Class of 2023
Nikina Bear-Lowen
From: University of Guelph
SSP Mentor: Dr. Dawn Bowdish
SSP Project: Analyzing blood serum from long-term care to understand why BA.5 omicron reinfection is increased with prior infection
Georgia Campbell
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Cécile Fradin
SSP Project: Purifying the MamJ protein found in a model system strain of Magnetospirillum magneticum
Tyler Carmona
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jakob Magolan
SSP Project: Synthesis of beta-lactamase probes for bacterial outer-membrane permeation research
Miracle Effiong
From: University of Toronto
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Bramson
SSP Project: Generating a Mutated Version of BAFF-R Chimeric Costimulatory Receptors for Anti-Cancer Therapy
Tegvir Grewal
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Yingfu Li
SSP Project: Investigating 10-23 DNAzyme Pseudouridine cleavage activity
Elisabeth Jonah
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Lesley MacNeil
SSP Project: Using C. elegans as a model for Alzheimer’s Disease: exploring the mechanism behind bacteria-mediated neuroprotection
Kylie Meyerman
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Schertzer
SSP Project: Method optimization for the measurement of D-Lactate using mass spectrometry, and measuring the expression of regulating genes to investigate lipolysis during acute fasting in mice
Emma Robertson
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Amy Gillgrass
SSP Project: Genotyping mice to ensure they retain appropriate transgenes for studying HIV/TB co-infection
Class of 2022
Tovan Lew
From: Trent University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Bramson
SSP Project: Characterizing Engineered Co-stimulatory Receptor Signalling of TAC T-cells
Breanne McAlpin
From: Ontario Tech University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Schertzer
SSP Project: Does Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) Activate the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Macrophages?
Ethan Michalenko
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Brian Coombes
SSP Project: Investigating virulence gene expression in invasive Salmonella Typhimurium
Jola Adeoye
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Gerry Wright
SSP Project: Development of a Pre-Fractionated Library for Natural Product Drug Discovery
Joshua Russell
From: Trent University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Matthew Miller
SSP Project: Repurposing host targeted antiviral drugs to reduce viral infection
Gabrielle Jean-Pierre
From: University of Toronto
SSP Mentor: Dr. Lori Burrows
SSP Project: Isolating Broad-host Range Bacteriophages for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Shreya Sharma
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Deborah Sloboda
SSP Project: Diet impacts on Fetal and Maternal Respiratory Healthy Using a Mouse Model
Andrea Maxwell
From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Eric Brown
SSP Project: Efficacy Determination of Sodium Bicarbonate as an Antibiotic Adjuvant