The Faculty of Science was well represented at UFV’s Annual Student Research Day. The 2021 virtual event opened on April 8 where over 50+ posters, including 27 from the Faculty of Science, were entered for the chance to win scholarships and cash prizes. The award results will be announced April 12-16.
Best of luck to all of the participants!
Below are links to our science student projects. To view the full list of projects, please visit https://ufv.ca/research/students/student-research-day/
Fields and streams: Historic farm use in relation to wetlands on the Sumas prairie
Author: Debora Soutar
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Mariano Mapili, Dr. Carin Bondar, Dr. Renee Prasad
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Annotation of protein-coding genes in Drosophila ananassae by comparative genomics
Author: Samim Azami
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. James Bedard
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Microplastic abundance in Fraser River sediment
Author: Kristina Brunner and Dr. Sharon Gillies
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Sharon Gillies
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Using comparative genomics to sequence the protein-coding genes of Drosophila ananassae
Author: Kelsey Challman
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. James Bedard
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Optimizing culture conditions for growing Pandalidae shrimp cells in vitro
Co-authors: SungJae Cho and Dr. Lucy Lee
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Lucy Lee
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The effects of Haskap Berry (Lonicera caerulea) extract on the insulin/IGF-1 pathway and polyQ aggregates in Caenorhabditis elegans
Author: Chandanee Dancey
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Nathan Bialas
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Characterization of bacteria isolated based on their ability to bind to and metabolize hydrocarbons from motor oil
Co-authors: Alison Derksen, Rohin Makkar, and Dr. Stephen Thomas
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thomas
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Antibacterial activity of an extract from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree) and its secondary metabolite Azadirachtin: A potential treatment for Helicobacter pylori
Author: Ranjot Kaur
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Carlos Leon Guevara
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Use of rainbow trout fish cell lines to study cellular uptake of fluorescently DiI-labeled lipid nanoparticles encapsulating siRNA in vitro
Co-authors: Heather Kelly, Sam Chen, Yuen Yi C Tam, Lucy EJ Lee, Justin B Lee
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Lucy Lee, Dr. Justin Lee
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Biosurfactant production of bacterial isolates capable of oil metabolism
Co-authors: Rohin Makkar, Alison Derksen, and Dr. Stephen Thomas
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thomas
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Does the presence of female sex pheromone impact the ability of Agriotes obscurus pairs to mate?
Co-authors: Sukhanjote Mann, Dr. Alida Janmaat, and Van Herk of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Alida Janmaat
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Gene hunting: Locating and annotating protein-coding genes in Drosophila ananassae
Author: Kat Marusiak
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. James Bedard
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The effects of Haskap Berry (Lonicera caerulea) extract on oxidative stress resistance and its intergenerational inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans
Co-authors: Kabeer Poonia and Dr. Nathan Bialas
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Nathan Bialas
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The use of automated recording units in detecting Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini) disturbances
Author: Dilan Praat
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Gregory Schmaltz
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Comparing pathogen prevalence in bumble bees from farms to natural areas
Author: Shon Pratap
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Sandra Gillespie
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Annotation and analysis of protein-coding genes in Drosophila bipectinata through comparative genomics
Author: Kyung Joo Son
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. James Bedard
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Time-dependent modelling of epidermal cell kinetics during radiation therapy
Co-authors: Isabelle St-Martin, Dr. Cheryl Duzenli, Dr. James Bedard
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. James Bedard
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The use of new technology in teaching local historical biology
Author: Katherine Townsley
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Sharon Gillies, Dr. Mariano Mapili
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Pathogen prevalence in wild bumblebees (Bombus spp.) across the Fraser Valley
Co-authors: Kennedy Zwarych and Dr. Sandra Gillespie
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Sandra Gillespie
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Peptide mapping utilizing the endopeptidase pepsin: A novel immobilization method optimized via capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometric analysis
Co-authors: Connor Frey and Dr. Golfam Ghafourifar
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Golfam Ghafourifar
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Development and optimization of the in-situ fabrication of microfluidic immobilized enzyme reactors (µIMERs) employing chymotrypsin and Triethoxysilylbutyraldehyde
Author: Kenneth Ku
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Golfam Ghafourifar
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Efficacy of molecular clutch systems for large scale molecular machines
Co-authors: Kevin Gajsek, Brianna Whatley, Gavyn Lastoria, Dr. Jacob Spooner, and Dr. Noham Weinberg
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Jacob Spooner, Dr. Noham Weinberg
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Electronic structure and electrochemistry investigation of a bimetallic nickel compound towards CO2 reduction
Co-authors: Amna Hadzovic and Dr. Linus Chiang
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Linus Chiang
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Assessment of lipophilicity using computational chemistry: Ruthenium complexes as potential anticancer treatments
Co-authors: Khuong Ho, Dr. Noham Weinberg, and Dr. Jacob Spooner
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Noham Weinberg, Dr. Jacob Spooner
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Effects of phenols in the secondary coordination sphere of Cu-salen complexes
Co-authors: Kenneth Mejia, Anmol Sharma, and Dr. Linus Chiang
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Linus Chiang
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Comparison of Ni-salen & Co-salen complexes with and without pendant phenol groups in the secondary coordination sphere
Author: Alyssa Molina
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Linus Chiang
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Effects of pendant phenol functional groups in the secondary coordination sphere on the electronic structure of heme-like Fe-salen complexes
Co-authors: Ryan Rivett and Dr. Linus Chiang
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Linus Chiang
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Electronic structure investigation of electron rich and deficient Cu-salen complexes
Co-authors: Anmol Sharma and Dr. Linus Chiang
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Linus Chiang
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