Student/Postdoc Research Conference
Please email any questions to this address: sprc@bio.tamu.edu
GUIDELINES & ABSTRACTS
Students and postdocs will be selected from the abstracts to give 15-minute talks (12-minute presentation and 3 minutes for questions). We encourage everyone with a story to tell to present their work to the department, even if it hasn’t been published.
Graduate students – most of you have taken a Presentation class and can use your 10-minute talk as a starting template for your longer 12-minute talk.
Your presentation will consist of a PowerPoint presentation.
15 trainees will be chosen for the data blitz from those who apply and will have the opportunity to give a 1-minute, single-slide talk about their poster. The slide should not include video or animations.
The goal is to articulate a topic in a quick, insightful and clear manner. These short talks are intended to grab the attention of the audience and will allow presenters to share their ideas in a brief period of time. This is another way to share your work, attract more people to your posters and increase your visibility within the department!
Where will they be displayed?
- Open area on boards provided by department
- Your Abstract # will be listed in the SPRC abstract document
- There will be a poster board with your Abstract # on it
- Push pins and clips will be provided.
How will I hang my poster?
- Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to pin up your poster
What do I need to know about making a poster?
- Many of you will have posters from other meetings you can use.
- If you are making a new poster, do not feel obligated to produce one of those big, expensive glossy posters. The modular format printed on your lab printer, when done well, can be just as well and is inexpensive and low stress to prepare. The main thing is that you present SOMETHING.
- We strongly discourage “lab” posters as a substitute for a poster by individual students.
- Poster board space available: 4 ft. wide x 4 ft. tall
- No projected poster presentations. Your main presentation should be a hard copy poster. You can supplement this with images or movies on your laptop.
- PLEASE NOTE: The Department of Biology no longer has a poster printer
Abstract Rules
- Please use the template found HERE for the correct formatting of your abstract
- Do not go over one page in length
- You will upload the document in .doc format to the SPRC Registration Form
SCHEDULE
TBA
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
2024 Conference
Abstract List (Password protected, please check your email for information)
Lunch at Equine Center -12:00pm
Welcome Message and Talk Session 1 -1:00pm
DataBlitz Session 2:30pm
Poster Session 1 (Odd number Posters)-3:00pm
3:45pm-4:00pm break & poster swap
Poster Session 2 (Even Number Posters) -4:00pm
Talk Session 2 -5:00pm
Dinner & Social -7:00pm
2023 Conference
SPRC 2023 Abstract List (includes poster numbers)
February 11th, 2023
Cavalry Court Conference Area
Schedule:
Speaker Session 1, 1:00-2:30PM
Marjorie Pizarro-Guajardo
Ashley Tran
Ramesh Rijal
Michelle Jonika
Elizabeth George
DataBlitz Session, 2:40-3:00pm
Mohanad El-Sobky
Teresa Lamb
Jiwei Zhang
Wadiah Khan
Madison Gray
Ankura Sitaula
Nathan Wood
Gillian Imrie
Poster Session, 3:00-4:30pm
Speaker Session 2, 4:30-6:00pm
Bin Wu
Srutha Venkatesan
Lewis Sherer
Samuel Park
Sun Rha
Dinner & Social 6:00-10:00pm
2021 Conference
October 16th
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
Schedule:
Speaker Session 1, 11:00am
DataBlitz Session, 12:00pm
Poster Session 1, 12:15pm
Speaker Session 2, 1:45pm
Poster Session 2, 2:45pm
Keynote Address, 4:15pm
Awards Presentation, 6:00pm
Speaker Session 1, 11:00 AM:
Ashutosh Rai
Xinyu Nie
Aldrin Lugena
Jenna Hulke
DataBlitz, 12:00 PM:
Michelle Jonika
Anna Pritchard
Tristan Nguyen
Annabel Perry
Yufeng Wan
Alexandra Vernino
Ramesh Rijal
Kasuni Daundasekara
Brian White
Bin Wu
12:15-1:45 pm
Poster Session 1 – Odd Numbered Posters
Speaker Session 2, 1:45PM:
Elizabeth Brown
Yuhan Huang
Terrence Sylvester
Marko Baloh
2:45-4:15 pm
Poster Session 2 – Even Numbered Posters
Keynote Address, 4:15pm
Dr. Todd Castoe, UT Arlington
Social and Awards Presentation, 6:00pm
Crompton Pavilion, 201 West Holleman Dr. College Station, TX 77840
2020 Conference
September 12th, 2020
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
11-12:30pm
Talks – Session 1
Zachary Hancock
Kristen Consalvo
Ashley Tucker
Mary Ashley Hudson
12:30-1:15 pm
Data Blitz ** No Animation or Videos **
Britney Nguyen
Bin Wu
Sara Maynard
Teresa Lamb, Ph.D.
Brian White
Runshi Xie
Joseph Carr
Jennifer Jung
Katrina Hofstetter
Valerie Dietz
Chloe Todd
Ryan Rahman
Ramesh Rijal, Ph.D.
Sara Kirolos
Wensheng Chen
Tejas Karhadkar
Sunjay Letchuman
1:15-2:15 pm
Poster Session – Odd Numbered Posters
2:30-3:30 pm
Poster Session – Even Numbered Posters
3:30-5 pm
Talks – Session 2
Gustavo Bueno da Silva Rivas, Ph.D.
Aditi Raju
Zhaolan Ding
Maureen Hayden
5-6 pm
Keynote Speaker
TBA
6-6:30 pm
Awards Presentation
Abstract List 2019
2019 Conference
October 5th, 2019
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
12:35pm
Talks – Session 1
Kathrina Castillo, PhD
Ben Greenwell
Guijun Wan, PhD
Carl Hjelmen, PhD
2:00 pm
Data Blitz ** No Animation or Videos **
Wensheng Cheng
Kristen Consalvo
Kasuni Daundasekara
Julio Rincones-Gamboa
Jenna Hulke
Samantha Iiams
Jennifer Jung
Tejas Karhadkar, PhD
Sara Kirolos
Sunjay Letchuman
Aldrin Lugena
Sara Maynard
Ramesh Rijal, PhD
Terrance Sylvester
Yufeng Wan
2:30 pm
Poster Session – Odd Numbered Posters
3:30 pm
Poster Session – Even Numbered Posters
4:30 pm
Talks – Session 2
Valerie Dietz
Huan Zhang, PhD
Yu Tang
Hailee Nerber
September 29th, 2018
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
12:35pm
Talks – Session 1
Sabyasachi Mandal
Tejas Karhadkar
Jie Tian
Ramesh Rijal, PhD
2:00 pm
Data Blitz ** No Animation or Videos **
Joshua Beytebiere
Kristen Consalvo
Zhaolan Ding
Ben Greenwell
Jennifer Jung
Aldrin Lugena
Kathleen McAllister
Sara Maynard
Yu Tang
Yufeng Wan
Huan Zhang
2:30 pm
Poster Session – Odd Numbered Posters
3:30 pm
Poster Session – Even Numbered Posters
4:30 pm
Talks – Session 2
Andrea Martinez Aguirre
Samantha Iiams
Ian Smith
Brigette LeBouf, PhD
September 23rd, 2017
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
2017_SPRC_master
12:35pm
Talks – Session 1
Marko Baloh
Sarah Beagle
Joshua Beytebiere
Jimmy Goncalves
2:00 pm
Data Blitz ** No Animation or Videos **
Kathrina Castillo, PhD
Kristin Consalvo
Jie Tian
Zachary Hancock
Samantha Iiams
Jennifer Jung
Tejas Karhadkar
Shanta Karki
Aldrin Lugena
Ramesh Rijal, PhD
Yu Tang
Alexandra Trott
Xiang Wang
Zhaolan Ding
2:30 pm
Poster Session – Odd Numbered Posters
Kathrina Castillo, PhD
Kristin Consalvo
Jie Tian
Zachary Hancock
Samantha Iiams
Jennifer Jung
Tejas Karhadkar
Shanta Karki
Aldrin Lugena
Ramesh Rijal, PhD
Ana Suescun, PhD
Yu Tang
Alexandra Trott
Xiang Wang
Ying Zhang, PhD
Huan Zhang, PhD
Michael Werry
Andrew Sakla
Zhaolan Ding
3:30 pm
Poster Session – Even Numbered Posters
Sarah Westlake
Chenyu Wang
Jing Shi, PhD
Lunda Shen
Kathleen McAllister
Andrea Martinez Aguirre
Sabyasachi Mandal
Krishna Kumar
Katrina Hofstetter
Ben Greenwell
Mengxin Geng
Guo Fu, PhD
Disha Battacharjee
Cheng Wu
Young-Ho Jung
Abira Sahu
Alyson Brokaw
Ananya Dasgupta
4:30 pm
Talks – Session 2
Matt Lee, PhD
Ritu Shrestha
Patrick Suess
Yufeng Wan
September 17th, 2016
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building auditorium and lobby
Time 12:30-6pm
SPRC Abstracts
12:35 pm
Talks – Session 1
Alexandra Trott
Swayoma Banerjee
Xinping Xu
Yufeng Wan
2:00 pm
Data Blitz ** No Animation or Videos **
Amanda Adams
Joshua Beytebiere
Tejas Karhadkar
Oneida Ibarra
Xue Jiang
Teresa Lamb
Lunda Shen
Yu Tang
Wang Xiang
Jian Zhou
2:30 pm
Poster Session – Odd Numbered Posters
3:30 pm
Poster Session – Even Numbered Posters
4:30 pm
Talks – Session 2
Sabyasachi Mandal
Yunzi Gou
Ian Smith
Patrick Suess
12:30 – 2pm:
Talks – session 1 (ILSB Auditorium)
Jerome Escano
Sarah P. Flanagan
Husniye Kantarci
2:00 – 2:20pm:
Data Blitz
Sarah Beagle
Joshua Beytebiere
John C. Blazier
A. Catalina Camacho
Stephen Z. Caster
Xin Chen
Elyssa Garza
Angela K. Hawkins
Shian Liu
Emily Rose
Ian W. Smith
Alexandra Trott
Ying Zhang
2.30-4.30pm
Poster Session (ILSB Lobby and 2nd floor landing)
2.30 – 3.30 pm: odd numbered posters
3.30 – 4.30 pm: even numbered posters
4.30 – 6.00
Talks –Session 2 (ILSB Auditorium)
Janna N. Schultzhaus
Karen Triff
Youbao Zhao
6.00pm
Social
Adjourn to Off Campus Location
Date: Sat October 4, 2014
Venue: ILSB auditorium and lobby
Time 1-6pm
Program
1 – 2.30pm:
Talks – session 1 (ILSB Auditorium)
Xiaoyan Guo
Ying Zhang
Yunzi Guo
Isabel Caballero
2.30-4.30pm
Poster Session (ILSB Lobby and 1st floor landing)
2.30 – 3.30 pm: odd numbered posters
3.30 – 4.30 pm: even numbered posters
4.30 – 6.00
Talks –Session 2 (ILSB Auditorium)
Michael Francis
Angela Hawkins
Sam-Moon Kim
Guruswamy Mahesh
6.00pm
Social
Adjourn to Off Campus Location
Date: Sat October 5, 2013
Venue: ILSB auditorium and lobby
Time 1-6pm
Program
1 – 2.30pm:
Talks – session 1 (ILSB Auditorium)
Stephen Caster (Bell-Pedersen lab)
Nehemiah Cox (Gomer lab)
Sabarinath Sundaram (Hall lab)
Shian Liu (Lockless lab)
2.30-4.30pm
Poster Session (ILSB Lobby and 1st floor landing)
2.30 – 3.30 pm: odd numbered posters
3.30 – 4.30 pm: even numbered posters
4.30 – 6.00
Talks –Session 2
Jerome Escano (Smith Lab)
Kathrina Castillo (Thomas lab)
Ian Smith (Thompson lab)
Sarah Flanagan (Jones lab)
6.00pm
Social
Adjourn to Off Campus Location
SPRC FALL 2012
Date: Sat October 6, 2012
Venue: ILSB auditorium and lobby
Time 1-6pm
Program
1 – 2.30pm:
Talks – session 1 (ILSB Auditorium)
Liusuo Zhang (Garcia lab)
Terrence Boyle (Wicksten lab)
Jiajie Wei (Sachs lab)
Sehresh Saleem (Carney lab)
2.30-4.30pm
Poster Session (ILSB Lobby and 1st floor landing)
2.30 – 3.30 pm: odd numbered posters
3.30 – 4.30 pm: even numbered posters
4.30 – 6.00
Talks –Session 2
Emily Rose (Jones lab)
Changhoon Jee (Garcia lab)
Rongfeng Cui (Rosenthal lab)
6.00pm
Social
Adjourn to Off Campus Location
SPRC FALL 2011
Date: Sat Sept 10th 2011
Venue: ILSB auditorium and lobby
Time 1-6pm
Provisional Program
1 – 2.30pm:
Talks – session 1 (ILSB Auditorium)
Samir Moussa (Young lab)
Sunny Scobell (Jones lab)
Charles Goldsmith (Bell-Pedersen lab)
Brigitte LeBoeuf (Garcia lab)
2.30-4.30pm
Poster Session (ILSB Lobby and 1st floor landing)
2.30 – 3.30 pm: odd numbered posters
3.30 – 4.30 pm: even numbered posters
4.30 – 6.00
Talks –Session 2
Vikram Shende (Earnest lab)
David Silva (Qin lab)
Neha Bhat (Riley lab)
Eric Rosch (Wicksten lab)
6.00pm
Social
Adjourn to Matt Sachs’ House