Presentations

Samuel Okyem presenting on “Unusual Neuropeptide Modification in the Nervous System of Mammals; Investigating Potential Isomers of Galanin” at the Fifth International Conference on D-Amino Acid Research (IDAR2022), where he won the Outstanding Poster Award.

Our trainees present their research at academic conferences, meetings, and seminars. Find videos of their presentations from the 2022 MBM Retreat here.

National and International conferences include, but are not limited to:

  • American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting
  • American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectometry and Allied Topics
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting
  • BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference
  • Cellular Molecular Bioengineering Conference (CMBE)
  • Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference (IEEE EMBS MNMC)
  • Emergent Behavior of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS) Annual Retreat
  • International Conference on D-Amino Acid Research (IDAR2022)
  • International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting
  • International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE Photonics West)
  • Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting
  • Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS)
  • NSF-NRT Annual Meeting
  • Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon Conference & Expo)
  • Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
  • Society for Research on Biological Rhythms biennial conference
  • Society of Women Engineers Conference
  • Turkey Run Analytical Chemistry Conference
Jorge Maldonado at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2019
Jorge Maldonado at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2019
Amanda Weiss presenting at the Illinois Molecular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Seminar, 2019
Amanda Weiss presenting at the Illinois Molecular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Seminar, 2019

In addition to their presentations through the MBM Program course and annual retreat, trainees also present locally via graduate research seminars, retreats, competitions, public school outreach, and other university-based opportunities.