GSBS Research Expo 2025
The third annual GSBS Research Expo will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 1-5pm on campus in the Health Education Center. The expo provides an opportunity for GSBS predocs, postdocs, and medical students participating in GSBS training programs to present their research, network with faculty and trainees from across the UTMB campus, attend the keynote talk by Dr. Jacob Robinson, and gain information about available trainee resources. Incoming students are encouraged to attend meet their GSBS peers and learn more about research on campus.
Please use the Registration Link to register/RSVP today!
Registration/RSVP Deadlines:
- Poster Registration Deadline: September 26th
- All Other Attendees RSVP Deadline: October 8th
Poster Submission Instructions
All GSBS students, postdocs, and medical students working in GSBS labs are invited to present a poster. Please click the following Registration Link to register your poster.
Trainees preparing a poster are encouraged to use the UTMB templates (including ones with the GSBS logo) available through BioRender. To view these templates, sign in to BioRender here and click “Posters” (under "BioRender Templates" tab). Use of BioRender is FREE to anyone on the UTMB campus! Simply log in using your UTMB credentials and you will have access to this amazing software that allows you to create beautiful posters, figures, and more!
GSBS Research Expo Schedule | |
Location: Health Education Center, First Floor 1.200/1.202 | |
Time | Activity |
12:00-1:00pm | Table/Poster Set-up |
1:00-2:00pm | Poster Session A and Informational Tables |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Poster Session B and Informational Tables |
3:15-4:30pm | Dean's Lecture |
| 4:30-5:00pm | Reception & Awards Ceremony |
Additional Information
GSBS Dean's Lecture Keynote Speaker
Jacob Robinson, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO, Motif Neurotech, Inc.
Professor, Rice University
Talk Title: "Therapeutic Brain Computer Interfaces: Concept to Clinic"
Dr. Jacob Robinson is the co-founder and CEO of Motif Neurotech, a company developing neurotechnology to treat and track mental illness, and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell and completed his postdoc at Harvard. Prior to founding Motif, Jacob led a research group at Rice University for 12 years, publishing over 60 peer-reviewed papers in top journals like Nature and Science. His lab's innovations in brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and bioelectronics attracted over $40 million in federal and private funding. Although now leading Motif full-time, Jacob remains a professor at Rice. His work has earned him the Charles Duncan Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, and the Materials Today Rising Star Award. He previously co-chaired the IEEE Brain Initiative and is a senior member of IEEE and IEEE EMBS. Motif Neurotech aims to pioneer psychiatric BCI technologies under his leadership.
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