{"id":80354,"date":"2022-09-14T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=80354"},"modified":"2022-09-14T21:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T01:50:53","slug":"conference-to-highlight-math-and-science-grad-student-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/09\/conference-to-highlight-math-and-science-grad-student-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference to highlight Math and Science grad student research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vast and varied body of graduate student research in Brock\u2019s Faculty of Mathematics and Science (FMS) will be on display for the University community Friday, Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

Created by Graduate Math and Science students (GRAMSS<\/a>), the FMS GRaD Conference<\/a> is an opportunity for student researchers to share their work and interact with their peers and other interested parties from across campus.<\/p>\n

The inaugural event, hosted and sponsored by the Faculty, takes place in Pond Inlet starting at 9:30 a.m. Presentation sessions will be held in the surrounding classrooms. For a full schedule, visit the event\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to monetary and honorary awards presented to select student researchers, the event will also see students chosen to receive the Norgen Rising Star Awards, generously sponsored by Norgen Bioteck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For GRAMSS Co-Presidents Melanie Denomme, a PhD student in Biological Sciences, and Noah Xiao, a PhD student in Biotechnology, the genesis of the conference was to create and solidify the feeling of community between graduate students and the Brock community.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor new or aspiring graduate students, this conference will be a great way to introduce yourself to your peers and faculty, and to get to know Brock as a research institution,\u201d Denomme said.<\/p>\n

Presentations on a wide variety of research topics will give students the opportunity to learn interdisciplinary connections to their own areas of study. The day will also include Faculty trivia that aims to test and surprise attendees, as well as light food and refreshments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created the conference to give graduate students who missed these types of opportunities because of the pandemic other chances to present their work,\u201d said Denomme.<\/p>\n

FMS GRaD Conference will allow students to meet faculty they have not yet met and offer a chance to get to know other faculty members better. Networking is important for success in graduate school, and conferences are a premiere place to refine these skills. Denomme said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conference is a friendly and welcoming environment, and we would love to see attendees chatting and socializing during all the refreshment breaks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For seasoned graduate students, the conference provides a space to mark their research journey and recognize the hard work and dedication they have shown in furthering science.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hoping to alleviate students who are feeling imposter syndrome by creating a space to feel part of a community going through the same things,\u201d said Denomme.<\/p>\n

\u201cXiao and I wouldn’t have been able to make the conference happen without the support of the rest of GRAMSS, notably PhD in Biological Sciences student and Vice-President of Communications Danilo Giacometti, Research Associate \u2013 PhD Katharine Yagi, and Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences Kiyoko Gotanda,\u201d said Denomme\u00a0 \u201cThe support of FMS and the Office of the Vice-President, Research was also integral to the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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