Accomplishments | ArGan'sLab

Accomplishments of our trainees

Trainees of ArGan'sLab work hard to make a positive impact in their field of research.. We cherish their well-deserved achievements..

Co-op student, Shirin Khanna, authors a review article. Shirin's contribution to a mini review article on the natural phytocompounds against coronaviruses have been accepted for publication in the peer reviewed Natural Products Journal of Bentham Science publications (September 2021). Link

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, makes an oral presentation in the prestigious 104th Canadian Chemistry Conference. Her research unraveled the structures and dynamics of human cannabinoid receptor 1 (August 2021).

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, presents a research poster in the prestigious ACS Fall 2021 international conference. Her research revealed the dynamic ligand-mediated interactions in human cannabinoid receptor 2 (August 2021). Link

Co-op student, Riley Woods, makes a poster presentation in the ACS Fall 2021 international conference. His research focussed on building a comprehensive atomistic model of TMEM16F, a curcial integral membrane protein that is linked with bleeding disorders (August 2021). Link

Co-op students, Ying Li, Shiv, and Nadia, makes research poster presentations. They delivered individual poster presentations on their research that characterized ligand interactions with SARS-CoV-2 main protease in the University of Waterloo-School of Pharmacy Research Day 2021 (May 2021).

Co-op students, Ying Li, Shiv, and Nadia, co-authored a peer-reviewed research publication in the prestigious journal of Nature Scientific Reports. This article employs an array of advanced computational tools to unravel molecular interactions that are key for stabilizing ligand binding on to main protease, a replication machinery of SARS-CoV-2 virus (April 2021). Link

Co-op students, Shiv and Nadia, co-authors a peer-reviewed research publication. This article is focussed on exploring phytocompounds against SARS-CoV-2 protein targets. Shiv and Nadia contributed towards performing molecular dynamics simulation and binding affinity of the compounds identified by our collaborators (Feb 2021). Link

Graduate student present our work in SCP2022...

Sakina Fatima presents our work on "Exploring the inter domain contacts in hnRNPA1 protein linked with neurodegeneration" as a research poster in the 36th Symposium on Chemical Physics at the University of Waterloo.. .(November, 2022).

Undergraduate student, Josh Kazi, wins an NSERC USRA..

Josh is successful in receiving an NSERC USRA award to return as a co-op student in ArGan'sLab in Winter 2023. Josh first joined as a co-op in our team in Fall 2021 and continues to contribute to our projects since then. Congratulations Josh.. (September 2022).

Co-op student, Varun Reddy, presents in an undergraduate research completion..

Varun presents his research on the structure and dynamics of human VISTA protein in the NSERC CREATE Training Program for Controlled Release Leaders(ContRoL).. (September 2022).

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, wins the Best Graduate Student Talk Award..

Maya Petgrave wins the Best Graduate Student Talk Award for her oral presentation on Modelling the CBI-CRIP1a complex at the CCCE2022 conference at Calgary (June 2022).

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, successfully defends her thesis.

Maya Petgrave successfully defends her thesis titled, Understanding the dynamics and molecular interactions of human cannabinoid receptor 1. Maya is the first graduate student to graduate from ArGan'sLab. Congratulations Maya. (July 2022). Thesis Link.

Master's student, Sakina Fatima, makes an oral presentation in the ICAP/ICAN 2022 conference. She makes an oral presentation of her work on "Molecular interactions driving RNA binding to hnRNPA1 implicated in neurodegeneration" in the ICAP/ICAN 2022 conference held in Toronto, Canada (28-30 June, 2022).

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, presents in the University of Waterloo-School of Pharmacy Research Day 2022. This work involved in building of the first comprehensive atomistic model of agonist-activated CB1 protein binding with CRIP1a that is relevant for a range of physiological processes in humans.

Master's student, Maya Petgrave, becomes a finalist in the GradFlix competition and is featured in the School of Pharmacy news. Her video on our cannabinoids research to the lay audience have been selected for the final stage of the GradFlix competition in 2022 at UWaterloo. (February/June 2022). Link

Our undergraduate, Shubham, becomes a new graduate student. Shubham Devesh Ramgoolam has been an undergraduate research assistant in ArGan'sLab for the past 18 months, and is currently joining the team as a graduate student. Shubham is awarded with International Masters Award of Excellence, International Student Entrance Scholarship, and will also be supported my a MITACS Accelerate grant. Welcome, Shubham. (September 2023).

Master's student, Sakina Fatima, presents her research at the prestigious 104th Canadian Chemistry Conference in Vancouver, Canada. Sakina made a research poster on her work focused on understanding the dynamics of interdomain contacts linked with hnRNPA1 protein aggregation. (June 2023).

ArGan'sLab students presents their research at the School of Pharmacy Research Day. Sakina Fatima, Gurveer Shienh, and Shiqi Su make poster presentations on their research work on neurodegeneration and cannabinoid receptors in UWaterloo-School of Pharmacy Research Day. (May 2023).

New PhD student, Amy Oo, joins ArGan'sLab with a UWaterloo Entrance Award. Amy Oo moves to Canada to take up a PhD position with ArGan'sLab. Amy has sound research experience in Computed-aided drug designing. She will contribute to development of pan coronavirus therapeutics, and the molecular recognition of human cannabinoid receptors. Amy is awarded with a Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women, and will also be supported my a MITACS Accelerate grant. Welcome, Amy. (May 2023).

Mitacas Globalink Awards support International Student visit to ArGan'sLab. Two international students, Sriram Devata from Indian Institute of Technology and Jishu Devata from Indian Institute of Science, visits ArGan'sLab supported by a MITACS Globalink award and will contribute to our research programs on AI method development and integral membrane proteins. Welcome Sriram and Jishu. (April 2023).

Master's student, Sakina Fatima, becomes a finalist in the GradFlix competition. Her video on our cannabinoids research to the lay audience have been selected for the final stage of the GradFlix competition in 2022 at UWaterloo. (February 2023). Link

ArGan'sLab PhD student, Amy Oo, delivers a research presentation.. Amy Oo delivered a poster presentation on our cannabinoid research program at the 20th annual Chemical Biophysics Symposium at the University of Waterloo. The title of the talk was, "Exploring Ligand Unbinding Mechanisms In Human Cannabinoid Receptor 2".

ArGan'sLab MSc student, Norman Ly, delivers a research talk.. Norman Ly was selected for an oral presentation on our immune checkpoints research program at the 20th annual Chemical Biophysics Symposium at the University of Waterloo. The title of the talk was, "Molecular interactions governing VISTA binding to a pH-selective antibody".

ArGan'sLab graduate student, Norman Ly, wins the Gradflix competition.. Norman Ly wins the People's choice award at the 2024 UWaterloo-Gradflix competition. His award winning video on "Immune system: How does cancer turn it off" can be seen in this link.

ArGan'sLab graduate students makes impressive video submissions to GradFlix competition. Graduate students, Amy Oo, Shubham Devesh Ramgoolam, and Norman Ly, makes a 1-minute video about their research with ArGan'sLab. (January 2024).

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