Special Events

There are many “extras” built into the curriculum.

In addition to attending Journal Club and having daily access to their advisors, our students enjoy academically oriented special events, both on and off campus.

Charles R. Ross PhD Research Poster Day

This annual event allows students from all four colleges at SUNY Upstate to share their research findings with each other and with the public.

Biomedical Sciences Research Retreat

This day-long retreat in the Finger Lakes region celebrates research accomplishments at Upstate with faculty and student presentations and poster sessions.

Neurofest

This two-day event sponsored by the Neuroscience program includes a poster session and symposium featuring neuroscience research from throughout central New York.

SCID-HU Mouse Models Cconference

This annual spring meeting, hosted by the Microbiology and Immunology Department, highlights the latest research utilizing humanized severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mouse models of viral disease and cancer.

Distinguished Guest Speakers

SUNY Upstate students have a standing invitation to the special lectures and presentations on campus. Recent guest lecturers have included:

Linda Bartoshuk, PhD Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Florida
Paul D. Boyer, PhD Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles; 1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Patrick O. Brown, MD, PhD Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Edward Egelman, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia
Jeffrey Friedman, PhD Professor, Rockefeller University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gary J Gorbsky, PhD WH and Betty Phelps Chair in Developmental Biology; Program Head, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Research Program, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center