2025 Watanabe Symposium in Chemical Biology and Inaugural Undergraduate Chemical Biology Symposium

March 24, 2025

Friday, April 11, 2025: Click here for more details. This symposium is being held in conjunction with the Watanabe Symposium the next day. IU Chemistry will host undergraduate researchers and their mentors for an afternoon of activities. These include four invited presentations from faculty at three PUIs and our own Ben Burlingham (formerly of the University of Mount Union in Ohio), a poster session, a facility and campus tour and pizza! 

Please encourage your graduate trainees to attend this new symposium all or in part, particularly those interested in an academic career at a predominantly undergraduate institution (PUI).  We hope that some fraction of the undergraduate students and their mentors will stay for Watanabe and learn more about our program in Chemical Biology here. IU undergraduates in QCB trainer labs are also welcome to put up posters!  There is no registration for this event.  Just come!

Saturday, April 12, 2025: see this page for details (this will continue to be updated). Please encourage members of your group to attend the talks and lunch and the poster session!  You must register for the symposium so that we have head count for lunch, and poster count estimate.  Click to register here (you may be prompted to restart your registration if you have previously registered). The QCB Ambassadors, Averi McFarland (avemcfar@iu.edu) and Andrew Bach (acbach@iu.edu) will again organize the lunchtime poster and poster awards session.  Reach out to Averi or Andrew with questions!