Registration Information
Participation
Sign-in and breakfast will be provided at 9:00 a.m. Judging will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.
Graduate Students in the UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience, and Rice University Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Psychology are eligible to submit an abstract to compete for an award. Past first place winners of UTHealth Houston GSBS are not eligible to receive a first place award but are still encouraged to present a poster.
Undergraduate Students in the Rice University Department of BioSciences are eligible to submit an abstract to compete for an award.
Postdoctoral Fellows in the laboratory of a UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research Center faculty member, Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience, and Rice University Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Psychology are eligible to submit an abstract to compete for an award.
Only one abstract as first author may be submitted for the competition. Faculty members, research scientists, residents and medical students are encouraged to display their neuroscience posters during the Poster Session but need to register in advance as space is limited.
Abstract Guidelines
Abstracts should be 2,300 characters, including punctuation but not spaces, and no images. Please include all authors (and their affiliations) who contributed to the work. All communication related to the abstract and event will be sent to the presenting author. Please email [email protected] if you would like examples or need general guidance with writing the abstract.
Boards
Poster boards are 5’8” (1.7m) wide and 3’8” (1.1m) high.
Poster numbers will be available the morning of the event at sign-in. Place your poster on the board number that matches your abstract number.
Set-up
Boards will be available for set-up starting at 9:00 am on Saturday, December 6th. Please arrive early as there will be many people checking in at the same time. Push pins will be available. Please take your poster down directly after the event or it may be discarded.
Judging and Awards
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will be judged separately and awarded separate prizes. Each poster will be judged by three different scientists. Undergraduate students will be judged twice.
Judging will end by 11:30 and presentations of awards will be at noon.
Validated parking is available on East Road, across the street from the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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Postdoctoral/Research Fellow Awards
First ($500), Second ($300), and Third ($200) place awards will be awarded independent of the school.
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Graduate Student Awards
First place awards will be given to one graduate student from each Department/Center. Second and third place awards will group all graduate student participants together and awards will be independent of the school.
Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience
First Place $1000Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering First Place ($1000)
Rice University Department of Psychological Sciences, Gertrude Maurin Cognitive Neuroscience Research Award, First Place ($1000)
UTHealth Houston Dee S. and Patricia Osborne Endowed Scholarship in the Neurosciences, First Place ($1000), Second Place ($600), Third Place ($400)
Independent of School: Second Place Prizes (2 awarded) $500 each
Independent of School: Third Place Prizes (2 awarded) $250 each
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Undergraduate Students
First ($250), Second ($150), and Third ($100) place prizes will be awarded to students in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University.
Past Poster Sessions
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Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience
Rice University, Departments of BioSciences, Psychological Sciences, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research CenterSaturday, December 7, 2024
9:30 A.M. – 12 Noon
UTHealth Houston Cooley University Life Center
7440 Cambridge St. Houston, Texas 77054Validated parking is available on East Road, across the street from the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry