Awards
Oral presentations
Awards will be presented in the following categories:
- Biochemistry and molecular biology
- Physical, computational and nanochemistry
- Analytical and environmental chemistry
- Organic and inorganic chemistry
- Chemistry education
Poster presentations
Best three (3) poster presentations from all categories.
Past recipients
- 2016: Simon Boudreault (Université de Sherbrooke), Reovirus infection alters host cell alternative splicing landscape (Oral)
- 2015: Paknoosh Pakarian (Concordia University), Subunit Orientation in the Intracellular Escherichia coli Enterobactin Biosynthetic EntA-EntE Complex (Oral)
- 2015: Marie-Claude Carrier (Université de Sherbrooke), A functional tRNA-Derived RNA Fragment Fine-Tunes Gene Expression in Escherichia coli (Poster).
- 2015: Sanoji Wijenayake (Carleton University), Metabolic Arrest During Hibernation! Cardiac Regulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (PDH) Complex in Hibernating Ground Squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) (Poster).
- 2014: Emily Bordeleau (Brock University), Cyclic nucleotides and bacterial biofilm formation (Oral)
- 2013: Shane Caldwell (McGill University), Evidence for adaptive catalytic regulation from the structure of antibiotic resistance domain APH(2'')-Ia (Oral)
- 2016: Diana C. Rodríguez Burbano (Concordia University), Development of CaS:Eu2+/Dy3+ persistent and NIR photostimulated nanophosphors (Oral)
- 2016: Max Schütz (Université de Montréal), Temperature dependent band splitting in Raman spectra of square-planar dihalogendiammine Pt(II) complexes: effects of isotope distribution and symmetry (Oral)
- 2015: Abdullah Kahn (Concordia University), Impact of Nanoparticles on Lung Surfactant Functioning (Oral)
- 2014: Madhu Kaushik (McGill University), Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as supporters, reducers and chiral inducers (Oral).
- 2013: Audrey Laventure (Université de Montréal), Heads vs. Tails: A Study on the Glass-forming Ability and Stability of Substituted Aminotriazine Molecular Glasses (Oral)
- 2016: Brigitte Desharnais (Concordia University), Automated selection and validation of a calibration model through statistical testing (Oral)
- 2016: Justine-Anne Rowell (Université de Montréal), Role of natural organic matter on rare earth elements speciation and bioavailability with Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Oral)
- 2015: Markan Golizeh (Université du Québec à Montréal), Identification of 4-Hydroxynonenal Protein Targets in Rat, Mouse and Human Liver Microsomes by 2D-LC-MS/MS (Oral)
- 2015: Justine-Anne Rowell (Université de Montréal), Role of Natural Biopolymers on Rare Earth Elements Speciation and Bioavailability with Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Oral)
- 2014: Nausheen Sadiq (Queen's University), Multi-elemental risk assessment in baby rice cereal using on-line continuous leaching and ion exchange chromatography coupled to ICP-MS for the speciation analysis of bio-accessible elements (Oral). This award is sponsored by the CIC Analytical Division.
- 2014: Matthew Edwards (University of Waterloo), Evaluation of a single-stage consumable-free modulator for GCxGC: Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides and chlorobenzenes (Poster). This award is sponsored by the CIC Analytical Division.
- 2013: Simon Boudreault (Université de Sherbrooke), Quantification of alpha-, beta-Hydroxybutyric Acids by GC-MS to Diagnose Hyperglycemia (Oral)
- 2016: Jeffrey Santandrea (Université de Montréal), Toward a photoredox-mediated synthesis of alkynyl sulfides using continuous-flow (Oral)
- 2016: Anissa Brahami (INRS), Rhenium and ruthenium complexes as antibiotics against methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Poster)
- 2015: Sylvain Taillemaud (Université de Montréal), Mechanismdriven Elaboration of an Enantioselective Bromocyclopropanation Reaction of Allylic Alcohols (Oral)
- 2015: Katie Harriman (University of Ottawa), Utilizing Organo- 4f Chemistry in the Design of New Single-Molecule Magnets (Oral)
- 2014: Daniela Olea-Román (Université de Montréal), Spectroscopy of lanthanide compounds with symmetrical Schiff bases (Oral).
- 2014: Jeffrey Santandrea (Université de Montréal), Cu(I)-Catalyzed Macrocyclic Sonogashira-Type Cross-Coupling Protocol (Oral).
- 2014: Laura Andrea Rodriguez-Solano (Concordia University), Catalytic Aerobic Phenol Functionalization with Cu(II) Complexes (Poster). This award is sponsored by the CIC inorganic division.
- 2013: Marc-André Courtemanche (Université Laval), An Ambiphilic Organocatalyst for the Metal-Free Reduction of CO2; to Methanol Using Hydroboranes (Oral). This award is sponsored by the CIC Inorganic Division
- 2013: Anne-Catherine Bédard (Université de Montréal), Efficient Macrocyclic Cu(I)-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Iodoal-kynes and Azides via a Phase Separation Strategy (Oral)
- 2013: Mathieu Leblanc (Université de Montréal), Synthesis and Characterization of N-Bridged Bis-Hydroxyamidines/alpha-aminonitrones(AMOX) as Synthons in Supramolecular Chemistry (Poster). This award is sponsored by the CIC Inorganic Division.
- 2016: Caroline Mireault (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), Analysis of polymers in false identity documents: A new contribution to forensic intelligence?
- 2016: Maythem Ali (Concordia University), Secondary metabolite induction in P. luminescens
- 2016: Carolyn Ladd (Université de Montréal), Access to cyclopropyl-fused azacycles via a palladiumcatalyzed direct alkenylation strategy
- 2015: First place: Patrick Semana (Concordia University), Homogentisate and Gentisate 1,2-dioxygenases: Two NonHeme Iron Containing Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenases with a Cupin Fold
- 2015: Second place:
- 2015: Third place: Andrew Hollingshead (University of Ottawa), Covalent Organic Frameworks: Using 2D Rigid Cores for Enhanced Electron/Charge Transport
- 2014: First place: David Gareau (Université de Montréal), Design, tuning and application of DNA based nanothermometers
- 2014: Second place ex aequo: Marie-Claude Gagnon (Université Laval), Synthesis and Properties of Monofluorinated Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine Derivatives: Potential Fluorinated Probes for the Study of Membrane Topology
- 2014: Second place ex aequo: Audrey Laventure (Université de Montréal), Quantitative Monitoring of Hydrogen Bonding in Aminotriazine Glass-formers
- 2014: Third place: Yazan Abbas (McGill University), Structural and evolutionary insights into domain swapping within the antiviral protein IFIT3
- 2013: First place: Atefeh Rafiei (Université du Québec à Montréal), A survey into untargeted metabolomics data analysis: Comparison of peak generating workflows
- 2013: Second place: Erum Mansuri (Concordia University), Surface Behavior of Novel Boronic Acid-Terminated Silicone Surfactants
- 2013: Third place ex aequo: Liliana Guevara Opinska (University of Toronto), Towards understanding the catalytic decarboxylation mechanism in Benzoylformate decarboxylase
- 2013: Third place ex aequo: Jessica Gagnon (Université de Montréal), Characterization of the epigenetic regulator and tumor suppressor TET2
