Welcome to the official webpage for the 2024 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 2024 will take place on Friday, April 26th, 2024 and will be held at the Scandinavian Centre (6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9). Click here for directions.

The event will tentatively run from 9am to 6pm.

Registration and Programme

Registration is now open! Please find the registration link here.

Tickets are $10/person and be purchased from Stephanie Sonea (TASCII 8060 - please email beforehand), or through e-transfer (steph.sonea@gmail.com).

You can find the 2024 Programme here!

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission is now closed. Thank you for all your 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:

• 10-minute Talks
  • 1st prize: Dr. Bruce Brandhorst Graduate Prize in MBB
    
  • 2nd prize: $200
  • 3rd prize: $100
• Poster Presentations
  • 1st prize: Dr. Bruce Brandhorst Graduate Prize in MBB
  • 2nd prize: $200
  • 3rd prize: $100
• People's choice (Talk and Poster)
  • $100 each.

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 2024 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