Key Steroidogenesis Transcripts in KGN Human Granulosa Cells |
| Eleanor Reilly |
Bieler School of Environment |
Macdonald Student-run Ecological Garden (MSEG) |
| Elif Irmak Bektas |
Interdepartmental Honours program in Immunology |
Thermal Tolerance Experiment for the Determination of Optimal, Lethal and Near Lethal Temperatures for Daphnia Pulex |
| Elisheva Eisenberg |
Biology |
Surgical Management and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in Women with a History of Radiation Therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| Ella Vezina |
Psychology |
Does the Direction of Social Contingency Matter for Word Learning from Screens in Toddlers? |
| Emmanuelle Melis |
Sustainability, Science & Society |
Socioeconomic Differences among Spatial Distribution of Food Production and Distribution Points for Commercial Urban Farms in Chicago, IL |
| Evan R. S. Buddle |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Conservation of Mechanisms Regulating TGFBR3L/Tgfbr3l Transcription |
| Fahima Khan |
Physiology |
Global Coherent Motion Detection by Mice Models |
| Fern Lou Fernandez |
Social Work |
SHIFT: Working for Change in Participatory Research |
| Glisant Plasa |
Neuroscience and Physiology |
Death Signal: Reinforcement Learning to Induce Cardiac Arrhythmia |
| Glory Chima |
Psychology |
The Effects of Perfectionism on the Experience of Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Hannah Shiller |
Psychology |
Trait Concepts Vary By Target Because of Assumed Context |
| Hanning Shi |
Biochemistry |
The Effect of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) on Adult Nervous System & Relevant Treatments |
| Hifza Randhawa |
Neurology and Neurosurgery |
Preference of Visual Stimuli in Mice |
| Isaac Bouhdana |
Neuroscience |
How Engaging is Virtual Learning? |
| Isabella Gavanski |
Psychology |
Pregnancy Related Anxiety Increases Risk of Child Conduct and Hyperactivity Problems: Do Fathers Play a Role? |
| Jade Ducharme |
Physics |
Using Statistics to Probe the Early Universe |
| Jaea Kleinberg |
Bieler School of Environment and Philosophy |
Environmental Considerations for Space Launches as seen with NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission |
| Janice To |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Generating Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells for Pharmacological Testing |
| Jasmine Kotsiopoulos |
Psychology |
The COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Big Five Personality Traits Relate to Emotional Coping During A Pandemic |
| Jasper Zarkower |
Earth System Science |
Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on Southern Ocean Sea Ice |
| Jialin Liu |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
Understanding Organizations of Convection Over Mountains |
| Julien Turk |
Biology |
Development and Characterization of Distinct Populations of Forebrain Neurons Using Human iPSC-derived Cells |
| Karine Talbot |
Psychology |
Socioeconomic Barriers to Physical Activity Participation in Canadian Adolescents |
| Khaled Skaik |
Physiology |
Understanding Dynamic Transitions between Secondary Structures in DNA |
| Khalil Virji |
Computer Science |
DRIFT-NCRN: A Benchmark Dataset for Drifter Trajectory Prediction |
| Krishiv Shah |
Biology |
Nucleosome Positioning as TFBS Markers |
| Laine McCrory |
Political Science, and Gender, Sexuality, Feminist and Social Justice Studies |
Locating AI: Developing a Critical Timeline of the Artificial Intelligence “Boom” in Montreal |
| Laura (Xiang Qi) Meng |
Medicine |
Outcome of Cardiac Surgery in Preterm Neonates and Infants |
| Leanne Young |
Computer Science and Biology |
Precise Measurement of Motor Learning in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| Liam Scott |
Physiology |
Bacterial Infection of the Gums May Cause Cancer by Phosphatase-mediated Interactions with the Hippo Pathway |
| Maahir Shah |
Biology |
Assessing Impact of Genetic and Built Environment Data on Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) Prediction |
| Madi Cohen |
Microbiology and Immunology |
Recombinant Protein Purification: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly |
| Magnus Rauch |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Examining the Influence of Cadaver-Based Anatomy Laboratory Experiences on Medical Students Through a Thematic Analysis of their Written Reflections |
| Malka Hershon |
Psychology |
Associations between Trait Mindfulness with Negative Affect and Physical Symptoms during Pregnancy |
| Martin Mawhinney |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Investigating the Functional Diversity of Neutrophils upon TGF-β Treatment |
| Maxine Forder |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Towards a Diagnostic Tool for Malaria: Tuning a System Based on DNA and Fluorescence |
| Maya McKeown |
Neuroscience |
Antidepressants as a Tool to Modulate Vocal Plasticity |
| Michelle Ding |
Neuroscience |
Consequences on the Grid Cell Network Dynamics due to the Head Cell Signal Inhibition during Wakefulness and Sleep |
| Michelle Yang |
Linguistics |
Keystroke Production of Idiomatic Expressions and COVID Terminology |
| Mingze Li |
Cognitive Science |
Task Performing with Animal Connectomes Using Reservoir Computing |
| Miranda Addie Bassel |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Let’s Talk About Sex: Addressing Institutional Disparities in Pelvic Anatomy Education |
| Miriam Cheety |
Psychology |
Speaking and Listening with Our Eyes |
| Mona Wang |
Bioengineering |
Comparative Analysis of Regenerative Techniques for Treatment of Life-Threatening Injuries and Illnesses |
| Natalie Swartz |
Bieler School of Environment |
Fabulous Fabaceae Fixers |
| Nathalie Redick |
Computer Science |
Using Machine Learning to Identify Landslides |
| Nour Hassan |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Characterizing the Immune Landscape of the Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis MC-38 Mouse Model |
| Philippa Chown |
Psychology |
Evaluation of Infotility XY, a Mobile Health Application Offering Fertility Information to Male Oncology Patients |
| Rishabh Shah |
Biology |
Using an Objective Motor Activity Phenotype to Measure the Effect of Methylphenidate on Hyperactivity in ADHD |
| Robert Dow |
Cognitive Science |
 Understanding the Effect of Contextual Immersion on Language |
| Rose-Marie Guérard |
Psychology |
Is Knowing Yourself Related to Knowing How Others See You? The Link Between Personality-Behaviour Congruence and Meta-Accuracy |
| Ruomeng Fang |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
NanotPA Effectively Destroys Blood Clots without Cytotoxicity and Lipid Droplet Formation in Microglia Cells |
| Sam Aucoin |
Earth System Science |
Coastal Sea-Ice Break-Up Events in Beringia |
| Shirley Zhang |
Psychology |
Using Text Analysis Tools to Understand Autobiographical Memory Retrieval |
| Shreya Rastogi |
Cognitive Science |
The Impact of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) on the Emotional Content of Autobiographical Memories |
| Sumaiyah Saleek |
Microbiology and Immunology |
The Role of PERK Phosphorylation Site Y561 in Regulating PERK Activity in β cells |
| Tara Brar |
Physics |
McGill Students for Science-based AddictionTreatment (MSSAT) |
| Taylor Traaseth |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Assembly of Fibronectin Matrices in Adipocyte Cultures |
| Tessa Rehill |
Biology |
The State of Canada’s Freshwater Biodiversity: Current Gaps in Molecular Genetic Resources and Future Perspectives |
| Thien Hy Quach |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
A Novel List of Proteins Interact with Cld8 Tails |
| Wimmy Miller |
Interdepartmental Honours program in Immunology |
Existing Gut Microbiome Impacts Inflammation at Baseline and After Infection in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease |
| Winston Ge |
Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Adapting Explicit Teaching on Problem-based Learning May Effectively Facilitate Critical Thinking Development |
| Yashar Aghazadeh Habashi |
Physiology |
Overexpression of CXCR4 of Aggressive Cell Phenotypes in Synovial Sarcoma |
| Yasmine Frojmovic |
Mathematics and Biology |
Understanding the Energetic Limits of Life |
| Yifei Ren |
Computer Science |
Do Better Object Recognition Models Improve the Generalization Gap in Neural Predictivity? |
| Yijun Xu |
Psychology |
Contribution of Primary Somatosensory Cortex to Speech Perception |
| Yingying Liu |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Neuronal Loss Associated with Tau Fibrillary Tangles in the McGill R955-hTau Rat Model of Human Tauopathy |
| Zachary Grimard |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
ATF7 as a Potential Epigenetic Regulator in Long-COVID |