We hope you can join us for the upcoming Mays Cancer Center Annual Research Symposium to be held virtually on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 8:00 AM- 3:00 PM.

The theme of this year’s retreat is “Cancer and Aging” and we are excited to announce we will have three invited keynote speakers, in addition to internal speakers selected from abstract submission or by Cancer Center leadership. Agenda pending and will update as it becomes final.

There will also be a trainee competition (in place of traditional poster session) where predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at UT Health San Antonio, whose mentors are cancer center members (either full or associate), will showcase their cancer research projects. Projects presented must be cancer-related, but do not necessarily have to be related to the symposium theme. Judging will be conducted by a panel of Mays Cancer Center members during the symposium and awards presented for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in both predoctoral and postdoctoral categories. Only students and postdoctoral fellows (both basic and clinical) are eligible for awards. 

Agenda

Registration

No Fee

There is no fee to register to attend the 2021 Mays Cancer Center Annual Research Symposium. 

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Call for Abstracts

Background:

A highlight of the symposium will be a trainee competition. Predoctoral and postdoctoral students/fellows can showcase their cancer research projects. Only abstracts/e-posters that are cancer-related will be accepted. Faculty interested in presenting their research are also invited to submit an abstract.

Submission instructions: 

Presenters are required to submit an abstract no later than Monday, November 30, 2020.  Please submit abstracts via email.

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  • The abstract should be no longer than one page, with one-inch margins
  • Use 12-point Arial font 
  • The first line should indicate the presenter category: predoctoral student or postdoctoral fellow or faculty.
  • The abstract should include a title, list of authors and department/division affiliation.
  • The body of the abstract should include background/introduction, methods, results and conclusion/significance/impact.

Poster instructions:

If your abstract is accepted, you will be responsible for developing a PowerPoint presentation (no more than 6 slides) using the following general rules and guidelines:

  • The first slide of the poster should feature the title of the project/program, the principal investigator and any other contributors
  • The content of the poster should be divided into appropriate sections (i.e., background/introduction, aims, methods, data/results, conclusions, significance/impact, etc.)
  • Include illustrations if possible – figures, tables, color photographs, charts
  • Font used should be Arial and should be large enough to be easily read. 
  • All presentations  should note which grant(s) and core(s) supported the research presented on title slide

Important Dates:

  • Call for Abstracts Opens: Monday, October 26, 2020.
  • Call for Abstracts Closes: Monday, November 30, 2020  (emails must be received by 5:00 p.m. CST)
  • Poster Presenters Notified: Friday, December 18, 2020

This symposium is supported by the Mays Cancer Center of UT Health San Antonio through the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA054174).

The symposium is organized by the Mays Cancer Center Education Committee with help from Research Administration Staff.

For more information, please contact Lori Moctezuma by email.

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