Conferences – Wijenayake Lab

2022
Potential role of non-nutritive bioactive components in maternal milk on developmental programming.
Location: The Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Wijenayake S., Eisha S, Purohit M, McGowan PO
2022
Molecular mechanisms of milk exosome uptake in the brain; a link to epigenomic programming.
Location: The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease World Congress. Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Eisha S, Purohit M, McGowan PO
2021
Developmental programming in response to maternal obesity– A novel link to breast milk exosomes and microRNAs?
Location: Transcription, Chromatin, Epigenetics, Toronto, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., McGowan PO
2020
Innate immune system challenge with lipopolysaccharide reveals a “primed” neuroinflammatory condition in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness.
Location: Virtual Conference
Wijenayake S., Ashbrook DG, Michalovicz LT, Kelly KA, Broderick G , O’Callaghan JP , McGowan PO
2019
Perinatal high fat diet alters maternal milk miRNA expression and programs the DNA methylome in the amygdala.
Location: 13th Annual Neurometabolomics Satellite Conference. Toronto, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Abuiash S, de Vega WC, Lum CMW, Sasaki A, McGowan PO
2019
Perinatal high fat diet alters maternal milk miRNA expression and programs the DNA methylome in the amygdala.
Location: 13th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting. Toronto, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Abuiash S, de Vega WC, Lum CMW, Sasaki A, McGowan PO
2017
No need to diet – just control your metabolism! Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in hibernating ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus).
Location: Canadian Society of Zoologists, Satellite Symposium: 50 years of comparative biochemistry – the legacy of Peter Hochachka. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Tessier, SN., Storey, KB
2016
Freezing vs Hibernation; the tale of metabolic reorganization in winter.
Location: 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Cryobiology, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Al-attar R, Tessier SN, Storey KB
2015
Metabolic arrest during hibernation! Cardiac regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in a hibernating ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus).
Location: Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Tessier SN, Storey KB
2015
Hibernating to Survive Freezing! The story of how a small mammal (13-line ground squirrel) tackles the big problem of starvation and freezing.
Location: Annual Heart Research Day, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Tessier SN, Storey KB
2015
Metabolic Arrest during Hibernation! Cardiac regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in hibernating ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus).
Location: Heart Research Day, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Tessier SN, Storey KB
2015
No need to diet! Just control your metabolism! Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in hibernating ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus).
Location: 11th Annual Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium (OCIB), Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Tessier SN, Storey KB
2014
No Oxygen? No Problem! Epigenetic mechanisms of anoxia tolerance: a role for DNA methylation.
Location: 10th Annual Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium (OCIB), Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Storey KB
2014
Heat shock protein response during dehydration in African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis).
Location: Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference, Montreal, QC, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Storey KB
2014
Epigenetic mechanisms of anoxia tolerance: a role for DNA methylation.
Location: Society for Experimental Biology, Manchester University, Manchester, UK
Wijenayake S., Storey KB
2014
Epigenetic mechanisms of anoxia tolerance: a role for DNA methylation.
Location: American Aging Association, San Antonio, TX, USA
Wijenayake S., Storey KB
2012
Extracellular invaders mediate DNA methyltransferase enzymes (MTases) to gain access to the host genomes.
Location: Evolution, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Gorelick R
2011
How did cytosine methylation acquire its gene regulatory function?
Location: 50th annual symposium, Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ), Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Gorelick R
2011
How did cytosine methylation acquire its gene regulatory function?
Location: 6th annual symposium, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE), Banff, AB, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Gorelick R
2011
DNA methyltransferase enzymes (MTases) may not enhance genomic protection against exogenous DNA invasions.
Location: 9th Annual Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium (OCIB), Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Wijenayake S., Gorelick R