19th LBRN Annual Meeting
Event Date: February 12-13, 2021
Deadline: Completed
Location: Virtual Meeting
About
We are very proud that in-spite of the unprecedented pandemic LBRN investigators and students have been carrying out active research in a responsible and safe manner. This is an open meeting and all are welcome, there is no registration fee. We invite the biomedical researchers from all over the state to participate.
Each year the LBRN program has an annual meeting in which program participants, committee members and administrators meet to review individual research accomplishments and to discuss the overall program activity. Summer research faculty and graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to present their LBRN sponsored research, and talks are scheduled to highlight sponsored research projects from partnered campuses across the state.
Oral Presenters: LBRN Translational Project PIs, INBRE COBRE Collaboration Project PIs, Supplemental Project PIs, Full Project PIs, LBRN Graduate Students, and invited guests.
Poster Sessions: All projects currently funded by the LBRN, all projects that were part of the no-cost extension (NCE) ending August 18, 2020, Summer Graduate students are required to submit an abstract to participate in the poster session. LBRN Undergraduate Summer students and all biomedical researchers within the state of Louisiana are invited to submit abstracts. Poster abstract submission form will be sent after your registration.
Speakers

AREA – R15 Overview
Alexandra Ainsztein, Ph.D
National institute of General Medical Science
Program Director in Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Alexandra Ainsztein, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Panel discussion
Eduardo Martinez-Ceballos, Ph.D
Southern University Baton Rouge
Professor Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Eduardo Martinez-Ceballos, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Panel discussion
Hector Biliran, Ph.D
Xavier University of Louisiana
Professor Department of Biology
Hector Biliran, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Panel discussion
Kevin E. Riley, Ph.D
Xavier University of Louisiana
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Kevin E. Riley, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Panel discussion
Sanjay Batra, Ph.D
Southern University - Baton Rouge
Professor of Environmental Toxicology
Sanjay Batra, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Panel discussion
Seetharama Jois, Ph.D
Univerity of Louisiana at Monroe
Professor at the School Basic Pharm & Toxicol Sci
Seetharama Jois, Ph.D Event Flyer

AREA - R15 Grants Session Chair
Samithamby Jeyaseelan (Jey), Ph.D
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM)
Dr. William L. Jenkins Endowed Professor and Director of COBRE Center for Lung Biology and Disease
Samithamby Jeyaseelan (Jey), Ph.D Event Flyer

Keynote Talk
Ram Samudrala, Ph.D
University at Buffalo
Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Ram Samudrala, Ph.D Event Flyer
Program
Agenda
When & Where
This year’s meeting is being held on February 12-13 via a virtual format. The virtual meeting information will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.
Deadlines
- Attendance Registration: Open Registration
- Presentation & Poster Abstract Submission: Extended: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Presentations
Poster Presentations
All projects currently funded by the LBRN, all projects that were part of the no-cost extension (NCE) ending August 18, 2020, Summer Graduate students, LBRN funded students and other biomedical researchers in the state are required or invited (as appropriate) to submit an abstract to participate in the LBRN Poster Session.
- the summary of presentations.
- Digital Poster platform for creating a poster.
- Abstracts for the poster presentations will be printed in the program.
- The poster abstract cannot exceed 2000 characters.
- Please avoid using scientific notation and special characters in your abstract.
- The abstract submission form will be emailed to you after your event registration has been completed.
Poster Presentations
LBRN Translational Project PIs, INBRE COBRE Collaboration Project PIs, Supplemental Project PIs, Full Project PIs, LBRN Graduate Students, and invited guests: The presentation abstract submission form will be emailed to project PI’s. The abstract cannot exceed 2000 characters. Abstracts for research presentations will be printed in the digital LBRN Annual Meeting Program.
Oral Research Presenter Guidelines
Below are the details for your oral presentations (please see the agenda for the assigned time) at the Annual Meeting. Please see the agenda for your project presentation time and duration. As indicated, in the suggested presentation outline below, this presentation is different from a presentation normally made at a research meeting and must be designed to summarize your project and what has been accomplished.
The research presentation should include the following:
Project Title (1 Slide)
- Mentee
- Name and Institution
- Mentor
- Name and Institution
Goals (1-2 Slides)
Overall Goals and Specific Aims of your project
Hypotheses (1 Slide)
Hypotheses investigated during the past 12 months
Summary: Experimental Approach/Results (2-3 Slides)
Brief summary of Experimental approach/es and results accomplished during the past 12 months
Impediments & Solutions (1 Slide)
Did you encounter any impediments in accomplishing your project? If so, what steps did you take to overcome this?
Next Steps (1-2 Slides)
What are the next steps in your research?
Project progress (1 Slide)
Summarize measurable accomplishments such as papers, abstracts, grants submitted or funded, and students trained. Address how does this fit within the overall time line for the project.
Future (optional slides)
How your project will lead into the area of Clinical Translational Research and Community Based Participatory Research?
Acknowledgements (1 slide)
Acknowledgements
Presentation Requirements
- Note the type of platform and file type you are sending (i.e. Windows/Powerpoint, OS X (Mac)/Powerpoint, OS X (Mac)/Keynote, etc.)
- Include any images/movies/etc. into the presentation file (i.e. make sure they are embedded if you referenced external files).
- Use the standard typefaces on your system.
- An emailed link will be provided to upload your presentation so that we have a copy of your presentation for the EAC.
Event Media
Registration
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