Event Details
Event Title UNC Zebrafish Research Symposium
Location Bondurant G010
Sponsor Pathology and Lab Medicine
Date/Time 11/07/2025 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
For more information, contact the event administrator: Jiandong Liu jiandonl@email.unc.edu
 
Join us for the inaugural UNC Zebrafish Research Symposium, a multidisciplinary event highlighting innovative research using zebrafish as a model system. This full-day symposium will bring together researchers from UNC and beyond to share their discoveries and foster new collaborations. Our program features short research presentations from faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and students, as well as a keynote lecture by Dr. Victoria Bautch, a distinguished leader in vascular and developmental biology. Topics will encompass a range of areas, including developmental biology, neuroscience, regeneration, and inflammatory disease, highlighting the versatility of zebrafish as a model for studying human health and disease.

When and where -   The symposium will be held on Friday, November 7th from 9AM - 5PM in room G010 in the Bondurant Hall on UNC campus (321 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516).

Registration and abstract submission -  to register and/or submit an abstract for presentation please visit https://apps2.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm?event=events.go&key=C97C

Poster abstracts should include a title, all authors, and are limited to 250 words (not including the title and authors). Note that you will need to have your abstract on hand during the registration process and please indicate whether you wish to be considered for a limited number of oral presentations. Abstract submitters selected for oral presentations will be notified by October 20th. Poster board dimensions are 3ft high by 4ft wide.

Acknowledgements – We thank the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Department of Biology, the McAllister Heart Institute, and the UNC School of Medicine for supporting this event.

Agenda:

9:00 – 9:10 AM
Welcome and Introduction

9:10 – 10:50 AM
Morning Session: Short Talks
4-5 talks (15-minute presentation + 5-minute Q&A each)

10:50 – 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Keynote Presentation

12:00 – 1:30 PM
Lunch and Poster Session

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Afternoon Session: Short Talks
3–4 talks (15-minute presentation + 5-minute Q&A each)

2:30 – 2:45 PM
Awards and Closing Remarks