EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st price – A wink on my research
Nicolas Blais, École d’optométrie – Université de Montréal
MSc Student (Dr. Jean-Marie Hanssens)
Axis: Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation
Title : Comparison of Refractive Outcomes Between a Tele-Eye Care Comprehensive Eye Exam and a Gold Standard In-Person Eye Exam
1st price
Typhaine Anquetil, Centre de recherche du CHU-Sainte-Justine – Université de Montréal
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Alexandre Dubrac)
Axis: Retina and Posterior Segment
Title : Role of the transcription factor SOX9 in vascular specialization
2e price
Jennyfer Zapata-Farfan, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont / École Polytechnique – Université de Montréal
PhD Student (Dr. Isabelle Brunette and Michel Meunier)
Axis: Cornea and Anterior Segment
Title : Optimisation de l’injection intracamérale chez la souris
3rd price
Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, McGill University
MD Student (Dr. Isabelle Hardy)
Axis: Non applicable
Title : A gendered analysis of academic rank and research productivity in Canadian academic surgery
EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1st price – MD Students /graduate
Charlotte Betus, Centre de recherche du CHU-Sainte-Justine – Université de Montréal
Director: Dr. Jean-Sébastien Joyal
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Endothelial Cells derived-Ketone Bodies Plays a Key Role in Proliferative Retinopathy
1er prix – MSc Students
Samantha Boudreau, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
Director: Dr. Michel Cayouette
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Uncovering the role of Podxl in photoreceptor cell function and survival
2nd price ex aequo – MSc Students
Camille Gagnon, Université Laval
Director: Dr. Christian Salesse
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Surexpression, purification et liaison membranaire de la forme non-farnésylée des sous-unités bêta-gamma de la transducine
2nd price ex aequo – MSc Students
Daniel Gurman, McGill University
Director: Dr. Alexandre Reynaud
Axis: Brain and Perception
Title : Measuring interocular delay and investigating its link to visual acuity in amblyopia
1st price – PhD Students
Rui Wang, Centre de recherche du CHU-Sainte-Justine – Université de Montréal
Director: Dr. Pierre Hardy
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Investigation of the anti-uveal melanoma effect of miR-181a and combinational therapy
2nd price – PhD Students
Élizabeth Leduc, Université du Québec à Montréal
Director: Dr. Malika Oubaha and Nicolas Pilon
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Fam172a regulates eye development through interaction with Ago2
3rd price – PhD Students
Alex Camacho, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont -Université de Montréal
Director: Dr. Isabelle Brunette
Axis: Cornea and Anterior Segment
Title : Conjunctival Neuroma after Corneal Neurotization – A Case Report
4e price ex aequo – PhD Students
Pedro Santos-França, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
Director: Dr. Michel Cayouette
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Titre : Ikzf2 regulates amacrine cell diversification in the developing mouse retina
4e price ex aequo – PhD Students
Mathilde Champagne-Hamel, Université du Québec à Montréal
Director: Dr. Dave Saint-Amour
Axis: Brain and Perception
Title : Exposition aux écrans durant l’enfance et fonctions visuelles à l’adolescence
1st price – Postdoctoral Fellows
Heberto Quintero, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)
Director: Dr. Adriana Di Polo
Axis: Retina ans Posterior Segment
Title : Restoration of mitochondria axonal transport prevents neurodegeneration and rescues visual function in experimental glaucoma