SSP Alumni

From: Queen’s University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Dawn Bowdish
SSP Project: Examining how the lung microenvironment changes with age, sex, and frailty by studying the RNA expression of A20, TNF, IL-6, and IL-10 in mice lungs.

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Yingfu Li
SSP Project: Kinetic analysis of an early 10-23 DNAzyme selection library to compare with deep sequencing and final selection library data

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Sara Andres
SSP Project: Developing a FRET-based high-throughput screen to identify compounds that inhibit the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Ku-LigD protein-protein interaction

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Lesley MacNeil
SSP Project: Application of a C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s Disease to explore potential neuroprotection with RNA interference of human orthologs

From: Toronto Metropolitan University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Matthew Miller
SSP Project: Quantifying existing immunity to H5N1 Avian Influenza in the Canadian population based on history of exposure to H1N1

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Bramson
SSP Project: Assembling and cloning various plasmid constructs with DAP12 signalling variants to then better determine why these variants enhance DAP12 SAR T-Cell efficacy in vivo

From: Toronto Metropolitan University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Alison Holloway
SSP Project: Investigating the impacts of Naphthenic acid fraction compounds from the Alberta Oil Sands on cell health in rat granulosa cells

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Schertzer
SSP Project: Examining Tissue-Specific Effect of Obesity on Traditional Markers of Trained Innate Immunity

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

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Cécile Fradin
SSP Project: Purifying the MamJ protein found in a model system strain of Magnetospirillum magneticum

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jakob Magolan
SSP Project: Synthesis of beta-lactamase probes for bacterial outer-membrane permeation research

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

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Yingfu Li
SSP Project: Investigating 10-23 DNAzyme Pseudouridine cleavage activity

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

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

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Amy Gillgrass
SSP Project: Genotyping mice to ensure they retain appropriate transgenes for studying HIV/TB co-infection

From: Trent University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Bramson
SSP Project: Characterizing Engineered Co-stimulatory Receptor Signalling of TAC T-cells

From: Ontario Tech University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Schertzer
SSP Project: Does Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) Activate the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Macrophages?

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Brian Coombes
SSP Project: Investigating virulence gene expression in invasive Salmonella Typhimurium

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Gerry Wright
SSP Project: Development of a Pre-Fractionated Library for Natural Product Drug Discovery

From: Trent University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Matthew Miller
SSP Project: Repurposing host targeted antiviral drugs to reduce viral infection

From: University of Toronto
SSP Mentor: Dr. Lori Burrows
SSP Project: Isolating Broad-host Range Bacteriophages for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Deborah Sloboda
SSP Project: Diet impacts on Fetal and Maternal Respiratory Healthy Using a Mouse Model

From: McMaster University
SSP Mentor: Dr. Eric Brown
SSP Project: Efficacy Determination of Sodium Bicarbonate as an Antibiotic Adjuvant