Laidlaw Manuscript Competition Finalists

One prize will be awarded for the most outstanding manuscript and presentation.
The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

2:00 PM in the Great Hall

Presentation judges: Drs. Minnie Sarwal, Mel Silverman and Catharine Whiteside

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    Kristen Ashworth

    PhD candidate
    PI: Dr. Brian Ballios 

    Accessory inner segment-like structures develop in the photoreceptors of human retinal organoids

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    Vida Maksimoska

    PhD student
    PI: Dr. Katalin Szaszi

    Keratinocyte-derived VEGF-A is a crucial autocrine regulator of cell migration

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    Katie Goke

    PhD candidate
    PI: Dr. Daniel Blumberger

    Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of MRI-defined vascular depression

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    Kristina Zhang

    PhD candidate
    PI: Dr. George M. Ibrahim

    Regulation of autism-related self-injurious behaviour by electrical stimulation of corticostriatal circuits in mice and humans