Call for Abstracts: 2nd Annual Research Symposium of the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine

We are excited to announce that the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine will host its 2nd Research Symposium on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023!! For more information and to register, please visit this link.

We invite graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, junior specialists, and other trainees whose work is relevant to neuroengineering (including the research thrusts listed on the Center website here) to submit abstracts. A panel of faculty will review the abstract submissions and invite presenters for oral presentations, lightning talks, and/or poster presentations. The abstract submission guidelines are in the template at this link.

Please forward to your students, postdocs, other trainees at UC Davis who might be interested.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

Important dates

Abstract deadline: 3/24/2023

Decision announcement: 4/7/2023

Types of presentations

1. Oral presentation: 12-minute followed by a 3-minute Q&A session. Will select 4.
2. Lightning talk: 3-minute presentation (1-2 slides). Will select 6.
3. Poster: research poster presentation. Will decide the total selected based on submissions coming in.

As indicated in the abstract template, you’ll be asked to indicate your preference to be considered for: (1) everything (oral presentation, lightning talk, poster); (2) lightning talk and poster; (3) poster only. If selected, the committee will specify the type of presentation.

Prizes

To recognize the trainees’ work, the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine will be awarding the following stipends based on assessments by a panel of judges:

1. Best Oral Presentation: $1,000
2. Best Lightning Talk: $750
3. Best Poster Presentation: $500
4. 2nd Place Poster Presentation: $250

Questions? Send them via email to: gmlee@ucdavis.edu

Symposium Committee

• Nigel Pedersen, MBBS, FAES, FANA
• Jochen Ditterich, PhD
• Lee Miller, PhD
• Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT, FAPTA
• Erkin Şeker, PhD
• Sheela Toprani, MD, PhD
• Weijian Yang, PhD
• Gabriela Lee, MBA, MS, gmlee@ucdavis.edu