June 17, 2021

Congratulations to all of the student presenters at this year's conference. The quality of presentations was again exceptional and made the job of the judges very difficult.

CSPB PRESIDENTS' AWARD

ORAL

Chak Chung Kuo, UBC, Identification of MOR1 homologs in plants and bioinformatic analysis of putative microtubule-binding motifs.

Nathan Doner, UoGuelph, Identifying new lipid droplet proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana: ERD7 localizes to lipid droplets via its senescence domain.

POSTER

Ivette Menedez-Perodomo, UCalgary, Biochemical characterization of O-Methyltransferases involved in benzylisoquinoline alkaloids biosynthesis in sacred lotus.

Dristy Zaman, Western, L-Asparagine metabolism in Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max.

CSPB DIRECTORS’ AWARDS

ORAL

Jordan VanderBurgt, Western, Production of self-assembling virus-like particles displaying PRRSV epitopes in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Bridget Murphy, UToronto, Variation in the timing of autumn cold acclimation in field-grown white spruce under elevated temperatures and reduced water availability.

Hai Nguyen, Trent U, Phytohormone-enhanced heavy metal responses in Euglena gracilis: Ni, Pb and Cd uptake and associated hormone and metabolomic dynamics.

POSTER

Varusha Veerapen, USherbrooke, Resistance to viroids can be transferred between plant species using natural variation in the AGO2 gene.

Udaya Subedi, UAlberta, Transcriptional down-regulation of various genes in alfalfa leads to superior tolerance to abiotic stresses and distinct morphology.

Paula Berronilla, UToronto, Investigating the role of PUBs in the self-incompatibility pathway of transgenic SI A. thaliana of the C24 accession.

AGRISERA AWARD

Kethmi Jayawardhane, UAlberta, Over-expression of AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE7 (AIL7) in Arabidopsis alters morphological characteristic and heat stress response.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

ORAL

J. Duncan Giebelahus, UAlberta, Gibberellin regulation of protein accumulation in developing pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds).

 

Somajeh Zafari, UTS Memorial, Alternative oxidase modulates serine metabolism and GABA shunt in tobacco under hypoxia.

 

Dilrukshi Komba Liyanage, UAlberta, Genotypic response of Canadian short-season soybean cultivars to drought stress.

 

Gamalat Allam, Western, miR156/SPL network negatively regulates aluminum stress tolerance in Medicago sativa.

 

Chris White-Gloria, UCalgary, Novel protein phosphatase SLP1 has a vast reach on chloroplast metabolism regulation.

POSTER

Holly Wilts, UPEI, Cultivating Salix viminalis in agricultural-riparian transition areas to produce biomass and mitigate N₂O emissions from potato cropping systems on Prince Edward Island.