6th Annual Research Day
12:30-1:45 pm Welcome and Student Poster Presentations Room MSB4227
2:00-3:00 Student Oral Presentations Room MSB2173
- Ghazaleh Tavallaee “MicroRNA 27b-3p Promotes Extracellular Matrix Production in Osteoarthritis Synovial Fibroblasts”
- Archita Srinath “Single Nucleotide polymorphism in the EP4 Receptor and its Interaction with Prostaglandin E2 Contribute to Disease Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients ”
- Sung-Hee Yoon “Positive Effects of Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone on Growing Bone and Dystrophic Muscle in the Mdx Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”
- Anh Chu “Mutations in or Near a Putative Lipid Binding Motif Contained Within the V-ATPase a Isoforms Suggests the Molecular Mechanism Underlying Three Different Human Diseases”
3:00 - 5:00 Keynote Speakers Room MSB2173
3:00 pm Dr. Stephen Waldman, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Ryerson University, an Affiliated Scientist at the Keenan Research Centre of St. Michael's Hospital, and Director of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program at Ryerson University.. “The Effect of Glucose Metabolism on Cartilaginous Tissue Growth”
4:00 pm Dr. David Goltzman, Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology of McGill University, and an endocrinologist in the Department of Medicine of the McGill University Health Centre . “Skeletal Function and Dysfunction: A Tale of Molecules, Mice and Men”
4:45 – 5:00 pm Awards and Closing Remarks