9th Annual C2D2 Symposium – May 28TH, 2026
SFU Big Data Hub, Presentation Studio (ASB10900*), 12:30 - 5:00 PM
Registration:
Registration is now closed
Evaluation of presentations:
Prizes will be awarded for the Best Long Talk and Best Short Talk. Follow this link to the evaluation forms.
Schedule
12:30 pm Welcome – Dr. Esther Verheyen and Dr. Damon Poburko
12:35 pm Talk Session 1:
1. Haider Bilal (short talk) Braid, MBB
Mesenchymal stromal cells as potential pathological drivers of Batten disease
2. Xingyue Yan (short talk) Verheyen, MBB
Investigating the Role of Wallenda Kinase in Drosophila Development and Wing Patterning
3. Layla Sadafi (long talk) Poburko, BPK
Investigating Purinergic and Catecholaminergic Co-Transmission in a Sympathetic Neuron Model
4. David Camarda (short talk) Silverman, MBB
Developing a Neuroblastoma Cell Model for Netrin-1 Secretion
5. Princepreet Singh (short talk) Mills, TWU
Targeting ILK and Abl Kinases Increase Senolysis in 3D models of Glioblastoma
6. Benny Wu (long talk) Vocadlo, MBB/CHEM
A Genetically Encoded Assay System to Quantify O-GlcNAc Transferase (OGT) Activity in Live Cells
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1:35 pm 15-minute break
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1:50 pm Talk Session 2:
7. Mona Wu (long talk) Amatruda, UCLA
PEG10 and DICER1 syndrome
8. Giuliano Banco (short talk) Morin, MBB
Evaluating targeted long-read sequencing as a diagnostic tool for Burkitt lymphoma
9. Janeel Naidu (long talk) Setiaputra, MBB
Development of a Light-Activated Multi-Targeting CRISPR Method to Study DNA Repair Kinetics
10. Jasmine Lay (short talk) Setiaputra, MBB
A method to solve the structure of the TOPBP1-CIP2A complex
11. Lionel Pereira (long talk) Audas, MBB
Phosphorylation of Hsp27 and Hsp70 Drives Physiological Amyloid Disassembly Through Bicarbonate-Mediated Signaling
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2:50 pm 15-minute break
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3:05 pm Talk Session 3:
12. Aaron Bernstein (short talk) Choy, MBB
Endogenous effects of eNOS-derived nitric oxide on vascular endothelial cell biology
13. Priyanka Govindarajan (long talk) Larijani, MBB
A Novel Invertebrate Cytidine Deaminase Exhibits Dual RNA And DNA Editing And Unique Specificity
14. Sachithrani Kannangara (short talk) Mattsson, BISC
Novel blueberry viruses in British Columbia
15. Juan Rodriguez (short talk) Mattsson, BISC
Genetic Engineering of Highbush Blueberry for Compact Growth Towards Better Varieties for Indoor Farming
16. Rasool Khaef Panah (long talk) Jaumouillé, MBB
PhagoTrack: A machine learning approach to high-content imaging reveals the drivers of cellular phagocytosis and trogocytosis
17. Tong Tong Wu (short talk) Braid, MBB
Investigating Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells as Immune Defenders Against Yersinia Pestis (plague)
18. Damon Poburko (long talk) BPK
Printable labware discussion and sharing
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4:20-5:00 pm Pizza social and talk prizes
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Organizing Committee
Esther Verheyen, Damon Poburko, others TBA