Session3|LongTalks|Moderator:RowshyraCastañeda

2:00 TimJiang|ZhaoLab,BiologicalSciencesHSP90CFunctionsintheThylakoidTargetingofPsbO1ThroughInteractionwiththeThylakoidTargetingPeptide

2:15 CarinaCarianopol|GazzarriniLab,BiologicalSciencesTheSnRK1InteractionNetworkPlaysaRoleinSaltStressResponseinArabidopsisthaliana

2:30 CindyYang|ArhonditsisLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesPredictingtheLikelihoodofaRegimeShiftinCootesParadisewithStatistical&MathematicalModels

Session3|ShortTalks|Moderator:RowshyraCastañeda

2:50 SamanthaLauby|McGowanLab,BiologicalSciencesTemperatureandtactilestimulationalterstress-relatedgeneexpressionintheneonatalratbrain

2:57 LorivandenEnden|SimpsonLab,ChemistryChangesinSoilOrganicMatterCompositionwithLong-TermForestSoilWarmingandNitrogenAddition

3:04 JohnVirgin|SmithLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesTheInfluenceofAtmosphericHalogenatedOzoneDepletingSubstancesonArcticAmplification

3:11 MoulyRahman|McGowanLab,BiologicalSciencesEffectsofEarlyLifeStressonOffspringHPAAxisDevelopmentandBehaviour

3:18 AimeKayembe|MitchellLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesDefiningtheInfluenceofChannelComplexityontheDistributionofTraceMetalsinSuspendedSedimentsinSaltImpactedUrbanStreams

3:25 Break(MeetingPlace)

Session4|LongTalks|Moderator:NishantSingh

3:40 DarwinSodhi|CadotteLab,BiologicalSciencesTheEffectofDogStranglingVineonInvadedCommunities

3:55 JoshuaGuerrero|LowmanLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesTheInfluenceofCurvatureonConvectioninaTemperature-DependentViscosityFluid:Implicationsforthe2Dand3DModelingofMoons

4:10 AlexanderVanNynatten|Chang/Lovejoy,BiologicalSciencesPositiveSelectionandRed-ShiftingSubstitutionsintheRhodopsinGeneofaGloballyDistributedFamilyofFishesMakingEvolutionaryTransitionsintoFreshwater

4:25 NoelleStratton|Klenk/Mandrak,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesSellingSuccess:PortrayalsofInvasiveSpeciesManagementandthePotentialtoUnderEstimateRisk

4:40 ClosingRemarks5:00 Social(MeetingPlace)

Art by: Sophia Lavergne

April 27, 2018 SW 309

8:30 Registration&Breakfast(SW309/MeetingPlace)9:00 OpeningStatements

Session1|LongTalks|Moderator:LoriVandenEnden

9:20 CatherineScott|AndradeLab,BiologicalSciencesYouTaketheHighRoadandI’lltaketheSilkRoad:MaleWidowSpidersFind

females FasterbyFollowingSilkTrailsofRivals 9:35 ZoeFrancis|InzlichtLab,Psychology

NeuralandBehaviouralPatternsofWithin-TaskandBetween-TaskMentalFatigue9:50 MonicaMowery|AndradeLab,BiologicalSciences

UnderstandingInvasiveness:AnIntegratedAssessmentofTraitsLeadingtoInvasionSuccessinWidowSpiders

10:05 JuanSebastianVargasSoto|MolnarLab,BiologicalSciencesParasiteTransmissionBetweenWildandDomesticCarnivoresAroundProtectedAreas

10:20 Break(MeetingPlace)

Session2|LongTalks|Moderator:DarwinSodhi

10:35 BrianPentz|KlenkLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesCanRFMOsManageFisheriesDuringClimateChange?

10:50 VeraKovacevic|M.SimpsonLab,Chemistry InvestigationofDaphniamagnaSub-LethalExposuretoOrganophosphateEstersinthePresenceofDissolvedOrganicMatterUsing1HNMR-BasedMetabolomics

11:05 ConorAnderson|GoughLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesAnEfficientMethodforChoosingtheBestSub-EnsembleofClimateModelsfor∆TProjections

Session2|ShortTalks|Moderator:DarwinSodhi11:25 KatherineBalasingham|LovejoyLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciences

DetectingEvidenceofPositiveSelectioninKeyOsmoregulatoryGenesinFreshwaterandMarineBeloniformes

11:32 PiryankaSasidharan|ZhangLab,ChemistryANewFamilyofSmallManganese(III)PorphyrinBasedMRIContrastAgentsandtheAnalysesoftheBindingtoHumanSerumAlbumin

11:39 NishantSingh|AndradeLab,BiologicalSciencesSocialEvolutioninBlackWidowSpiders

11:46 HuanTong|M.SimpsonLab,ChemistryInfluencesonQuantityandQualityofDissolvedOrganicMatterbyLand-UseDifferences

11:53 MeghanBrady|ArhonditsisLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciences UnderstandingtheRoleofSedimentDiagenesisandHowIt’sCapturedbyMechanisticModelsAppliedtoLakeErie

12:00 Lunch&PostersSession(MeetingPlace) Poster1RajBhagat|SilcoxLab,AnthropologyLocomotorAgilityandHearingSensitivityReconstructionfromtheInnerEarofCantiussp.Poster2BebeFatimaSultani|SimpsonLab,ChemistryForestManagementPracticesAlterSoilOrganicMatterDegradationandCompositionintheSilvicultureTreatmentsforEcosystemManagementintheSayward(STEMS)ExperimentalForestPoster3DianaBonea|Gazzarrini/ZhaoLab,BiologicalSciencesInvestigationintothePost-TranslationalRegulationofProteasomeComplexAssemblyinArabidopsisthalianaDuringAbioticStressesPoster4SadiaRiaz|ItoLab,PsychologyRolesofInfralimbicandPrelimbicCorticesinContextualBiconditionalDiscriminationMemoryRetrievalPoster5DavidNguyen|Ito/ErbLab,PsychologyDissociativeEffectsofDorsomedialStriatumD1andD2ReceptorAntagonismintheRegulationofInnateandLearnedApproach-AvoidanceConflictDecision-MakingPoster6VanessaLuzuriaga-Aveiga|WeirLab,BiologicalSciencesTheRoleofEcologicalDifferentiationinAcceleratingTraitEvolutioninNeotropicalBirds Poster7DylanYeates|Ito/LeeLab,PsychologyTheFunctionalSegregationoftheDentateGyrusinLearnedApproach-AvoidanceConflictDecisionMakingPoster8AlexaZayadi|SullanLab,Physical&EnvironmentalSciencesDifferentialMechanismsofBacterialAdhesioninResponsetoSubstrateStiffness

1:00 KeynoteTalk

KevinVonAppen|OntarioScienceCentrePlayingwithStrings:ScienceCommunicationBreakthroughs:WhyWeNeedthem,WhyThey’reHard(andWhyThey’reSoMuchFun)

KevinvonAppenisDirectorofScienceCommunicationattheOntarioScienceCentre.HeoverseestheCentre’ssciencewritingandtranslationforexhibitsandaudiovisualpresentations,onlinesciencecommunicationinitiatives,floorHostsandoperationsfortheKidSparkchildren’smuseumandtheScienceCentre’sWestonFamilyInnovationCentre.Healsodirectstheongoingdevelopmentofa“HotZone”featuringdailylivepresentationsoncurrentsciencenews,andtheScienceCentre’s“Inventorium”project,whichfeaturespartnerandstartup-drivenmakerspaces.Hebeganhiscareerinthe1980sasacrimeandenvironmentreporteratTheHamiltonSpectatorandisapublishedplaywright.

Kevin von Appen | Director of Science Communication at the Ontario Science Centre “Mypassionisaroundengagingpeoplewithscienceandtechnologyandfinding‘breakthrough’momentswhentruesciencecommunicationcanhappen–andsoIcarealotaboutwhatwe’vediscoveredaboutscienceliteracyinCanadaaswell.”