Markey Cancer Center Research Day Call for Abstracts - 2019

Discover the latest advances in cancer research by submitting your abstracts and attending Markey Cancer Center Research Day on May 7, 2019.

UK researchers – students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty and staff – have the opportunity to share their work in an atmosphere of learning and collaboration through several avenues such as:

Poster sessions
Oral presentations (invited)
Luncheon
State of the Cancer Center Address
Susan B. Lester Memorial Lecture, presented by Ned Sharpless, MD, Director of the National Cancer Institute.

Prizes are awarded to graduate students and to post-doctoral fellows for the best posters in categories such as basic science, clinical, translational, population-based and more.

In addition to the poster competition, the judges select an abstract from one graduate student, one post-doctoral fellow and one junior faculty member to be presented during the oral presentations.

Guidelines for the preparation and submission of abstracts are available here: Abstract Submission Guidelines.

Questions? Contact the event coordinator via email: terry.keys@uky.edu

Deadline for the Call for Abstracts is Noon, March 12.

REGISTRATION

Markey Cancer Center Research Day is free to University of Kentucky students, faculty and staff -- as well as to Markey Affiliates, official exhibitors/sponsors, Patient Advisory Group members, and guests from the University of Louisville. A registration fee of $20 applies to registrants not affliated with UK or UK HealthCare.