GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – NOVEMBER 18, 2015 1 Goncalo Silva DVSc 2 Charlotte Mitz MSc 3 Anuja Dharap MSc 4 Adam Andrade MSc 5 Joshua Antunes MSc 6 Anita Luu MSc 7 Alham Delroba MSc 8 Casandra Merrill MSc 9 MSc 10 Melissa Ferguson Noeline Subramaniam 11 Jyoti Sharma MSc 12 13 Kathy Jacyniak Nina Kahlon MSc MSc 14 Rebecca McDonald MSc 15 Joanna Smich MSc 16 Georgia Kritikos MSc 17 BSc 18 Diego Segovia Wing Ka Amanda Auyeung 19 Kathryn Smith MSc 20 X.T. Xie MSc 21 Christine A. James MSc 22 Paige Vroom MSc 23 Nahla El Skhawy MSc 24 Mikayla Ross MSc 25 Emily Arndt MSc A technique for determination of pulmonary artery pulse wave velocity in horses Characterization of MAC-T cells as a New Model for the Study of TGFβ Function in Bovine Mammary Gland Involution Monitoring differences in estrous cycle length in summer and winter seasons by measuring progesterone in water buffaloes Characterization of the TGFβ-TAZ Signalling Axis in Canine Osteosarcoma Cell Lines The role of microRNAs in bovine ovarian development and angiogenesis An investigation of the prognostic value of the TGFβ-Hippo signaling crosstalk in canine osteosarcoma: a preliminary analysis in a tissue microarray The role of the Par6-PI3K signaling axis in TGFβ tumor suppressor function in breast cancer and its potential for therapeutic targeting Mitochondrial dynamics in slow and fast growing preimplantation bovine embryos Quitting a certainty for an uncertainty: The cardiac effects of bisphenol S substitution for bisphenol A The Role of Blood Vessel Formation in Wound Healing MSc MSc Role of Hippo signaling pathway during bovine preimplantation embryo development A preliminary investigation of cardiac stem/progenitor cells in the lizard heart (Eublepharis macularius) The Effects of Bisphenol A on Early Bovine Embryo Development Characterization of Neural Stem Progenitor Cells in the Brain of the Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) Radiation Sensitivity of Canine Melanoma Cell Lines: Developing the Optimal Radiotherapy Protocol Thiamine degradation in commercial pet foods stored long-term at freezing temperatures Clinico-Pathological Characterization of Recently Isolated Newcastle Disease Virus Strains in Quail Mechanisms that allow oncolytic viral replication inside a tumor despite pre-existing immunity against a virus-encoded antigen Raptor mortality in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective summary (19912014) and the effects of West Nile virus Prevalence of rotavirus, astrovirus and hepatitis E virus in Ontario rabbit populations Epidemiology of Ixodes scapularis on pet dogs living in an emerging Lyme disease area in Ontario Microscopic Recovery of Regeneration in the Corallimorpharian, Rhodactis sp. T lymphocyte responses to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) -derived culture filtrate proteins and membrane vesicles during early intestinal MAP infection Bioactivity of Bovine Colostrum and Milk Exosomes and their MicroRNA from High, Average, and Low Immune Responders on Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells An investigation of the Streptococcus suis serotype distribution in clinically ill and healthy pigs GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – NOVEMBER 18, 2015 26 Carlee Wright MSc 27 Jilianne Hoffer MSc 28 Emma Louth PhD 29 Keith Russell Amir Hamed Haji Alizadeh Carolyn Parratt PhD Ari Mendell Shaimaa Abdelmegid PhD 30 31 32 33 PhD PhD PhD 36 Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari Megan StrachanWhaley Maria Rosales Gerpe 37 Joelle Ingrao PhD 38 PhD 39 Laura Bassel Rubee Bavananthasivam 40 Maureen Jarau PhD 41 Abbie Viscardi PhD 42 PhD 43 Rob Mould Kathy Matuszewska 44 Kristin Bondo PhD 45 Stephanie Hughes PhD 46 Emma Gardner PhD 47 Amanda Perri PhD 48 Alexandra Swirski PhD 34 35 PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD Contamination of Stored Drinking Water and Associations with Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in a Canadian Inuit Community A spatial and temporal analysis of private well water samples in Oxford County, Canada 2005-2015 Developmental ethanol exposure disrupts attention performance and prefrontal neuron function in male mice Platelet lysate as alternative to fetal bovine serum in equine/canine mesenchymal stem cell culture Characterization of clonal mesenchymal stem cell lines derived from equine umbilical cord blood MicroRNA involvement in estradiol-mediated synaptic plasticity The protective potential of GABAergic neurosteroids against extracellular signal-regulated kinase-induced neurotoxicity: preliminary findings. Host defense-related proteins in bovine milk during subclinical Staphylococcus aureus mastitis Comparative genomic analysis of two netF-positive Clostridium perfringens isolates associated with foal necrotizing enteritis and canine haemorrhagic gastroenteritis Combining Oncolytic Viruses with Epigenetic Modifiers as a Novel Therapy for Leukemia Understanding the Mechanism behind the Tissue Specificity and Oncogenesis of JSRV amd ENTV in sheep Development of orf virus (parapoxvirus ovis) as a multivalent viral vector platform against Toxoplasma gondii Identification of Bordetella bronchiseptica in fatal pneumonia of dogs and cats Induction of innate responses in chicken embryos by administration of encapsulated and free forms of a Toll-like receptor 4 ligand Virulence diversity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum isolates in Ontario and correlation of bacterial numbers in fish spleen with mortality Pharmacokinetics and potential toxicity of high dose meloxicam in preweaned piglets Combining virotherapy with immunotherapy to treat osteosarcoma in a preclinical and clinical model Combined Vessel Normalization and Oncolytic Virus Therapy in the Treatment of Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer Epidemiology of Salmonella in Raccoons and their Environment on Swine Farms and Conservation Areas Augmenting surveillance to minimize the burden of norovirus-like illness in Ontario: Using TeleHealth Ontario data to detect the onset of community activity Using an Agent-Based Model to Compare Two Diagnostic Tests for Staphylococcus aureus Bovine Mastitis A comparison of using beta-hydroxybutyrate versus clinical signs to identify anorexic nursery pigs A comparison of exposure to risk factors for giardiasis among nontravelers, domestic travelers and international travelers in a Canadian community (2006-2012)