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Research symposium

From research question to researcher.

How the day ran
  1. 1FirstPresentations openStudents take the room through their projects.
  2. 2ThenPoster sessionBoards on display for close reading.
  3. 3MiddayGuest lectureA working researcher on preterm birth.
  4. 4BreakLunchStudents, families and judges together.
  5. 5AfternoonJudgingLive questions from the panel.
  6. 6CloseCeremony and awardsThe Academy closes on stage.
First

Presentations open.

Students take the room through their projects.

A student presenting at his poster board
A student standing beside his poster board
Three students beside their poster on a hydrogel for post-traumatic joint osteoarthritis
Two students with their poster on study settings for ADHD
A student walking visitors through his poster
Two students beside their poster on the ingredients in lung cancer drugs
Three students presenting their hydrogel project from the screen
Two students presenting their lung cancer project from the screen
Two students presenting their stem cell bone healing project
Then

Poster session.

Boards on display for close reading. Step through them, or open any poster full size.

Poster: the effect of computationally screened beta-catenin inhibitors on APC-mutant colorectal cancer
Poster: can boosting AQP4 clear the waste that causes Alzheimer's disease
Poster: correctors and potentiators for a broken channel in cystic fibrosis
Poster: can stem cells heal serious fractures better than the body alone
Poster: the effect of macrophage inhibitory factor on simulated inflammation
Midday

Guest lecture.

Between the poster session and lunch, a guest researcher spoke on how the bacterium Sneathia contributes to preterm birth.

The guest researcher presenting on how Sneathia causes preterm birth
The guest lecture on preterm premature rupture of membranes
Students listening during the guest lecture
Break

Lunch.

Students, families and judges together, between the morning presentations and the afternoon panel.

Students collecting pizza during the lunch break
The buffet line at midday
Students together at the lunch table
Afternoon

Judging.

Live questions from the panel. Judges came from different fields and scored two things: the research itself, and how clearly each student could explain and defend it.

A student presenting her ACL research to a judge
A student taking questions at her poster
A student presenting her gene expression project
ResearchCommunication QuestionsDefense
Close

Ceremony and awards.

Instructors, mentors and the FutureVitals officers who built the Academy closed the week on stage.

The FutureVitals team on stage for the closing ceremony
Instructors and officers at the podium to close the Academy
The closing address at the podium
Close

Awards.

The Research Academy Award Ceremony recognized standout work, and every student who finished the week.

Award winners with their medals
A first place certificate and medal
Two students with their honourable mention certificate
Third place, presented beside the winning poster
An award winner holding her poster
The full cohort with their certificates at the close of the day

More than an award.

Students arrived with very different levels of research experience. Five days later, each of them stood beside work they could explain, question, and call their own.

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