Welcome to the 2022 Eastern New York ASM Trainee Symposium

The ENYASM Trainee Symposium provides microbiology trainees with an opportunity to present their work to a network of peers. The 2022 symposium is scheduled for Thursday evening and all day Friday, March 24-25, 2022 and will be fully virtual and free to attend. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to apply to give poster presentations and/or talks.

The symposium will kick off on Thursday, March 24th with a welcome session and a career panel of microbiologists from government, industry, and clinical labs.

The full symposium will be held on Friday, March 25th and feature trainee talks and posters. We are excited to announce that Georgiana Purdy, Ph.D. from Oregon Health & Science University will give a keynote address on the role of transporters in Mycobacteria tuberculosis cell wall biosynthesis, virulence and non-replicating persistence.

We are also pleased to announce that this symposium will include a special session on scientific communication. This session will be guest hosted by the University at Albany chapter of Scientista and feature Maddie Sofia Ph.D., a freelance science journalist/communicator and former host of the NPR podcast "Shortwave".  

Questions related to this event can be directed to enyscasm@gmail.com.

Attendee registration is now CLOSED

Applications are CLOSED 

To apply, fill out the form below by March 11th, 2022.

Live talks will be limited to 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes allotted for questions.  The poster session format is TBD.

The best talks and poster presentations of the day will be determined by a panel of judges and eligible for awards and prizes. Separate awards and prizes will also be distributed for presentations given in the women in science special session.