Fall vBio Day

Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Zoom (Register below to receive the link!)

Important Dates

  • Friday, November 15, 2024 – Abstract Submission Deadline
  • Monday, November 18, 2024 – Abstract Decisions Sent Out
  • Monday, December 2, 2024 – Poster Walkthrough Videos Due for those presenting
  • Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – Judging Begins
  • Thursday, December 5, 2024 – Registration Closes
  • Friday, December 6, 2024 – vBio Day 

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Rutgers Camden students engaged in biology-related research within a lab or classroom have the opportunity to present their work. To be considered for this opportunity, students MUST register and submit their details below no later than Friday, November 15. Decisions on which abstracts are accepted will be sent out on Monday, November 18.

Students submitting group presentations (i.e., those in PPBR or other course-based research experiences) should have only one person within their group submit their abstract details. However, ALL students in that group should register.

Poster Walkthrough Video Guidelines

  • Accepted presenters should record a 4-7 minute long video walkthrough of their poster. They will receive a link to submit the poster pdf and video on November 18. These will be posted online for the audience and judges to interact with starting on Wednesday, December 4.
  • During the presenter’s assigned time, audience members and judges will enter the presenter’s associated zoom break-out room for a Q/A session.
  • Poster templates can be found HERE.
  • Strategies for presenting your poster can be found HERE.
  • Repository of virtual posters and recorded presentations can be found HERE.
  • We use the judging rubric from the ABRCMS conference which can be found HERE. 

Prizes

  • Judge Pick: Judges including alumni, faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff from across multiple institutions in the Philadelphia area will review your posters and recorded presentations while also interacting with you during your zoom Q/A session.
  • Peer Pick: All presenters will review and vote on the favorite poster.

Schedule:

9:30 – 10:30: “Summer Research Internship Series: Narrowing down your list.” 

  • Nathan Fried, Ph.D. (Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers Camden) will host a virtual workshop that helps undergraduates identify and narrow down their list of summer research programs to apply to. This is the third part of a four-part series on applying to research opportunities as an undergraduate. Visit the U-RISE Website’s Special Event Series to learn more about the entire series!

10:30 – 10:40: Opening Remarks by Dr. Nathan Fried

10:40 – 11:25: Session A Presentations 

Poster Presenting Author Title
A1 James McGrath (Fried Lab) Using artificial intelligence to development a DeepLabCut extension software for high-throughput analysis of anxiety-like behavior in mice
A2 Jordyn Smith (Corbett Lab) Exploring the Role of ΔFosB in the Amygdala: Neural Mechanisms of Stress Resilience and Vulnerability in Chronic Social Defeat Stress
A3 Isabel Garcia (Corbett Lab) Exploring Stress-Induced Gut Microbiome Variations in Mus Musculus and its Implications for Resilience and Vulnerability
A4 Leana Salgado (Salas-de la Cruz Lab) Physicochemical and Ionic Conductivity Insights in Cellulose Nanocrystal-Based Materials
A5 Flynn Semenuk (Klein Lab) Exploring the Role of the lacZ Gene in Regulating Sphingolipid Production in E. coli
A6 Nicole Rodríguez (Shain Lab) Survival of Mt. Deception Glacier Rotifers at Varying Temperatures
A7 Renuka Kumar (Corbett Lab) Understanding the effects of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 3 on hippocampus activation
A8 Alexangel Nunez (Geneva Lab) Evolutionary Genetics of Invasive Cuban Knight Anole Populations
A9 Nikoloz Kurtanidze (Fried Lab) Sexually Dimorphic Anxiety-like Behavior in Drosophila Melanogaster is Dependent on Housing Conditions.
A10 Angel Keifner (Solesio Lab) Investigating the Effects of the Polyphosphate Kinase on Mammalian Physiology and Polyphosphate Levels

11:25 – 12:10: Session B Presentations 

  Presenting Author Title
B1 Alan Rozenblit (Yakoby Lab) Investigating patterning diversity of T-Box genes in Drosophila
B2 Nfn Aysha (Qi Lab) Investigation of Auxin Effects on Stomatal Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana
B3 Kiley Kobsar (Fried Lab) Computational Neuroethological Approach Reveals Kinematic Differences in Behavioral Responses to Optogenetic Stimulation of low vs high threshold mechanoreceptors in Drosophila Melanogaster.
B4 Moneeb Ahmad (Lee Lab) Role of the Red Spectrum of Light in Photoperiodism in Fungi
B5 Leyna Nguyen (Qi Lab) Investigation of the Effect of the Light Signaling Component on Stomatal Development
B6 Anh Ly (Corbett Lab) ∆FosB Expression in the Amygdala of stress-resilient vs. vulnerable rats
B7 Sophia LaPorta (Salas-de la Cruz Lab) Investigating the Long-Term Stability of CNC and Agarose Gel Infused with Ionic Liquid
B8 Tiffany Chan (Kohout Lab) Investigating Voltage-Sensing Phosphatase (VSP) Function in Renal Physiology in Mice
B9 Myo Thinzar Htin Aung (Lee Lab) Gender-Specific Effects of a Common Non-Caloric Sweetener (NS1) on Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster
B10 Jenna Brodnyan (González Lab) Diversity in the Atacama: Population genetics and assessment of genetic structure of solpugids

12:10 – 12:20: Intermission & Judge Scoring

12:20 – 12:30: Closing Remarks by Dr. Kwangwon Lee

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