Scientific Presentation and Training Award Recipients
March 1st 2024
Youjin Elizabeth YOUN (supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Qian)
MD student- University of Montreal
Congress: 2024 Canadian Ophthalmology Society (COS) Annual Meeting – May 30-June 2nd 2024, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario, Canada
Title: The Structural and Functional Impact of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Group of School-Aged Children
Samantha SASSEVILLE (supervisor: Dr. Stéphanie Proulx)
MSc student – Université Laval
Congress: Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2024 – May 5-9 2024, Seattle Convention Center, Washington, USA
Title: Intercellular Junction Formation of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells Cultured on a Soft Substrate.
Peter Brotherwood (supervisors: Dr. Ian Charest and Shahab Bakhtiari)
PhD student – University of Montreal
Congress: 24th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) – May 17-22 2024, TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, Floride, USA
Title: Neural responses in space and time to a massive set of natural scenes
Luke (Ajay) DAVID (supervisor: Dr. Michel Cayouette)
PhD student – Montreal Clinicial Research Institute
Congress: Gordon Research Conference – Visual System Development – May 19-24 2024, Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga), Italy
Title: Unlocking the regenerative potential of the mammalian retina
Aurélie FUENTES-RODRIGUEZ (supervisor: Dr. Solange Landreville)
PhD student – Université Laval
Congress: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting – April 5-10 2024, San Diego Convention Centre, USA
Title: Decoding the molecular mechanisms related to mutations in the GNAQ/11 and BAP1 genes in ocular melanoma
Dominique GEOFFRION (supervisor: Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher)
MD fellow – University of Montreal
Congress: 2024 Canadian Ophthalmology Society (COS) Annual Meeting – May 30-June 2nd 2024, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario, Canada
Titles (2 presentations): Inflammatory tear cytokine levels in patients with Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 versus primary angle closure glaucoma, Probing Mechanisms and Improving Management of Glaucoma Following Boston Keratoprosthesis Surgery
Merve KULBAY (supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Qian)
MD fellow – McGill University
Congress: Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2024 – May 5-9 2024, Seattle Convention Center, Washington, USA
Title: The Impact of Choroideremia on Female Carriers – A Global Survey
June 1st 2024
Yohai-Eliel BERREBY (Laboratory: Dr. Suresh Krishna)
Master’s Student – McGill University
Training: CIFAR Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning (DLRL) Summer School 2024 – July 8 – 17, 2024, Vector Institute, Toronto, Canada
Guillaume LALIBERTÉ (Laboratory: Dr. Denis Boire)
PhD Student – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Conference: FENS Forum 2024 – May 25 – 29, 2024, Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria
Title: Cortical Network Reorganization of Congenital and Perinatal Blindness in Mice
September 1st 2024
Ismaël DJEROUROU (Supervisors: Drs. Matthieu Vanni and Maurice Ptito)
PhD Student – School of Optometry – University of Montreal
Conference: Society for Neuroscience (SFN) – October 5-9, 2024, McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, USA
Title: Mapping the cortex using calcium imaging and wide-field optogenetics in sighted and blind mice.
Shima SHIRZAD (Supervisor: Dr. Elvire Vaucher)
PhD Student – School of Optometry – University of Montreal
Conference: XXVIth Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Eye Research (ISER) – October 20-24, 2024, Hilton Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Title: Prevention of vision loss by Kinin-kallikrein system in a model of wet age-related macular degeneration in mice.
Nicole DRANITSARIS (Supervisors: Drs. Alexandre Reynaud and Robert Hess)
PhD Student – McGill University
Training: Under the supervision of Dr. Vincent Daien and Dr. Marie-Céline Lorenzini – November 4-18, 2024, University Hospital Center (CHU), Montpellier, France
Title: Development of a dichoptic e-book reading application to improve vision in convergence insufficiency in children (ALEDICE Project).
*RECIPIENT OF A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE*
Hamid GOODARZI (Supervisors: Drs. Christos Boutopoulos and May Griffith)
PhD Student – University of Montreal – Research Center of Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Conference: European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) – November 3-5, 2024, Palacio de Congresos de València, València, Spain
Title: In-situ printing of LiQD cornea with LIST for corneal wound repair.
December 1st 2024
… to come….