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STUDENT AWARDS

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The PIE Section awards affiliated PIE students for their exceptional work with two awards: The A. Murray Fallis Award for best student research oral presentation, and the Mick Burt Award for most outstanding student poster presentation.

Awardees of A. Murray Fallis Award

  • 2023 - Chenhua Li, University of Calgary. A transcriptomic- and metabolomic-level investigation of ant brains infected with the larvae of the iconic manipulator Dicrocoelium dendriticum.

  • 2022 - Jacob Hambrook, University of Alberta. Functional characterization of an anti-inflammatory metalloprotease during Schistosoma mansoni cercaria penetration.

  • 2021 - Brooke McPhail, University of Alberta. Identifying schistosome community structure using qPCR.

  • 2019 - Demi Gagnon, University of Manitoba. The one that got away: Using integrative taxonomy to explore speciation in Quinqueserialis (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) parasites.

  • 2018 - Quinn Abrahm, University of Waterloo. Regulation of endogenous antigen presentation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cells at suboptimal temperatures.

  • 2017 - Maxwell Bui-Marinos, University of Waterloo. Xenopus leaves skin epithelial cell lines differ in their molecular signatures and response to treatment with poly (I:C).

  • 2016 - Sabrina M. Inkpen, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Characterization and expression studies of Interferon Regulatory Factor genes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

  • 2015 - Michelle Gordy, University of Alberta; Bradley Van Paridon, University of Lethbridge.

  • 2014 - Shawna Semple, University of Waterloo.

  • 2013 - Jessica Willis, University of Prince Edward Island.

  • 2012 - Laura Ferguson, Acadia University.

  • 2011 - Tanya Copley, McGill University. New method for detecting Nosema ceranae and N. apis in European honeybees.

  • 2010 - Aaron Frennette, University of New Brunswick. Employing molecular diagnostics to investigate Loma morhua infections in Atlantic cod.

  • 2009 - Angela-Rose Lapierre, Concordia University. Molecular characterization and evolutionary relationships of some North American species of Diorchis (Cestoda) based on partial nucleotide sequences of SSU-rDNA.

  • 2008 - Linda Paetow, Concordia University. The fungal pathogen Batrachotrychium dendrobatidis may pose a threat to the survivorship of amphibian larvae infected with other parasites.

  • 2008 Runner up- Richelle Monaghan, University of Waterloo. Comparing staining methods to elucidate microsporidia in a persistently infected piscine cell line.

  • 2007 - Lorie A. Whitcombe, McGill University. IFNgamma mediates protection against intracellular signalling alterations during infection with Leishmania.

  • 2006 - Kayla C. King, Concordia University. Helminth parasite communities of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) inhabiting ponds polluted by agricultural activities.

  • 2005 - Pat Madrid, Institute of Parasitology. Interaction of L. donovani PEX14 with the glycosomal membrane.

  • 2004 - Mark D. Fast, Dalhousie University. Immunomodulatory compounds in the secretions of the salmon louse.

  • 2003 - Jeffrey K. L. Eng, Institute of Parasitology. Can the genetic polymorphism in the ß-tubulin (isotype I) gene of Onchocerca volvulus be used as a marker to identify sub-optimal response to ivermectin?

  • 2002 - Alex C. Chin, University of Calgary. Induction of enterocyte apoptosis by Giardia lamblia causes barrier dysfunction in duodenal epithelial monolayers.

  • 2001 - Stacey A. Santi, Laurentian University. Sinus damage by Skrjabingylus nasicola (Nematoda) and its effect on braincase capacity in the American mink (Mustela vison).

  • 2000 - Sean Forrester, Institute of Parasitology. Glutamate modulates ivermectin binding to a glutamate-gated chloride channel subunit from Haemonchus contortus.

  • 1999 - Bernadette Ardelli, University of Guelph. Energy metabolism and isozyme patterns between pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of Cryptobia salmositica.

  • 1998 - Ramon Carreno, University of Guelph. Isosporoid coccidia: phylogenetic analysis and classification of species possessing Stieda bodies.

  • 1997 - Sean G. Forrester, Lakehead University. Overwinter survivorship of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis first-stage larvae.

  • 1996 - Michael Levy, Concordia University. Digenean fauna of ring-billed gulls collected along the St. Lawrence River.

  • 1995 - Emmanuelle Bergeron, Université Laval. Biology of Otostrongylus circumlitus, a lungworm or ringed seals in Eastern Arctic Canada.

  • 1994 - Bernadette Ardelli, University of Guelph. Pathogenicity and protective immunity in Oncorhynchus mykiss and Salvelinus fontinalis infected with Cryptobia salmositica

Awardees of the Mick Burt Award

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  • 2023 - Sophie Visser, Acadia University. Effects of microplastics on vector physiology and on susceptibility of hepatozoan clamatae in Culex territans.

  • 2022 - Jeffery Zbarsky, Dalhousie University. Haemolymph nutrient and metabolite changes in caterpillars experiencing parasite-induced feeding depression.

  • 2021 - Ali Kandil, University of Manitoba. Costs of trematode metacercarial exposures to freshwater snails.

  • 2019 - Megan Tobin, Acadia University. Attraction of mosquitoes to epidermal bacteria isolated from green frogs infected with Hepatozoon blood parasites.

  • 2018 - Manuel Soto-Davila, Memorial University. Effects of vitamin D3 on Aeromonas salmonicida infection in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) primary macrophages

  • 2017 - Nicolas Salcedo-Porras, Simon Fraser University. Filling in the gaps of the IMD immune pathway of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus.

  • 2016 - Paige Vroom, University of Guelph. Regeneration in Corallimorpharia.  

  • 2016 Honourable Mention - Kylie Caplan, Wilfrid Laurier University for "outstanding her poster and its implications to science pedagogy working with the visually impaired" entitled Pedagogical Approaches to Post-Secondary Biological Sciences for the Blind - A Tactile Poster

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