COSC 2014: Final Agenda
| Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 | |
| 8:00 – 8:20 AM | On-Site Registration (River Building Atrium) |
| 8:20 – 8:40 AM | Opening Remarks (River Building 2200) Bill Willmore |
| Symposia: Oxidative Stress and Aging (River Building 2200) (Sponsored by CIHR Institute of Aging) Chairs: Bill Willmore and Rania Agil |
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| 8:40 – 9:00 AM | Brian Bandy Redox activities of flavonoids at the membrane interface: Implications for mitochondrial oxidative stress. |
| 9:00 – 9:20 AM | Ann English Mitochondrial H2O2 signalling involving heme transfer between proteins. |
| 9:20 – 9:40 AM | Louise Winn Increased DNA double strand break repair as a consequence of exposure to oxidative stress. |
| 9:40 – 10:00 AM | Gurmit Singh Oxidative stress in oncodynamics. |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM | Bulent Mutus Testing the sulfhydration of peptides and proteins with sulphide. |
| 10:50 – 11:10 AM | Spencer Gibson The role of ROS in autophagy in cancer. |
| 11:10 – 11:30 AM | Michel Lebel The impact of vitamin C on the premature aging disorder Werner syndrome. |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM | New Investigator: Jim Uniacke Cancer cells exploit hypoxia-activated eIF4E2-directed protein synthesis to drive tumor progression. |
| 11:50 AM – 2:00 PM | Lunch/Exhibits/Open Poster Viewing |
| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Seigfried Hekimi Chair: Bill Willmore Pro-longevity mitochondrial ROS signaling. |
| Symposium: Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease (River Building 2200) Chairs: Bill Willmore and Dawn Jin |
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| 3:00 – 3:20 PM | Richard Austin TDAG51 as a modulator of oxidative stress in atherosclerosis. |
| 3:20 – 3:40 PM | Rania Agil Triticale bran alkylresorcinols enhance resistance to oxidative stress in obesity-induced mice. |
| 3:40 – 4:00 PM | Sheldon Magder Complex stabilization and destabilization of cytokines mRNA by NADPH oxidase production of O2–. |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM | Elissavet Kardami Distinct roles high and low molecular weight FGF-2 in heart pathology; an overview. |
| 4:20 – 4:50 PM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| 4:50 – 5:10 PM | Grant Pierce Differential influence of fatty acids on ischemic reperfusion injury in cardiomyocytes. |
| 5:10 – 5:30 PM | Robert Tanguay Changes in Drosophila mitoproteome during aging and following chaperone-mediated lifespan extension. |
| 5:30 – 5:50 PM | Chet Holterman Examining the interaction between Nox5 and the AngII/AT1R pathway in podocytes. |
| 6:00 – 8:30 PM | Reception (Cash Bar) River Building Atrium |
| Thursday, June 12th, 2014 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks (River Building 2200) Bill Willmore |
| Symposia: Graduate Student Trainees (River Building 2200) Chairs: Bill Willmore and Steffany Bennett |
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| 8:30 – 8:45 AM | Jonathon Lee Lipid peroxidation-linked mitochondrial facets of neuronal aging in an invertebrate model of normal aging. |
| 8:45 – 9:00 AM | Ahmed Abou Hadeed Protection by ascorbate and catechin against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in an isolated rat heart model. |
| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Ritesh Daya Free radical trapping agents as adjunct therapy to antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia. |
| 9:15 – 9:30 AM | Hilary Groom Enzyme-specific inhibition of recombinant human glutathione transferases by naphthalene analogues of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. |
| 9:30 – 9:45 AM | Naif Aljuhani Possible role for superoxide dismutase in phenylbutazone cytotoxicity in HT-29 colorectal cancer cells. |
| 9:45 – 10:15 AM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| Symposia: Postdoctoral Fellow Trainees (River Building 2200) Chairs: Bill Willmore and Steffany Bennett |
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| 10:15 – 10:30 AM | Ashim Bagchi Differential role of toll-like receptors in the elicitation of cardiac innate response to IL-10. |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Navid Koleini FGF-2 isoforms and doxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction. |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM | Maria Florian A comparison of transient transfection methods to enhance eNOS expression in human endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Cristina Bosoi Systemic oxidative stress induction leads to brain edema in hyperammonemic portacaval-shunted rats. |
| 11:15 – 11:30 AM | Martine Hagen Effects of caloric and non-caloric soft drink intake on consumption of nutrients and lipoperoxidation in rats fed the cafeteria diet. |
| 11:30 – 11:45 AM | Brianne Thrush Skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration is increased in obese diet sensitive compared to obese diet resistant women. |
| 11:45 AM – 12:05 PM | New Investigator: Christopher Perry Altered mitochondrial bioenergetics and cellular redox conditions link high fat diets to the etiology of skeletal muscle insulin resistance. |
| 12:05 – 12:25 PM | New Investigator: Ryan Mailloux S-Glutathionylation reactions are essential for the control of mitochondrial function. |
| 12:25 AM – 1:30 PM | Lunch/Exhibits/Open Poster Viewing |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | Keynote Speaker: Rafael Radi (Sponsored by the Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine) Chair: Bill Willmore Nitroxidative stress: molecular mechanisms and biological consequences. |
| Symposium: Oxidative Stress, the Environment and Health and Nutrition (Session 1) (River Building 2200) Chairs: Farah Hosseinian, Shana Cameron and Mehri Hadinezhad |
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| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Farah Hosseinian Bioactive dietary fibre and phenolics in flaxseed are carriers of antioxidants- an essential physiological function in oxidative stress. |
| 2:50 – 3:10 PM | Jean-Claude Lavoie Ascorbylperoxide generated in parenteral nutrition induces oxidative stress and loss of alveoli in the lung of newborn guinea pig, a characteristic of human bronchopulmonary dysplasia. |
| 3:10 – 3:30 PM | Luoxis (Brian Kolasinski and Alessandro Orlando) RedoxSYS™ Diagnostic Systems: The first and only clinical test to provide a complete measure of redox in a biological system. |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM | Diana Averill-Bates Induction of ER stress and apoptosis by acrolein, a lipid peroxidation-derived aldehyde. |
| 3:50 – 4:20 PM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| 4:20 – 4:40 PM | Apollinaire Tsopmo Bioactive molecules in oat and their relation to oxidative stress. |
| 4:40 – 5:00 PM | Sandeep Raha Understanding oxidative stress in pregnancy. |
| 5:00 – 5:20 PM | Barbara Hales Teratogens induce oxidative and embryonic stress responses in the organogenesis-stage embryo. |
| 5:20 – 5:40 PM | Nathalie Grandvaux NADPH-oxidase dependent mechanisms that determine the fate of the innate immune response to respiratory viruses. |
| 5:40 – 6:00 PM | Kenneth Storey Oxidative stress and the marine environment – “radical” management. |
| 7:15 – 11:00 PM | Banquet: Hellenic Centre Bus leaving from Carleton University at 7:00 PM. Please arrive 15 minutes before departure time. |
| Friday, June 13th, 2014 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks (River Building 2200) Bill Willmore |
| Symposia: Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration (Sponsored by CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) Chairs: Steffany Bennett and Yichen Du |
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| 8:30 – 8:50 AM | Ram Mishra Anti-psychotic drug induced oxidative stress involves translocation of apoptosis inducing factor. |
| 8:50 – 9:10 AM | Christopher Rose The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy. |
| 9:10 – 9:30 AM | Peter Wells Embryonic and fetal reactive oxygen species formation, oxidative DNA damage and repair and nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in teratogenesis and postnatal neurodevelopmental deficits. |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM | Derek Pratt Mechanisms of natural products antioxidants: a case study with garlic-derived organosulfur compounds. |
| 10:20 – 10:40 AM | Willem Wildering Lymnaea stagnalis: a platform for system-wide investigations of neuronal aging and age-associated memory impairment – lipid peroxidation and PLA2 activation as instruments of age-associated memory impairment. |
| 10:40 – 11:00 AM | New Investigator: Scott Ryan NO-problem, Oxidative stress in a stem cell model of Parkinson’s Disease. |
| 11:00 – 12:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Richard Schulz Why inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) are next generation drugs to treat diseases of oxidative stress injury. |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch COSC Executive Meeting (River Building 2211) |
| Symposium: Oxidative Stress, the Environment and Health and Nutrition (Session 2) (River Building 2200) Chairs: Derek Pratt and Magdalena Bugno |
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| 1:00 – 1:20 PM | Volker Blank The transcription factor Nrf3 (NFE2L3): role in detoxification and cancer. |
| 1:20 – 1:40 PM | Prem Kumarathasan Impact of air pollutant exposure on oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. |
| 1:40 – 2:00 PM | Po-Yin Cheung Novel interventions in the resuscitation of asphyxiated neonates: combating oxidative stress. |
| 2:00 – 2:20 PM | Arno Siraki Proteomic changes in response to arylamine free radical formation in HL-60 cells. |
| 2:20 – 2:40 PM | Alison Fox-Robichaud Oxidative stress in sepsis: necessary or harmful? |
| 2:40 – 3:00 PM | David Josephy Glutathione-dependent metabolism of xenobiotics. |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Coffee and Tea Break |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM | James Friel Iron and complementary feeding of breast-fed infants. |
| 3:50 – 4:10 PM | Dawn Jin Redox balance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. |
| 4:10 – 4:30 PM | Silvina Bartesaghi Tyrosine nitration in membranes: role of lipid-derived radicals and modulatory action of tocopherols. |
| 4:30 – 4:50 PM | New Investigator: Nikolai Chepelev Toxicogenomics analysis of the potent carcinogen dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) provides mechanistic and quantitative insights into its immunotoxicity. |
| 4:50 – 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks/Conference Evaluation/Wrap-Up |
Final Agenda As A PDF: COSC 2014 Revised Agenda