22nd Annual Dept. of Immunology Scientific Retreat

September 26-27,2024 (click on the links below for additional information)

 

RETREAT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -
 
Roberta Erickson
Alok Joglekar, PhD
Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD
 
Rylee Cisney - Graduate Student, St. Leger Lab
Andrew Frisch - Graduate Student, Delgoffe Lab
Drew Wilfahrt - Postdoctoral Associate, Delgoffe Lab
 

SPONSORS -

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

TBD

Academic Affiliation

Talk Title

INTERNAL SPEAKERS

ORAL PRESENTATIONS FROM SELECTED ABSTRACTS

Abstract Submission and Poster Sessions -

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES:

Timeline – Abstracts are due by Aug. 23, 2024. Abstracts are required if you plan to participate in the poster session and/or be considered for an oral presentation and must be emailed to Roberta Ericikson at ericksn@pitt.edu by the due date. Please also indicate your plans on the registration form.

Eligibility – Graduate students, postdocs, clinical fellows (or equivalent), and technicians.

Scoring – The Retreat Organizing Committee will select five abstracts for oral presentation at the 2024 Retreat. Selections will be made from the Graduate Student (YR4+), Postdoc/Research Associate, MID Scholar, and Lab Staff submissions who have indicated that they would like to be considered.  They will give 10 minute presentations plus 5 minutes for Q&A. 

Format – Abstracts should not exceed 250 words in length. This does not include the title, authors or funding source (optional).  Abstract should be a one-page pdf document less than 4 MB in size. The following information must be included at the top of the document:

  • NAME OF PRESENTING AUTHOR
  • EMAIL
  • LAB AFFILIATION
  • CLASSIFICATION: Graduate Student (YR1-3), Graduate Student (YR4+), Postdoc/Research Associate, Faculty, Lab Staff, Other (please identify), MID Scholar
  • CONSIDER FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION: YES or NO

NOTE: ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR POSTER AWARDS.

 

POSTER GUIDELINES: 

As indicated above, abstracts must be submitted by Aug. 23 if you plan to participate in the poster sessions. Please indicate your plan to do so when registering.

Posters will be judged based on the quality of the Subject Matter, Presentation and Poster Display. First place posters in the Graduate Student (YR4+) and Postdoc/Research Associate categories will be invited to present at the 2024 Retreat.

Poster sessions will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings, September 26 and 27. Posters will be assigned numbers, with the odd numbers presenting on Thursday morning and the even numbers presenting in the Friday morning session. Presenters will be required to put their posters up the morning of their session and to remove their posters at the end of the day.

NOTE: THE POSTER BOARDS WILL BE SMALLER THIS YEAR, SO THE DIMENSIONS OF POSTERS CANNOT EXCEED 3’ x 3’. Pins and numbers will be provided.