
The Annual Rutgers-wide Microbiology Symposium and the Theobald Smith Society Spring 2025 Symposium will be held back-to-back! Submit posters to both symposia and leave them up for both days!
Both symposia will be held in Trayes Hall, Douglas Student Center, Rutgers University - New Brunswick Cook/Douglas Campus, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
The annual Rutgers-wide Microbiology Symposium will be held on Thursday, 8 May 2025. The symposium organized by the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology brings together microbiologists from across the Rutgers campuses for a day filled with speakers and student poster presentations. More details on the program and poster submission guidelines will follow.
The Theobald Smith Society Spring Symposium will follow on Friday, 9 May 2025 starting at 8:30 am
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It will feature a talk by Professor Donna Fennell, Chair of the Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University our 2025 Waksman Honorary Lecturer and will present the 2025 Theobald Smith Society Young Investigator Award to Jason Yang, Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar, Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
The best poster abstracts will be invited to give short talks.
You must be a society member to attend.
Student memberships are only $5.
Regular memberships are $25.
Lifetime memberships are $200.
Join the Theobald Smith Society today: https://www.njmicrobe.org/join
Parking! Rutgers visitors may park in Lot 70 & Douglass Deck. Visitors must use the link below to register for the event. You must enter an email address where you will receive a confirmation. Until this process is completed your vehicle is not registered and you may receive a citation. Special Event parking does not include metered parking or allow free parking to Rutgers faculty, staff, or students. Rutgers affiliated faculty, staff and students must have a Rutgers parking permit (Semester, Daily, or Event) and park accordingly. Rutgers faculty, staff, and students parking without a parking permit or outside their parking permit assignment will be subjected to ticketing and/or towing.
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