Undergrad Research Symposium

You are cordially invited to the 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Biological Sciences

at William Paterson University

Saturday, April 13^th, 2013

This event provides an excellent forum for presentation of research findings by undergraduate students enrolled in colleges and universities in the Mid-Atlantic area.

The format of this year’s meeting will include morning and afternoon poster sessions, a keynote address by Dr. Shyam Saran, “Acting Deputy Program Director” Professor, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, NIH’s Center for Cancer Research ;  lunch, and an awards ceremony. Posters will be judged by a panel of attending mentors and 1^st and 2^ndplace awards will be presented to the top undergraduate poster presenters in the following  categories: Biochemistry, Physiology, Cell & Molecular Biology, Genetics,  Ecology & Evolution, Nano Chemistry, General Chemistry and Materials Chemistry . In addition, three names will be drawn from the 1^st place awards to receive a gift at the conclusion of the awards ceremony.

Participant abstracts will be published in Symposium Proceedings.

Please visit our website at http://www.wpunj.edu/cosh/departments/biology/urs/  . You can check out the following details of last year’s (2012 meeting) from the website:

·       Title of all the abstracts from 2012 meeting

·       List of awardees

·       Selected photos

Registration must be done electronically online at: http://www.wpunj.edu/cosh/departments/biology/urs/

Abstract should be submitted as Microsoft word attachment to the following email address: conf-bioursymp@wpunj.edu

We are very excited to offer this opportunity to all undergraduates in this area and looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.

THE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE