Research in Progress Seminar Series

The Research in Progress seminar series gives graduate students an opportunity to present their on-going work in an informal setting and provides them with a platform to exchange ideas and discuss science. It is not a platform where students are evaluated, however, audience members are welcome to provide informal feedback.. MSc 2+ and PhD 5+ students are excluded from this schedule to allow newly admitted students to present. 

The Research in Progress seminar series is compulsory for graduate students. It is open to all members of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology including faculty, academic staff, post-docs, graduate students, and selected undergraduate students.  The PIs and mentors of the students presenting are highly encouraged to attend the seminars. Other PIs are also encouraged to attend the seminar series as it is a way to show the students that their contribution to research is valued.

Material presented at Research in Progress and PhD seminars that is unpublished should not be reproduced in any form. It should be treated as personal communications and should be cited as such only with the consent of the author(s). Please note that photography or video/audio recording of oral presentations is strictly prohibited except with the advance permission of the author(s). Any discussion via social media platforms of material presented during Research in Progress or PhD seminars requires explicit permission from the presenting author(s).

The schedule can be viewed on the Seminars page. If a student has a scheduling conflict and is unavailable to present or chair on the scheduled date, it is their responsibility to switch dates with another student and then inform the gradstudentaffairs.acb [at] mcgill.ca (GPC.) 

Presentation Format:

  • 15-20 minute (max) presentation + 10 minutes questions
  • Should include background, rationale and significance of project. Results, analysis and interpretation. Discussion and future directions

Meeting Chair:

The student who is assigned as the chair is there to lead the meeting in order for it to run smoothly. The meeting chair will be responsible for the following:

  • Introduce the presenters (name, lab, degree year, title /type of presentation, anything else that is relevant)
  • Remind audience that photography or video/audio recording of oral presentations is strictly prohibited except with the advance permission of the author(s). Any discussion via social media platforms of material presented during Research in Progress requires explicit permission from the presenting author(s).
  • Ensure the seminar proceeds in a timely and efficient manner, and that it does not exceed the maximum length of time.
  • Mediate the question period (priority should be given to questions from students and postdocs)
  • Prepare at least one question in advance should there be no questions from the audience
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