Wall of Fame
Recognized achievements of our members and colleagues during their time as graduate students at York University.
2023
Rebecca Whiley
The 49th Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS People’s Choice Student Talk Award (Session 1)
“Convergent Otoacoustic Tuning Estimates in Anole Lizards”
Nicholas Bragagnolo
The 49th Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS People’s Choice Student Talk Award (Session 2)
“Structural Studies of the Conjugative Entry Exclusion Protein TraG”
Sai Sowndarya Sundararaman
The 49th Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS Student Poster Award 1st Place
“Elucidating the molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus response to cell wall damage”
Megan George
The 49th Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS Student Poster Award 2nd Place
“Rapid urbanization - understanding the effects of land use on bee body size, abundance and foraging efforts”
Fatema Nakhuda
The 49th Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS Student Poster Award 3rd Place
“The Synaptic Symphony: Examining the Role of Panx1 in Maintaining Neuronal Communication and Memory Formation Presting”
2022
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice Student Talk Award
“Characterizing Slr1p as a member of LARP1 family of proteins with connections to mRNA translation and cancer progression”
Marishia Agard
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice Student Poster Award
"Examining the Physiological Role of Tachykinins on the Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian ‘renal’ tubules"
Fahad Anser
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Best Talk Award
“Syntaxin-1A Knockout Triggers Temporary Contractile Dysfunction in the Adult Mouse Heart”
Jinghan Tan
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student Poster Award 1st Place
"Characterization of the neuropeptide CCHamide2 and deorphanization of its receptor in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti"
Thomas Luong
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student Poster Award 2nd Place
"Potential Regulation of The Rectum of Aedes aegypti by RYamide"
Lulia Snan
The 48th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student Poster Award 3rd Place
"Investigating the Signalling Cascade of a CAPA Neuropeptide in the Malpighian Tubules of the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster"
2021
Carly Charron
The 47th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student poster prize 1st place
"Production of plant-based vaccine candidates in Nicotiana benthamiana to prevent Salmonellainfection in poultry"
Jennifer Porat
The 47th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student poster prize 2nd place
"The methyl phosphate capping enzyme Bin3 is a stable component of the fission yeast telomerase holoenzyme"
Theanuga Chandrapalan
The 47th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Student poster prize 3rd place
"Novel insight on the role of dietary iron on swimming performance and reproductive capacity in zebrafish"
Kyra Kerkhofs
The 47th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice student talk prize
“Characterization of a novel atypical type of La protein in Tetrahymena thermophila (MLP1) - How can a La protein missing a highly conserved domain still binding its target RNA?”
Theanuga Chandrapalan
The 47th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice student poster prize
"Novel insight on the role of dietary iron on swimming performance and reproductive capacity in zebrafish"
Viswajit Vembukumar
Symposium 2021 Lion’s Den Winner
Farnaz Farahbakhsh
Symposium 2021 Lion’s Den Winner
Gurnoor Brar
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
2020
Cindy Tran
The 46th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
First Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"Regulation of the oxidative stress response by ZTF-17 in Caenorhabditis elegans"
Jennifer Porat
The 46th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Second Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"The methyltransferase Trm1p influences tRNA processing independent of catalytic activity"
Connor Gianetto-Hill
The 46th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Third Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"Designing chemostat media to replicate the diet of hunter gatherer communities"
Jenna LeBlanc
The 46th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice Student Talk Prize
"Making lemons from lemonade: PhD research in a pandemic"
Kyra Kerkhofs
The 46th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
People’s Choice Student Poster Prize
"Characterization of a novel atypical type of La protein in Tetrahymena thermophila (MLP1) – How can a La protein missing a highly conserved domain still bind its target RNA"
Eleni Fegaras
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Nicholas Bragnolo
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori
Department of Biology Moens Family/AGSBS Graduate Award
Community Involvement and Leadership
For her involvement and leadership in the student community and in graduate student organizations at York University
2019
Malory Owen
The 45th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
First Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"Metrics for Avian Double Mutualistic Interactions with Cactaceae: A Preliminary Analysis towards Network Interactions in a Desert Ecosystem"
Eleni Fegaras
The 45th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Second Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"Chromosome movement to one pole in the absence of kinetochore microtubules in Mesostoma ehrenbergii spermatocytes"
Theanuga Chandrapalan
The 45th Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Third Place Winner for a Poster Presentation
"The interplay of dietary iron exposure and trace metal homeostasis in developing zebrafish"
2016 – 2017
Myat Ma
The 43rd Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Best Poster Presentation
"Characterizing functional roles of endogenous H2A core histone variant isoforms, H2A.Z1 and H2A.Z2, via insertion of epitope tag using CRISPR-Cas9"
Jyotsna Vinayak
Department of Biology Moens Family/AGSBS Graduate Award
Community Involvement and Leadership
For her involvement and leadership in the student community and in graduate student organizations at York University
Tehmeena Chaudhry
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Award - Department of Biology
Best Presentation at MSc Level
Mohamed Salem
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Award - Department of Biology
Best Presentation at PhD Level
David Miller
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Uzma Nadeem
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Benjamin Voloh
Marian Regan Prize - Centre for Vision Research at York University
Best Master’s Thesis in a Vision-related Topic
"theta-gamma coupling in the frontal cortex"
2015 – 2016
Eleni Fegaras
The 42nd Annual Biology Symposium - AGSBS
Best Poster Presentation
"Cytokinesis in the absence of kinetochore microtubules in Mesostoma ehrenbergiispermatocytes"
Thuc-Nghi Pham
Richard Jarrell Award - Faculty of Science
Excellence in Teaching at the Graduate Level
For her excellence in fostering intellectual growth, deepening of critical thinking, creative student engagement and more.
Miranda Chen
Science @ 50 - Biology Day | Poster Award
Best Student Poster Presentation
"Panic at the Cisco: Predicting the effects of climate change on Cisco distributions in Ontario"
Dayana D’Amora
Department of Biology Moens Family/AGSBS Graduate Award
Community Involvement and Leadership
For her involvement and leadership in the student community and in graduate student organizations at York University
2014 – 2015
Gabriela Krivdova
Faculty of Graduate Studies - Thesis Award
Recognition of Outstanding Work
"Inhibition of HIV-1 Vif by Pokeweed Antiviral Protein and Its Impact on Cellular Immune Defence"
Miranda Chen
American Fisheries Societies (Ontario) - E.J. Crossman Award
Best Student Oral Presentation
"Panic at the Cisco: Predicting the effects of climate change on Cisco distributions in Ontario"
2013 – 2014
Samantha Stefanoff
Association of Graduate Students in the Biological Sciences at York UniversityThomas van Zuiden
Association of Graduate Students in the Biological Sciences at York UniversityMiranda Chen
Association of Graduate Students in the Biological Sciences at York UniversitySharma Lab – Ecology
The 41st Annual Biology Symposium – AGSBS
Best Presentation
“Fishmageddon: How will climate change influence the future distributions of three predatory fish species in Ontario?”
2013 – 2014
Olga Egorova
The 40th Annual AGSBS Symposium
Best Poster Presentation
"Structural and Functional Characterization of the Active Site of the Human Mdm2 RING Domain"