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 – 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