8th Yale Postdoc Symposium Program
8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:30 – 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony Chairs: Jacob Orkwis and Adati Tarfa |
8:45 – 9:15 AM |
Session 1 Presentations Chair: Gizem Nur Sahin Kayabolen |
9:15 – 9:45 AM |
Session 2 Presentations Chair: Jon Bell |
9:45 – 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
10:15 – 11:20 AM |
Session 3 Presentations Chair: Chetna Dhembla |
11:20 – 12:00 PM |
Session 4 Presentations Chair: Nebal Abu Hussein |
12:00 – 2:00 PM | Lunch & Poster Session |
2:00 – 3:00 PM |
Session 5 Presentations Chair: Cameron Gardner |
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Title IX Fireside Chat & Coffee Break |
3:30 – 5:00 PM |
Panel: The Pivot: Stories of transition from academia to industry Moderator: Montrell Seay, PhD, Senior Associate Director of STEM Employer Relations, Office of Career Strategy (OCS) |
5:00 – 6:00 PM |
Keynote Address: Don’t panic and always carry a towel - lessons from my accidental career Speaker: Naftali Kaminski, MD (Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine) Session Hosts: Jacob Orkwis, Adati Tarfa |
6:00 – 6:30 PM |
Cultural Performances Session Host: Dilpreet Kour “Pearls & Jade Within: A Vocal Odyssey of Science, Art & Self Discovery” by Haoyang Wei “Mysterious waves: the sound that changes you” by Sajad Nezhadian “An unplugged Sufi-Rock Rendition” by Shubham Misra “Swungover with Yale Swing, Blues & Fusion (YBSF)” by YBSF “Fragments of a Familiar Tune” by Namrata Sethi “Tangled in Tango” by Tiffany Chang & Michelle Wong |
6:30 – 7:15 PM | Reception: Awards and Closing Remarks |
7:30 PM | After-party at Gryphon’s Pub |
The 2025 Yale Postdoctoral Symposium was organized by:
Jacob Orkwis, PhD (Co-coordinator YPA 2025 symposium committee)
Adati Tarfa, PharmD, MS, PhD (Co-coordinator YPA 2025 symposium committee)
Anubha Seth, PhD (Events sub-committee leader)
Danielle Sohai, PhD (Judging sub-committee leader)
Eunate Gallardo, PhD (Scheduling sub-committee leader)
Nicole Demarais, MD (Communications sub-committee co-lead)
Adina MacMahon Copas, PhD (Communications sub-committee co-lead)
Other Members: Dilpreet Kour PhD, Nebal Abu Hussein PhD, Tommaso Volpi PhD, Cameron Gardner PhD, Adina MacMahon Copas PhD, Gizem Nur Sahin Kayabolen PhD, Jon Bell PhD, Jamison Leid PhD, Jiayi Xu PhD, Parvaneh Rastgou PhD, Chetna Dhembla, PhD.
The committee also thanks our abstract and poster judges for their invaluable contributions to this programming.
Abstract titles for talk sessions can be viewed below.
We hope you enjoy the symposium!