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13th Biennial Biology Graduate Research Forum - 2025

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Presented by graduate students in the Department of Biology, Western University

Coming October 23rd and 24th 2025!

Mission Statement

The Biology Graduate Research Forum (BGRF) is organized by graduate students in the Department of Biology at Western University. The primary mandate of this event is to provide a forum for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to showcase their research in biological sciences through poster and oral presentations. This research forum also hosts an invited speaker to present their current endeavours within the field of biological sciences.

BGRF aims to bring together students within the multi-disciplinary umbrella of biological sciences to exchange novel and exciting ideas. It is also our hope that this annual event fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, which enhances the academic and scientific research experience of participants here at Western (Conference Code of Conduct).

This year’s conference theme is Cells to Civilizations, a theme aiming to explore the interplay between foundational biology research and applying/translating those ideas to make impacts in the world on a day-to-day basis!

Award Winners
Stay tuned for BGRF 2025!
  
2025 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Raymond Thomas

 

                                                                                                         

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The BGRF 2023 banner logo was designed in BioRender by Abbie Bechard.

The BGRF 2023 circle logo was designed by Mehra Balsara.