BioDiscovery and Advanced Environmental Research EXPO 2025
BioDiscovery and Advanced Environmental Research EXPO 2025
The Biodiscovery Institute and Advanced Environmental Research Institute will host
their first joint Research EXPO on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The Research EXPO team will be accepting poster and talk submissions to recognize ongoing high-impact, innovative, and educational research by students
(undergrad and grad), post-doc, and faculty/staff. The poster/talk networking session
will serve as an opportunity to celebrate our diverse researchers at BDI and AERI,
make meaningful connections, and highlight various departments and colleges within
BDI and AERI. Please review the requirements below if you are interested in submitting
an abstract to be considered for a poster or talk. For any questions, please email EXPO Committee
Chair Yashu Vashishath(yashu.vashishath@unt.edu), or the EXPO Committee at BDI-EXPO@unt.edu.
We need ALL attendees and participants (poster and talk) to register for data collection
purposes.
Richard A. Dixon is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of
Biological Sciences, University of North Texas. He also holds adjunct professorships
at the University of Missouri at Columbia and Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.
He was Distinguished Professor and Samuel Roberts Noble Research Chair, Senior Vice
President and Founding Director of the Plant Biology Division at the Samuel Roberts
Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, where he worked from 1988-2013. He received his
Bachelors’ and Doctoral degrees in Biochemistry and Botany from the University of
Oxford, UK, and postdoctoral training in Plant Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge,
UK. He was awarded the Doctor of Science degree for his research achievements by the
University of Oxford in 2004. His research has centered on the biochemistry, molecular
biology and metabolic engineering of plant natural product pathways and their implications
for agriculture and human health, and the engineering of lignocellulosic biomass for
the improvement of forages and feedstocks for the bioeconomy. He has published over
540 papers and chapters on these and related topics in international journals, which
have been cited over 100,000 times. Professor Dixon is a Fellow of the Royal Society
of London (elected in 2018), Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (elected
in 2007), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected
in 2003), Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (elected in 2014), and Fellow
of the American Society of Plant Biologists (elected in 2018) and has been named by
the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the 10 most cited authors in the
plant and animal sciences. He was President of the American Society of Plant Biologists
(2015-16) and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society B.
Schedule (EESAT ATRIUM)
Tuesday May 13th 9am-1pm: Student Workshop sponsored by COS Career Coaches
Resume and CV's Personal Branding Interviewing skills Lunch included
Wednesday May 14th: BDI/AERI Research EXPO
8:00 - 9:00AM Breakfast/Poster Preview
9:00 - 9:15AM Welcome Address
9:15 - 10:45AM BDI and AERI Member Research Talks
10:45 - 11:00AM Break
11:00 - 12:30PM Poster Sessions
12:30 - 1:15PM Lunch
1:15 - 2:30PM Career Panel Discussion
2:30 - 3:00PM Break
3:00 - 3:45PM Keynote Lecture
3:45 - 4:30PM Closing Comments/Awards
4:30 - 5:30PM Mixer
**Poster take down will be between 2-4pm on Thursday May, 15th**
T-Shirt Design Contest
Guidelines for Submission
All students, staff, and faculty associated with BDI and AERI are welcome to enter
a submission.
Include both the institutes' acronyms (AERI and BDI) in the design.
Please represent BDI and AERI research in your design submission
Designs must be able to be printed in white on a gray color T-shirt.
The design should reflect the spirit of the conference and incorporate elements relevant
to our theme: sustainability to the next generation.
Submission files must be in high-resolution digital format in .pdf, .jpeg, .png, or
.svg format.
After submission of the abstract, the Research Expo Team will contact you with next steps regarding printing and presentation
guideline and expectations.
Presentation Guidlines
Poster
You will be responsible for printing your own poster. You will be given 36'' of space
on the screen flex board
You may create your poster in 36” x 24” or 24” x 36”. Other sizes will be welcome
with committee permission. Submit your request at the time of abstractsubmission.
Oral Presentation
Talks are 12 min +3 min questions (15min total)
All presenters should use PowerPoint to create their presentation (.pptx format).
Widescreen projectors will be used in all meeting rooms. PowerPoints should be formatted
in 16:9 aspect ratio.
For presentations created on an Apple computer, please be aware of the following:
Videos: QuickTime formats such as .mov are not native to Windows computers. Please
convert videos to .mp4.
Animations: Use simple entry animation effects such as: fly in/out, appear and dissolve.
Fonts: Use common fonts. Pre-installed and custom fonts will not translate properly
on a Windows machine.
Keynote: If creating your presentation in Keynote, please Export as .pptx.