Ontario Biology Day 2014 University of Toronto Mississauga March 22-23, 2014 Abstracts We would like to thank our sponsors Titanium Sponsor Platinum Sponsors Office of the VP Research, UTM Office of the Dean University of Toronto Mississauga Fluid Surveys 2 Gold Sponsors Canadian Society of Zoologists 3 Ontario Biology Day 2014 March 22-23 University of Toronto Mississauga Conference Organizing Committee Daniel Almeida Lisa Cheung Yen Du Sanja Hinic-Frlog Aaron LeBlanc Fiona Rawle Audrey Reid Christoph Richter Published by: University of Toronto Mississauga Department of Biology 3359 Mississauga Road Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6 http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology Twitter: @UTMBiology Copyright 2014 Logo Design by Scott Winrow 4 Welcome to Ontario Biology Day 2014 at the University of Toronto Mississauga! We are thrilled to welcome you to the 27th annual Ontario sponsors by signing the “Thank you to our sponsors” card at the Biology Day (OBD) undergraduate student research conference. registration desk. And importantly, we would like to extend a On behalf of the Department of Biology at the University of thank you to all of the supervisors and students that have Toronto Mississauga, we wish you the best of success in travelled to the conference this weekend to present their work presenting your research to your peers this weekend, and and share in this conference experience. This conference is a congratulate you on your achievement in undergraduate biology celebration of your research, and we congratulate you on your research. hard work and research achievements. OBD is an annual event that showcases and celebrates biology Sincerely, research conducted by undergraduate students across Ontario. This year, we welcome more than 220 participants to the The 2014 Ontario Biology Day Organizing Committee conference at the University of Toronto Mississauga. We are also delighted to welcome several distinguished guest speakers. Fiona Rawle, Associate Chair and Lecturer The conference will be opened by the neurologist and astronaut Sanja Hinic-Frlog, Lecturer Dr. Roberta Bondar (via Skype), and will have a banquet with a Christoph Richter, Lecturer keynote session given by David Evans, the palaeontology Yen Du, UTM Biology Undergraduate Advisor, curator form the ROM. Dr. Patrick Gunning, a cancer researcher Lisa Cheung, Teaching Technician from UTM, and Dr. Dan Riskin from the Discovery Channel, will Audrey Reid, Graduate Student be giving invited lectures, and Dr. Deep Saini, Principal of UTM, Aaron LeBlanc, Graduate Student will be giving the closing remarks. Daniel Almeida, Undergraduate Student and Erindale Biology Society Executive Events Coordinator We would like to thank and acknowledge the support of all the people that have contributed to the success of this event. Many UTM Biology faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students have dedicated their time over the past year to prepare for this conference. Also, OBD is only possible due to the generous support of UTM-based as well as corporate sponsors. Please take a moment to send a message to these 5 The Influence of chronic Cu exposure on the uptake and effect of Ag in Saturday March 22 Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)!.......................................................21 Session 1 - IB 245 Session 3 - IB 250 Cell Biology & Biotechnology Cell & Molecular Biology Studies on the Encapsulation of Salivary Anti-microbial Peptides!..............15 CCN1 and fibrosis: does CCN1 recruit progenitor cells?!...........................23 Towards DNA-PDA: Handheld DNA sequencer to enable on-site species Assessment of ERG immunohistochemical staining patterns in prostatic identification!................................................................................................15 evasive anterior tumours (PEATS)!.............................................................23 Transgenic expression of microbial and fungal carbohydrate-active Expression and Function of Tuberin in Early Embryonic Brain Development enzymes in plants!.......................................................................................16 !...................................................................................................................24 Large Scale Study of Biomarker Impact on Clinical Trial Risk on Oncology: AMPK signaling and autophagy in ovarian cancer cell survival!.................24 Colorectal, Melanoma, Breast and Non-small Lung Cancer!......................16 Purification and Characterization of the "-Barrel Domain of BcsC to Regulation of Akt Activation by Phospholipase C!......................................17 Investigate its Role in Cellulose Export from E. coli!...................................25 Lysosomal Structure Quantification During PIKfyve Inhibition!....................17 Metals in Sudbury Particulate Matter upregulate hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1# and may be associated with airway remodelling!.........................25 Session 2 - IB 235 Session 4 - IB 260 Ecology Neurobiology Inside Yogi's Picnic Basket: Getting Elk (Cervus canadensis) Off the Menu !...................................................................................................................19 Neural versus peripheral contributions to the masculinization of male sexual preference in olfaction!.....................................................................27 Aggressive behaviour and combat in sexually mature male snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)!.................................................................................19 The Effects of Sodium Salicylate on the Expression of GABAB Receptors in the Rat Hippocampus!.............................................................................27 Murder mystery in Misery Bay: the demise of turtle species at risk!............20 Organization of Glomerular Chains in the Olfactory Bulb of Chinook How I got frozen out of my soil seed bank study and landed in a field of Salmon Fry!.................................................................................................28 germinating invading plant species!............................................................20 Neuroefficiency in Elite Curlers Related to Shot Performance!...................28 Effects of defoliation frequency and saliva application on endophyte hyphal loading in Festuca rubra and Schedonorus pratensis!................................21 6 The Localization of Axons Projecting from the Accessory Olfactory Organ in Stability in the dominance hierarchy of a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish the Sea Lamprey!........................................................................................29 !...................................................................................................................37 The spatial distribution of the serotonergic fibers in the olfactory bulb of the Partner Preference in Naked Mole Rats with Consideration of Pregnancy sea lamprey!................................................................................................29 Dynamics!....................................................................................................37 Session 5 - IB 270 Session 7 - IB 245 Health Cell & Molecular Biology Stress Hormones and their Effects on Reproduction in Captive Bactrian Stress Response of Starved Tetrahymena thermophilia!............................39 Camels!.......................................................................................................31 In Vivo Functional Characterization of Human Mdm2 and MdmX RING Identifying pathogenic mutations in patients with atypical progeria!............31 Domains!.....................................................................................................39 DNA Signatures: An Alternative for Metagenomic Investigation of Determining the Role of Src Family Kinases on EGF-Stimulated Akt Microorganisms!..........................................................................................32 Phosphorylation!..........................................................................................40 What is the evidence for post-operative prophylactic antibiotics after Common Requirement for Clathrin in Signalling by distinct Receptor primary hip and knee arthroplasty? A systematic review!............................32 Tyrosine Kinases!........................................................................................40 Role of Spy1 in CKI-Treated Multiple Myeloma!..........................................33 Structural and Functional Characterization of the Interaction between Ubiquitin Binding Domains of Arf-BP1 and Ubiquitin!..................................41 Session 6 - IB 280 RBM5 and RBM10 mRNA and Protein Expression in a Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Line!.........................................................................................41 Animal Behaviour Influences of anthropogenic noise pollution on the calling patterns of the Session 8 - IB 235 round goby, Neogobius melanostomus!......................................................35 Ecology Ecologically matching swim performance for the reintroduction of Atlantic Salmon into Lake Ontario!...........................................................................35 Does Garlic Mustard density have an impact on native species’ richness? A review of the literature and a long term dataset!......................................43 An investigation of grouping behaviour in a social fish in the presence of olfactory and visual cues of predation!........................................................36