Trinity College Undergraduate Research Conference

Open for the duration of the conference & hosted by the Mental Health Peer Advisors, the Wellness Lounge is a safe and relaxing space to take breaks and get self-care during the conference.

Relax A Bit! Comfy Chairs & Relaxing Music!

Stay Hydrated! Water, Herbal Teas, Fruit Punch!

Stay Energized! Energy Bars, Fruit & Cheese Tray!

Make Something! Scent-Pouch Making Station & Button Making Station!

Capture the Memory & Remember How Awesome You Are! “I was a delegate! I presented at TCURC!” Photo-Booth!

BREAKOUT ROOM #1 – Combination Room

• Jason Bouramia – Reimagining Governance: Harnessing Infrapolitics to Cure State Blindness in the Arab World and Beyond
• Amelia Hui – Artificial Intelligence in Warfare: Ethics, Development, and Regulation
• Esme Smolynec – Historical and Contemporary Causes of the Russo-Ukrainian War
• Daria Synelnykova – Dangers of the Private Military and Security Companies for Global Security: the Case of the Wagner Group
• (Conference Runner-Up for 10-minute Presentations!)* Jordan Picheniuk – An Empire by Free Enterprise: The Expansion of the British Empire in India by the East India Company in the Long Eighteenth Century

BREAKOUT ROOM #2 – Divinity Common Room

• Jenny Phung – Universal Health Coverage and Canada: Gaps in Medicare
• Omer Obaid Qazi– (Over)burden of Proof: An Examination of Legal Hurdles to Indigenous Title Rights in Canada
• Mahek Kaur – Constitutionalizing the Right to Health in Canada: A Legal Avenue to Address Health-Related Rights Violations Impacting Indigenous Communities
• Marija Buzanin – This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land: The Impact of Metaphorically-Structured and Gendered Language on Public Perception of Climate Change
• Nicole Velev – Thinking about you thinking of me: An exploration of the impact of intergroup contact on meta-perceptions among political partisans

BREAKOUT ROOM #3 – TC22

• Carolyn Chen – Characterizing the Host Specificity of Nematocida parisii in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
• Benson Wu – Spatial Intra-tumour heterogeneity of glioblastoma
• (Conference 1st Place for 10-minute Presentations!)* Sarina Doshi – Investigating how phosphorylation of the SLX4 MBR influences folding of the SAP domain
• Minsheng (Vincent) Hung – A SmaRTer IntERVention: Antiretroviral Drugs as Potential Breast Cancer Therapeutics

BREAKOUT ROOM #4 – TC24

• Jacqueline Zhao – Personality Dimensions May Mediate Our Sensitivity to Emotional Influences on Memory
• Eliza McCann – Investigating very long-term memory for real-world events several years after a smartphone-based memory intervention
• Xi (Joy) Wang – Pain Sensitivity & Irrational Beliefs
• Cathlin Jiaqi Han –  The eyes – windows to the brain? Investigating the predictive potential of eye fixations on brain activation during configural processing
• Gabrielle Desilets – Is Partial Reinforcement Extinction More Resistant to the Reacquisition of Alcohol-Seeking Behaviours Than Traditional Extinction?

BREAKOUT ROOM #1 – Combination Room

• Riley Alvarez – Quantifying Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation in Caenorhabditis Species Pairs
• Nishaant Jacobus – Controlling Non-Equilibrium Steady States via Environmental Tuning
• Sara Ziadat – Quantum-Enhanced Generative Algorithms for Optimized Drug Discovery
• Caroline Carruthers – Effect of Ephedrine, Phenylephrine, and Norepinephrine on Myometrial Contractility in Pregnant People with Type II and Gestational Diabetes during Cesarean Section: An in vitro study
• Chris Situ – Exploring the Relationship Between Liver X Receptor Isoforms and Low-Density Lipoprotein Transcytosis

BREAKOUT ROOM #2 – Divinity Common Room

• Giuliano Panizza – Supporting Healthy Aging: A Scoping Review on the Effects of Social Support on the Physical Health of Canadian Seniors Aging in Place
• Joyce Yin – Rehabilitation & the Abused & Brain Injured Toolkit: Supporting IPV Survivors with Brain Injury
• Bhavnoor Pannu – Dual Scoping Review of Factors Causing Misdiagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women and their Inclusion in Current Primary Research
• Mariana Castillon – Exploring the Impact of Child and Parental Depression on Early Childhood Decision- Making
• Emma Watt-Hill – The Nature of Helping Behaviours Across Adolescent Ontogeny: A Review of the Literature

BREAKOUT ROOM #3 – TC22

• Avishka Gautham – A lack of sanitation facilities in rural Kenya
• Sharanya Shankar – Examining the Sustainability of Food Prescription Programs in Canada
• Gabrielle Dumé – Barbados’ Trident: A Multi-pronged Approach to Combatting Childhood Obesity through Advocacy, Policy, and Education
• Alex McLean – The Sound of Life: Exploring Acoustical Technologies of Surveillance in a Neonatal Care Unit
• Rebecca Chau – Opioids: Synthesis of a Crisis & Prescription for a Cure

BREAKOUT ROOM #4 – TC24

• Bianca Quilliam – Observing Kenosis in the Poetry of Hadewijch and John Donne
• Clive Stevens – Ask Your Doctor: Pfizer as a Morally Questionable Brand
• Gene Case – A Sly and Constant Knave’: Class, Faith, and Good Service as Explored Through Cymbeline’s Pisanio
• Alexander Trachsell – The Impossibility of Fairly Compensating Prisoners – A Response to punishment
• Alice Quan – Twisted Truths: The Politicization of Intelligence 

Poster creators have given permission to make their contact information available for any questions you may have on their posters/research.

• Samantha Sheu – “Gold Claims at Sturgeon Lake” Project
• Yuechen Hao – Clade shape and evolutionary dynamics in epidemological and paleontological phylogenies
• (Conference 1st Place for Poster Presentations!)* HK (CY + SS) – A Comparative Study of Police and Government Responses in China Through the Dynamics of Protest Types and Tactics
• (Conference Runner-Up for Poster Presentations!)* Magalie Pronovost-Morgan – The Artifice of Style: “Realism” in Renaissance Art
• Neha Gupta – The Speciation Clock of the Caenorhabditis genus
• Gravity Guignard – Investigating the Effects of UNC-18 PA Mutation on CPX-11 Mutants in C. elegans
• Christina Xie – Quantifying soil health and characterizing the soil microbiome
• Tavie Johnson – Implications of Spent Coffee Grounds in Vermicompost Via Analysis of “Worm Tea” Fertilizer
• Chiara-Marie Marchesano – Expanding Vermicomposting Operations at Trinity College, University of Toronto
• Daniela Atere – Characterizing Lactobacillus species in the vaginal microbiomes of HIV at risk women
• Nandita Jayadevan – Morphology based Neuronal ​ Cell Type Classification across species​
• Thomas Sidart Setio – Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Magnetite/Olive Oil Ferrofluids Through Particle Size Reduction Using Natural Surfactants
• Tsubasa Ijichi – Protein intake in relation to hypertrophy and strength
• Eloise Valasek – CRISPR-Induced GFP Glow Sheds Light on Gene Correction Therapy for Hereditary Hemochromatosis
• Maya Honda-Granirer – Unraveling the Genetic Tapestry of End-Stage Kidney Disease: Investigating AGT Polymorphisms and RAAS Activation for Novel Therapeutic Insights

• Logan Walsh – Solving A Migration Crisis: Italy’s Current Policy Shortcomings and Potential Solutions
• Wania Gondal & Blerta Ademaj – The Gendered Gavel: Exploring Biases in Sexual Assault Verdicts
• Giovanna El Warrak – Politics of Death: the Yanomami Crisis in Brazil
• Cynthia Qu – Barriers to Healthcare Access for Refugees: Critical Assessment and Policy Proposals
• Tyrus Kalanyos – Immigration’s Insecurity: The Rise of the Far-Right in Sweden and Germany
• Angus MacKellar – The Good Friday Agreement: A Critical Analysis of Implementation and the Peace Process
• James Wang – Understanding Children’s Aversion to Conflict: Moral versus Non-Moral Dilemmas
• Anna McIntosh – Equality in Freedom and the End of Humanity: A Critique of J.S. Mill and Karl Marx
• (Conference Runner-Up for 3-Minute Thesis Presentations!)* Sanya Pasricha – The Social and Environmental Impact of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh
• Misheel Batkhuu – Unmasking Manufactured Demand: Ethical Dilemmas and Consumer Empowerment
• Zach Lidder – Toronto District School Board: Multi-Year Accessibility Plan An Intervention Assessment
• Jithvan Ariyaratne – A Novel Nordic Challenge: The Relationship Between Migration and Crime in Sweden

• Mac Xing – On-Target Off-Tumour CAR-T Cell Activity Against CD19+ Brain Mural Cells as a Pathway of CAR-T-Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity
• Daniel Fragomeni – Investigating the Effects of the HLA-DR5 Allele on Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
• Sabrina Zhu – Characterizing METTL13 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
• Mia Sung – Unraveling the Role of the MYCN Gene in Silencing Oncogenes and Initiating Spontaneous Regression in Neuroblastoma
• Yuri Choi – Antagonism at its Best: The Impact of Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonists on Dissociative Amnesia
• Yixiang Zhang – Role of genus Bacteroides in the human gut microbiota in inducing neuroinflammation and Aβ deposition
• Meghan Yeung – The Elements of Context
• Suha Usmani – Investigating the correlation between microbial gut dysbiosis and autism spectrum disorder.
• Samuel Hoogsteen – Fundamental Structures for Economic Modelling of Prosocial Decision Making
• Yujin Choi – Surveillance Capitalism: Its Threats and the US Federal Response
• (Conference 1st Place for 3-Minute Thesis Presentation!)* Ana Maria Guevara Ibarra – Can conditional cash transfers mitigate property? A Case Study of Prospera-Oportunidades-Progresa in Mexico
• Alyssa Ukani – Thinking Out Loud: Linguistic Contributions to the Categorization Debate
• Laura Chen – The Psychology of Educational Performance: The Effect of Syllabus Perceptual Fluency on Students’ Self-Efficacy

Open for the duration of the conference & hosted by the Mental Health Peer Advisors, the Wellness Lounge is a safe and relaxing space to take breaks and get self-care during the conference.

Relax A Bit! Comfy Chairs & Relaxing Music!

Stay Hydrated! Water, Herbal Teas, Fruit Punch!

Stay Energized! Energy Bars, Fruit & Cheese Tray!

Make Something! Scent-Pouch Making Station & Button Making Station!

Capture the Memory & Remember How Awesome You Are! “I was a delegate! I presented at TCURC!” Photo-Booth!

BREAKOUT ROOM #1 – Larkin 200

• Tahiyat Islam – Astrocytes: More than just a supporting cell?
• Rico Dong – Stretch-activated Ca2+ channel, TRPV4, is a key mediator of cell mechanosensation
• Vincent (Minsheng) Hung – Optimistic ObsERVations: Endogenous Retroviruses in the Tumour Microenvironment

BREAKOUT ROOM #2 – Larkin 211

• Mariana Castrillon – How attention shapes memory for category learning experiences through development
• Valeria Khudiakova – To Mask or Not to Mask: The Role of Stigma Experience, Concealment Behaviors, and Community Connectedness in Autistic People’s Mental Health
• Laura Chen – Preventing Adolescent Suicide: The Importance of Caregiver Support in Protecting Adolescents from Social Risk Factors

BREAKOUT ROOM #3 – Larkin 214

• Sharanya Shankar – Food Pharmacy Programs in North America- A Scoping Review
• Sara Ziadat – Compound Library Analysis for Automated Quality Control
• Hongqian Wang – A Meta-ANalysis of Antidepressant Responses to Different C-reactive Protein Levels in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder

BREAKOUT ROOM #1 – Larkin 200

• Chris Situ – Analyzing Autoimmunity Around The World
• Bhavnoor Pannu – Misdiagnosis in Indigenous Women of Canada
• Rana Sarhan – The Role of Empathy on the Self

BREAKOUT ROOM #2 – Larkin 211

• Kaelem Moniz – Bridging the Divide: The Success of the Toronto Public Library Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending Program in promoting Digital Inclusion
• Madeleine Frechette – Environmental and Social Sustainability of Toronto’s Farmers’ Markets
• Peter Ma – Israel’s nonmilitary national security threats: challenges and pathways forward
• Zihan Alison Pang – Comparing Chinese Social Credit System and US Credit Referencing: A Surveillance Capitalism Persepective

BREAKOUT ROOM #3 – Larkin 214

• Alexander Trachsell – Incarcerating the Innocent and Free Will Skepticism
• Jacob Buchan – User Perception of Smart Home Surveillance: An Integrative Review
• Arjun Chaudhuri – Leakages of A Welfare State: Corruption in Maharastrian Agriculture
• Celine Huang – Abstract art in Ming Dynasty China

Poster creators have given permission to make their contact information available for any questions you may have on their posters/research.

• Noor Abdelgawad – Use of Nanotechnology in Plant Disease Management
• Kawya Agarwal – Liberty or Expertise: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Democratic or Authoritarian Solution to Climate Change
• Riley Alvarez & John Lin – Exploring the Role of Attention in French Immersion Reading
• Akhilan Arulmozhi – Fad or Fact: Are Low-Carb Diets (LCDs) Advantageous to Human Health?
• Catherine Chi – Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the central nervous system in an animal model of Multiple Sclerosis
• Isabella Colalillo – I’m Not Surprised: Reasoning Societal Attitudes Towards Plexiglass Ineffectiveness for Limiting Sars-2-Cov Transmission
• Gabrielle Desilets – Investigating the effect of estrous cycle phase on goal-directed behaviour in female rats
• Catherine Diyakonov – Sympathy for Homeopathy: Investigating the Safety and Efficacy of Homeopathic Treatments for COVID-19
• Julia Gavieta – Tools for Achieving Net-Zero in Canada: Carbon Pricing and Climate-Related Risk Assessment
• Neha Gupta – Kaiso and MEG3 as potential therapeutic targets for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Roxanne Huang – Rejecting Xenotransplantation: Could Religion be a factor?
• Alison Huang – CRISPR-Cas9: Innovative Genome Editing Tool, Let Blue Cells Turn Green
• Nandita Jayadevan – Cloning and sequencing of GAPC-2 gene from space exposed Solanum Lycopersicum and GAPC-2 as a phylogenetic marker
• Jooyeong Kwak – The role of UHRF1BP1, a protein implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus, in the regulation of autophagy
• Hongzip Kim – Summarizing Students’ Free Responses for an Introductory Algebra-Based Physics Course Survey Using Cluster and Sentiment Analysis
• Mbabazi Okafor – Recycled, Local, Small-Scale Energy Solutions
• Maya Salman – Incorporating Indigenous Epistemologies & Methodologies into Indigenous Language Revitalization Research and Initiatives
• Julia Shokeir – Bubble: Building Loyalty Through Digital Affective Labour
• Benson Wu – Evaluation of KIFC1 as a therapeutic target in non-small cell lung cancer
• Joyce Yin – Exploring the relationships between rehabilitation and survivors of intimate partner violence: A scoping review

• Ahmed Hawamdeh – Racialized Revolutionaries: The Stereotyping of Racialized Men and the Consequences of Colour Conscious Casting in “Hamilton”
• Anna McIntosh – The Impacts of Globalization on The Appropriation of Navajo Culture
• Bianca Quilliam – Should we be Nietzscheans?
• Cristina Cazassus – The Political and Socioeconomic Contexts in Nigeria That Led to Boko Haram’s Rise in the 21st Century
• Frank Qiao – Confronting the ICC’s Africa Problem: How could the ICC Repair its Relations with the African Union?
• Garyn Rickwood – An Adversarial-Inquistorial System of Adjudication: The Future of Law?
• Hannah Cluroe – Addressing Violence Against Women in American Politics
• Jake Donner – The Hypocritical Use of PMCs
• Miranda Yang – Rising Temperatures and Rising Tensions: Governance in the Arctic
• Portia Garnons-Williams – How Canada Should Respond to China’s Uyghur Re-education Camps
• Sara Cai – International Policy on Myanmar: How Should Western Governments Respond?
• Sara Eftekharzadeh – Women, Life, Freedom Movement
• Zhejia Gong – A Brief Dissection of Frank Jackson’s Knowledge Argument and the Problem of Physicalism
• Wania Gondal & Artin Khiabani – Prohibition of single-use plastics in Canada: Are there justifiable consequences for small businesses?

• Maria Acosta – Review of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Combination Treatment
• Emma Bowman – Deep Breaths and Mind Breadth
• Elsa Cheung – Why Sleep is Both a Necessity and a “Neuro-cessity”
• Jiwoo Jeon – Credentials as Merit 2.0
• Julianna Lai – Correlation Between Adverse Effects and Treatment Efficacy in APL
• Jane Paterson – Disability Discrimination in Canada’s Long Term Care System
• Olivia Ruffolo – The Role of ANK3 in Bipolar Disorder I and Bipolar Disorder II
• Emily Shin – Exploring the correlation between de novo mutations in the BCOR gene and fetal ocular malformations associated with Lenz Microphthalmia Syndrome
• Thomas Speciel – AVLA – AudioVisual Learning AI tool
• Clive Stevens – The Ethics of Exploitation: How to Run Clinical Trials Involving Homeless Populations
• Bridget Woolf – Testing the Impact of Shared Sequences of Human and COVID-19 Genetic Material on COVID-19 Disease Outcomes and Ability of COVID-19 Genetic Material to Integrate into Human Cells
• Nikita Yang – The feeling of beauty in music: Relaxing and not confusing