{"id":5400,"date":"2026-04-08T10:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:36:25","slug":"the-graduate-biosciences-society-research-symposium-for-2026-was-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/the-graduate-biosciences-society-research-symposium-for-2026-was-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Graduate Biosciences Society Research Symposium for 2026 was a success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5401 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n-300x219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n-1024x749.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n-768x562.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n-273x200.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/663111269_18513954316079741_3054135618055264725_n.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were honored to hear from two outstanding keynote speakers, Dr. Erica Pimenta (WIMS-hosted) and Dr. Dan Needleman (GBS-hosted), whose presentations were highlights of the day. We also heard talks from each Outstanding Student, and hosted a poster session!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all of our award winners:<\/p>\n<p>Poster Awards:<\/p>\n<p>1st: Zehra Demir (Sheybani Lab)<br \/>\n2nd: Claire Williams (Cowardin Lab)<br \/>\n3rd: Julia Zulawinska (Guler Lab)<\/p>\n<p>Community\u2019s Choice Poster Award (Sponsored by WIMS):<\/p>\n<p>Elina Zhou (Qi Lab)<br \/>\nClaire Williams (Cowardin Lab)<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Student Awardees:<\/p>\n<p>Anna Bartosik (Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Genetics, Wang Lab)<br \/>\nMatthew Hoch (Biomedical Engineering, Price Lab)<br \/>\nEmir Maldosevic (Biophysics, Jomaa Lab)<br \/>\nShelby Cain (Cell Biology, Hirschi Lab)<br \/>\nLuke Vass (MCBD\/Experimental Pathology, Fox\/Loughran Lab)<br \/>\nIan Liyayi (Microbiology, Criss Lab)<br \/>\nJosh Samuels (Neuroscience, Lukens Lab)<br \/>\nBena Chan (Pharmacology, Levental Lab)<br \/>\nRachel DeLancey (Physiology, Kuyumcu-Martinez Lab)<\/p>\n<p>GBS Leadership Award: Ariana Sabzevari<\/p>\n<p>Jill E. Hungerford Prize: Josh Samuels<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Emir Maldosevic<\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to everyone who attended, presented, and helped organize this amazing event, we couldn\u2019t have done it without you! Already looking forward to next year! \ud83d\udd2c\ud83e\uddea\ud83e\udd7c\ud83e\uddec<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5402\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/659081790_18513954325079741_1305824706343051242_n-300x221.jpeg\" alt=\"GBS 2026 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/659081790_18513954325079741_1305824706343051242_n-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/659081790_18513954325079741_1305824706343051242_n-1024x753.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/659081790_18513954325079741_1305824706343051242_n-768x565.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/04\/659081790_18513954325079741_1305824706343051242_n-272x200.jpeg 272w, 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Congratulations to all of our award winners: Poster Awards: 1st: Zehra Demir (Sheybani Lab) 2nd: Claire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2214,"featured_media":5401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24,4],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-5400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-research-highlights","tag-department-news"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Graduate Biosciences Society Research Symposium for 2026 was a success! - Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/the-graduate-biosciences-society-research-symposium-for-2026-was-a-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Graduate Biosciences Society Research Symposium for 2026 was a success! - Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We were honored to hear from two outstanding keynote speakers, Dr. Erica Pimenta (WIMS-hosted) and Dr. Dan Needleman (GBS-hosted), whose presentations were highlights of the day. 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