Student Research Day 2021

• Schedule
• Keynote Speaker
• Abstracts
• Presentations
• Judges

Since 1985, Student Research Day has provided an on-campus forum for students to showcase their research pursuits. For students in the Ph.D. programs at the Georgetown University Medical Center, the day offers the opportunity to share their dissertation research with their colleagues from other disciplines while engaging in discussion and soliciting feedback.

• Register for Oral Presentations
• Register for Keynote
• Student Research Day 2021 Schedule and Abstracts (PDF)
• Medical Center Graduate Student Organization
• Contact MCGSO

Schedule

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Keynote Speaker

Kaela Singleton, Ph.D.

A systems biology approach to professional development and neurodevelopmental disorders

Kaela Singleton is a Black, Samoan, and Queer developmental neuroscientist and doctoral alumna of the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at Georgetown University. As she completes her postdoctoral training at Emory University, she is currently a NINDS DSPAN scholar, an adjunct professor at Agnes Scott College, a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment fellow as well as co-founder and President-Elect of Black In Neuro. As a postdoc in the Faundez Lab, she investigates mitochondria integrity and localization in Menkes Disease, a progressive form of childhood neurodegeneration that is triggered by dysregulation of copper.

As an early-career scientist and future independent investigator, Dr. Singleton’s goal is to encourage, inspire, and support trainees to pursue careers in neuroscience and build a sense of belonging within the scientific community.

Her success has been recognized with numerous awards and academic honors, including being named an Agnes Scott College Outstanding Young Alumna and one of Cell Mentor’s 1000 Inspiring Black Scientists. She has also been featured in several media outlets, including National Geographic, Nature Careers, Forbes and Neuronline.

Abstracts

The submission deadline for abstracts has passed.

Presentations

Posters

Once you have received an email from MCGSO confirming the acceptance of your abstract for a poster presentation, you will need to ensure that your poster is prepared. Keep in mind that like your abstract, your poster and poster presentation should be geared toward a general science audience.

If you have a poster already printed from a recent meeting, you are welcome to use it. Please send us the dimensions of your poster so we can reserve adequate space for you. If you are creating a new poster, we may* be able to assist in the cost of poster printing (*to be determined). You will receive details about poster specifications and deadlines in your confirmation email.

As we draw closer to Student Research Day, you will receive further instructions regarding poster placement, evaluations, and schedules for attending your poster.

Oral Presentations

The oral presentation sessions will consist of a series of 10-minute talks with PowerPoints, followed by 5 minutes for questions and transition. If you are interested in presenting your research in an oral format, be sure to indicate this during abstract submission. Only a select number of abstracts will be chosen for oral presentations.

Oral presentations should be geared to a general science audience.

Presentation Evaluation Criteria

Poster and oral presentations will be evaluated for the following categories: background/introduction, hypothesis or objective, methods, results, conclusion or discussion, future work, overall presentation and handling of questions, and quality of the poster or PowerPoint presentation.

Prizes

• 1st (oral & poster): $200
• 2nd (poster): $100
• 2nd (oral): $50
• 3rd (poster): $50

Judges

We are seeking faculty, staff and postdocs to give feedback and scores for students’ oral and poster presentations.