Research Days 2026
Departmental Event
Date: Apr 10, 2026 - 09:00pm
Location: Castetter Hall
35th Annual Research Days
Thursday, April 9 &
Friday, April 10, 2025
A Presentation of Student Research Celebrating
Discovery and Education in the Biological Sciences
The event will kick off with a special in-person seminar by Dr. Priyadharshini Devarajan from Stony Brook University on Thursday April 9th. Then on Friday April 10th, the day will be filled with student talks and posters, biology laboratory tours, a buffet lunch, and a keynote seminar by Dr. Nandita Garud from the University of California, Los Angeles. The day will wrap up with a ceremony announcing scholarship recipients and talk and poster award winners. The schedule will also be released at a later date. Research Day is open to all, and we encourage presentations from undergraduate and graduate students.
Thursday Speaker: Dr. Priyadharshini Devarajan
Seminar Title: TBA
Friday Speaker: Dr. Nandita Garud
Seminar Title: TBA
Committee Members
Co-Chair: Seth Newsome
Co-Chair: Syed Mubarak
Co-Chair: Syed Mubarak
Schedule of Events
Program Booklet (pdf)
| all day | Judges preview posters | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Graduate student lunch | CAST Room 1420 (PiBBs) |
| 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Poster Printing and Hanging Assistance Hours (BGSA reps) | CAST Room 040 |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | SEMINAR - Dr. Priyadharshini Devarajan | CAST Room 100 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Hausammann Brewhaus Social | 2004 Central Ave SE |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | SESSION I | Level | CAST Room 100 |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | TBA | ||
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | |||
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | |||
| 9:15-9:30 a.m. | |||
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. | SESSION 2 | CAST Room 100 | |
| 9:30-9:45 a.m. | TBA | ||
| 9:45-10:00 a.m. | |||
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | |||
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | |||
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK | CAST Greenhouse | |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | SESSION 3 | CAST Room 100 | |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | TBA | ||
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. | |||
| 11:15-11:30 a.m. | |||
| 11:30-11:45 a.m. | |||
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | |||
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH | CAST Basement | |
| 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Open Laboratory Visits | ||
| Center for Stable Isotopes | PAIS 1315 | ||
| Syed Lab | CAST 207 | ||
| Salinas Lab | CAST 2564 | ||
| Takacs-Vesbach Lab | CAST 3517 | ||
| Cook Lab | CAST 157, 159 | ||
| 1:00–2:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION I | CAST 1st Floor & Basement | |
| TBA | |||
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION II | CAST 1st Floor & Basement | |
| TBA | |||
| 3:00-3:30 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK | CAST Greenhouse | |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | SEMINAR - Dr. Nandita Garud | SMLC 102 | |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | SCHOLARSHIPS + AWARDS CEREMONY | SMLC 102 | |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. | RECEPTION | SMLC Lobby | |
| 6:30 p.m. | BOSQUE BREWING SOCIAL | 106 Girard Blvd SE |
