Results: 2015 LFS Graduate Student Conference
Mar 10, 2015
The 2015 LFS Graduate Student Conference was held on March 5 at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC-Vancouver.
Over 35 graduate and senior undergraduate students presented their research to an audience of ~100 students, faculty, staff, and guests.
Congratulations to all of our presenters! The results of the oral and poster competitions is as follows:
Oral Presentation
1st Place: Karen Fong, Environmental adaptation and stress response mechanisms of Salmonella enterica in peanut oil, peanuts and chia seeds (Supervisor: Dr. Siyun Wang)
1st Runner Up: Asadeh Behnam-Shabahang, Feeding and Social Behaviours of Primiparous and Multiparous Dairy Cows During the Transition Period (Supervisor: Heather Neave)
2nd Runner Up: Joao Costa, Early pair housing increases solid feed intake and weight gains in dairy calves (Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Weary)
People’s Choice Award: Joshua Edward, Uncommon Grounds: LGBTIQ Communities, Urban Agriculture and Ecologies of Social Difference (Supervisor: Dr. Eduardo Jovel)
Poster Presentation
1st Place: Akshit Puri, Can a Nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from Lodgepole Pine trees reside inside Agricultural Crops? (Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Chanway)
1st Runner Up: Nicola Adderley, Are young dairy calves able to sort a total mixed ration? (Supervisor: Joao Costa)
2nd Runner Up: Jiaqi Li, Chemical, physical and morphological properties of bacterial biofilms affect survival of encased Campylobacter jejuni under aerobic stress (Supervisor: Dr. Xiaonan Lu)
People’s Choice Award: Allison Daniel, Formative Research for the Development of a Home Fortification Programme for Young Children in Burundi: Results of the Feasibility Study (Dr. Tim Green)
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