TASME 2019 Program, PGCRL, Toronto
Saturday. July 6, 2019
08:00–08:45: Breakfast, Networking and Registration
08:45–09:00: Introduction and Welcome remarks
8:45-8:50 Prof. Bala Maheswaran, PhD, Northeastern University, MA, USA, "Welcome Remarks"
8:50-9:00 Prof. Nades Palaniyar, PhD, SickKids/University of Toronto, Canada, "TASME2019 Program, Event Format, and Sub-committees "
09:00– 10:05: Session 1 – Neurodegenerative conditions/Cancer
Moderators
Raj N. Rajakumar, MBBS, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Cell Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Prof. Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Speakers
9:00 – 9:25 Raj N. Rajakumar, MBBS, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Cell Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada. Keynote speaker: "Disease modifying strategies in neurodegenerative conditions".
9:25 – 9:50 Prof. Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, USA “Circulating Tumor Cells: A window into cancer metastasis”
9:50 – 10:05 Krishna Priya Syama, PhD student, C. Sidhanth, P. Manasa, S. Sneha, S. Bindhya, R.P. Nagare, T.S. Ganesan. Laboratory for Cancer Biology, Departments of Medical Oncology & Clinical Research, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India. “Cancer Stem Cells and Tumour Angiogenesis in Serous Adenocarcinoma of Ovary”
10:05 – 10:35 Break/Refreshments
10:35 – 12:00: Session 2 – Infection and Inflammation
Moderators
Prof. Gnani Gnaneshan, PhD, Public Health Ontario/Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prem Kumarathasan, PhD, Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, HECSB, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
Speakers
10:35 – 11:00 Meraj Khan, MSc, PhD, Mithunan Ravindran, HBSc, MD student, and Nades Palaniyar, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children PGCRL, and University of Toronto, Canada. “NETosis vs Apoptosis: Mechanisms and drugs”
11:00 – 11:15 Smitha Mathews, PhD, Meraj Khan, PhD, Hussein Hamam, BSc, MSc Student, Nades Palaniyar, PhD. The Hospital for Sick Children PGCRL, Toronto, Canada. “Multiple tyrosine kinases regulate NETosis”
11:15 – 11:40 Shingo Yasuhara, MD, PhD, Shriners Hospital for Children, MGH, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. “Recent advances in critical illness-induced muscle wasting problems: discovery of 'mitophagy resistance' as the new entity of common metabolic problems”
11:40 – 12:00 Prem Kumarathasan1,2, Nazila Nazemof2, Dalibor Breznan1, Erica Blais1, James Gomes2, Mohan Babu3 and Renaud Vincent1. 1Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, HECSB, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON. 2Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 3Department of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Regina, SK. “Mitochondrial protein changes after exposure to amorphous SiO2 nanoparticles”
11:55 – 14:00: Networking Lunch and Career Discussion – challenges and opportunities
Moderator
Dr. Nirusha Thavarajah, PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Panel Members
University – Biomedical
1. Shingo Yasuhara, MD, PhD, Shriners Hospital for Children, MGH, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
2. Prof. Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, USA
3. Dr Gayathri Naganathan, BSc, MSc, MD, General Surgery Resident Physician, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
University – Engineering/Math/Informatics
4. Prof Bakeerathan Gunaratnam, PhD, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
5. Prof Thia Kirubarajan, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
6. Dr Ratnasingham Tharmarasa, PhD., Research Associate, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Industry/Government – Biomedical
7. Dr Renaud Vincent, PhD, Scientist, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
8. Dr Nithianandan Selliah, PhD, Scientist, Covance Inc, Avon, Indiana, USA
Industry –Informatics/Engineering
9. Dr. Gnana Gnanakaran, PhD, Los Alamos National Labs, New Mexico, USA.
10. Dr Sutharsan Sivagnanam, PhD, Technical Expert, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
14:00– 15:10: Session 3 – Machine learning/Smart technologies
Moderators
Prof Thia Kirubarajan, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Gnana Gnanakaran, PhD, Los Alamos National Labs, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
Speakers
14:00 – 14:25 Prof Thia Kirubarajan, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada "Machine learning and AI: Hype vs. reality"
14:25 – 14:45 Dr. Gnana Gnanakaran, PhD, Los Alamos National Labs, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. “Membranes and Machine Learning: Optimizing the transport of signals and drugs across membranes”
14:45 – 15:10 Konesh Sivagurunathana,b,c, Vel Velauthapillaia,d, Bruno Gnanapragasama,e
aKakapo technologies Inc, Canada. bQuantum Dental Technologies, Canada. cCenter for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies, University of Toronto, Canada. dSR Research, Canada and eNokia Canada. “Case studies of utilizing Smart Glass technology in healthcare, industrial and social engineering settings to create knowledge sharing opportunities for startup companies and academic societies”
15:10 – 16:00 Break/Refreshments/Poster discussion
Moderators –
Dr Renaud Vincent, PhD, Scientist, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mano Chandrakumar, MSc., MBA, Research Manager & Clinical Researcher, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Dr Suba Sivakumar, PhD, CEO, Van Luyk Greenhouses, London, ON, Canada
16:00 – 17:25: Session 4 - Education and Outreach
Moderators
Prof. Nirusha Thavarajah, PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Prof. Savithiri Ratnapalan, MBBS, MEd, MRCP, FRCPC, FAAP, The Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speakers
16:00–16:20 Dr. Nirusha Thavarajah, HBSc., LL.M., Ph.D., MEd. (Cand.), Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. “Introducing Green Chemistry Principles in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses”, “Culture Shift: A Student-Centered Learning Approach Powered by Peer-Instructions”.
16:20 – 16:45 Sireesha Kodali1, Bakeerathan Gunaratnam2, Lee S. Meyer3, Ann L. Greenwell1, and Douglas S. Darling4. 1Department of Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care, School of Dentistry; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; 2Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; 3Department of General Dentistry & Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; 4Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Dentistry; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. “Parental education by certain health care providers fails to improve child oral health”
16:45 – 17:05 Dr. Jeya Thayaparan, MD, Geriatrician and internist at Mackenzie health, Ontario, Canada. “Yoga in Medicine. Why western doctors are now prescribing Yoga therapy -Ancient Healing in a Modern Setting”
17:05 – 17:25 Dr. R. Cheran. Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. “Lift Foundation: a brief information”
17:25 – 17:30 Closing Remarks and vote of thanks
Prof. Nades Palaniyar, PhD, SickKids/University of Toronto, Canada,
Prof. Bala Maheswaran, PhD, Northeastern University, MA, USA
In this two-days (July 6 - 7, 2019) multi-disciplinary conference, scientists, mathematicians, engineers and medical professionals from the public and private sectors will present their recent findings and share their experiences with fellow researchers. The meeting will have oral presentations from leading researchers as well as panel discussions and poster sessions from the selected abstracts.
This conference is co-organized by SickKids/University of Toronto and TAAS
