Save the Date: 17th annual SC INBRE Science Symposium – Sat, Feb 21, USC Columbia

2026 Agenda – Sat, Feb 21

Page updated Dec 1, 2025

For more info, contact:

Cyndy Buckhaults, SC INBRE Communications Manager

8:30 am

Symposium Check-In
Poster Sessions set up
Check-in is located outside of the Theater. See Abstracts page for poster locations.

Limited take and go breakfast items available. Beverage Service (coffee, tea, cocoa, water) available all day in Lounge area (204).

9 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Theater
Dr. Edie Goldsmith, SC INBRE PI/Program Director

SC INBRE State of the Program and Program Information, Theater
You will not want to miss the important information and introductions in this session

Session Includes:
A word from our Program Evaluation Team, Pam Gillam, University of South Carolina Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) Director

Meet our NEW Data Science Core personnel – Drs. Banky Olatosi and Jiajia Zhang, USC Arnold School of Public Health

Updates on SC INBRE Funding (LOIs/Funding Mechanisms)

9:20 am

3-Minute Madness Student Flash Talks, Theater

Introduced by Dr. Holly LaVoie, SC INBRE Program Coordinator

Talks are a strict 3 minutes. The extra two minutes of each slot is to allow for transitioning between presenters.

9:25 am – Talk 1 Presenter, Institution
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9:30 am – Talk 2 Presenter, Institution
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9:35 am – Talk 3 Presenter, Institution
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9:40 am – Talk 4 Presenter, Institution
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9:45 am – Talk 5 Presenter, Institution
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9:50 am – Talk 6 Presenter, Institution
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9:55 am – Talk 7 Presenter, Institution
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10 am – Talk 8 Presenter, Institution
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10:05 am – Talk 9 Presenter, Institution
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10:10 am – Talk 10 Presenter, Institution
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10:15 am

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby

Poster Session 1, Ballroom (overflow to Rooms 203 and 205)
ODD numbered posters will present in this session (and removed immediately after the session is over)

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

11:45 am

Lunch, Ballroom

Pick up boxed lunches from Lounge 202. Check your name tag for table number assignment.

EVEN numbered posters to be hung during the lunch break.

12:45 pm

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby

Poster Session 2, Ballroom (over flow to Rooms 203 and 205)
EVEN numbered posters will present in this session

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

NEW! Concurrent 30-minute Research Talk Sessions

2:15 pm, Theatre

Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering OR Selected Topic, Theater

Three talks – either a combination of long and short or three of the same length depending on speakers

2:15 pm – Talk 1 Presenter, Institution
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Time TBD – Talk 2 Presenter, Institution
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