SIVB Student and Post Doc Oral & Poster Presentation Competitions

SIVB is pleased to announce that the Post Doctoral and Graduate Student Oral Presentation Competitions will be held during this year’s Congress. SIVB believes that fostering the growth and professional development of its members to enhance their careers, including graduate students and post docs, is essential to the continuing success of any organization. These competitions are held during the congress to encourage the development of those members just establishing their careers. When you submit your abstract, you will have the ability to inform us that you want to compete in these events.
Students and Post Docs wishing to enter should submit a copy of their title and abstract to no later than February 11, 2012 to the competition coordinator, check that option when you submit your abstract online, or note it in your cover letter with your hard copy submission. Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged electronically to the submitting student or post doc by your coordinator.

• Judging Criteria

  • Experimental design
  • Data analysis
  • Proper interpretation of the results
  • Originality of the study
  • Technical difficulty
  • Appearance and ability of the presenter to explain it.
  Student or Post Doc Animal-focused researchers should submit their abstracts to Dr. Lia Campbell at lcampbell@celltissuesystems.com
• Student Plant-focused researchers should submit their abstracts to Dr. Sukhpreet Sandhu at sandhu.uga@gmail.com
• Post Doc Plant-focused researchers should submit their abstracts to Dr. Hong Luo at HLUO@clemson.edu

Competition finalists will be selected based on the quality of the abstracts. The abstract should address the following: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Discussion and Conclusions. Where appropriate, the methods section should include a description of how reproducible results were ensured. The abstract must not include references. The abstract text must not exceed 1800 characters.

A panel of judges will evaluate the student and post doctoral presentations to be announced before the congress. Criteria are experimental design, data analysis, proper interpretation of the results, originality of the study, technical difficulty, appearance and ability of the student to explain it. Winners will be presented with a certificate and a cash award at the Congress.

DEADLINE to submit your abstract for the SIVB Oral Presentation Competition is February 11, 2012.