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MBB Graduate Colloquium 2023

Welcome to the official webpage for the 2023 MBB Graduate Colloquium!

The MBB Graduate Colloquium is a day-long event comprised of poster presentations and short talks given by undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students. Not only does this event allow students to share their research, but it also gives students an important opportunity to practice giving presentations and develop collaborations with other researchers and labs at SFU.

Event Details

Time and Place

The MBB Graduate Colloquium 2023 will take place on Thursday, April 27th, 2023 and will be held at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7). Click here for directions.

The event will tentatively run from 9am to 5pm, followed by an evening reception. 

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Corey Nislow

"A Model Organism for the 21st Century: How Yeast Powers Innovation and Discovery"

Dr. Corey Nislow is a professor at UBC in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences holding a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Translational Genomics. Dr. Nislow is well known in the field for his studies in drug development, personalized genomics and space biology. Recently, his lab sent yeast and algae samples to space on NASA's Artemis 1 Mission, where they will study the molecular mechanisms affected by microgravity and cosmic radiation!

Registration and Programme

Registration is now closed. 

Tickets are $10/person and be purchased from Iqra in SSB 6170, or payment by e-transfer at iqra406@hotmail.com

 

The 2023 Programme is located below:

Abstract Submission

Abstract submissions are now closed. Thanks for all the submissions!

Presentations

There are three types of presentations throughout the day, each of which are judged for prizes! 

  • 10-minute talks: Give a detailed presentation of your recent experiments, results and conclusions. It is recommended to limit background information to what is necessary and allow sufficient time to present experimental results. 
  •  3-minute (lightning) talks: Similar to the 10-minute talks, but a more condensed version.
  • Poster presentations: Present your results on a poster to members of the department. Posters may remain up for the entire day

Abstract Selection

We wish to give as many students and postdoctoral fellows as possible the opportunity to present their research. However, we may receive more submitted abstracts than we can reasonably fit in a single-day colloquium, even with the assistance of caffeine. As a result, the MBB Graduate Caucus will have all submitted abstracts ranked by faculty members and select the top candidates. Ranking will be based on the following criteria:

  • Clarity of the abstract for the target audience (i.e. molecular biology and biochemistry)
  • Scientific impact to the field in question
  • Representation from as many labs and topics as possible
  • Expected number of years until graduation (newer students have future opportunities to present)
  • Number of past colloquium presentations (provide an opportunity to new students to present)

Judging and Prizes

Various faculty members and postdoctoral fellows will judge the oral and poster presentations and come to a ranked listing for each type of presentation. They will be awarded as follows:

Please note that only MBB Graduate Students are eligible to recieve the Dr. Bruce Brandhorst award.

More Information

If you have further questions about the 2023 MBB Graduate Colloquium, feel free to contact any MBB Grad Caucus member, or email mbb-gradcaucus@sfu.ca.

 

We hope to see you all there!

Funding

This year's Colloquium would not be possible without the support of our donors and sponsors:

Donors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Other sponsors