The Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS) showcases undergraduate research in biological and chemical sciences from UT Austin and across Texas.
Undergraduate researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and across Texas will speak on their research projects in the biological and chemical sciences and may participate in the Science Slam.
General sessions will include 8-minute research presentations followed by 2 minutes of questions. Science Slam talks are 3-minute “elevator” talks in which students describe their research targeting a non-scientist/layperson audience. Graduate schools from across Texas will also be at the event for recruiting.
There will be a keynote speaker each year.
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PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to our 2024 Session Award Winners:
Biomolecular Structure and Function: Meghna Paul, Mahdia Rahman, Sriya Dommaraju & Stuti Mehta
Chemical and Synthetic Biology: Meghna Vergis & Rosie Du
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior: Phoebe Boespflug & Sylvia Tanguma
Gene Expression and Regulation: Jenna Chuan & Eron Davis
Chemistry: Jodi Glenn-Millhouse & Dillon Gee
Neurobiology: Akanksha Acharya & Aashna Mangal
Computational Biology: Reece Jones
Potpourri: Nicolas Patsatzis, Tanuj Tekkale & Sanjeev Medam
Science Slam Judges' Choice: Kishan Sivakumar, Sriya Dommaraju & Sabrina Rinaldi
Science Slam Crowd Choice: Tanuj Tekkale, Pranjal Rai & Matt Stankus
Congratulations to our 2022 Session Award Winners:
Melany Puente (U. St. Thomas), Nadia Crawford (Trinity U.), Hannah Simpson (Tx. State U), Edgar Torres (Tx. State U),Catherine Duong (U. St. Thomas), Sandy Nguyen (UT Austin), Chandni Bhagtaney (UT Austin), Geyne Nambiar (Rice U), Manasa Sripati (UT Austin), Wai Lin Kaung (UT Austin), Kiana Holland (Tx State U), Jeremy Kubos (UT Austin), Nadia Khalli (UT Austin), Cash David (UT Austin), Sabrine Rinaldi (UT Austin)
Congratulations to our 2020 Session Award Winners:
Science Slam! Best Presentations (top row): John Carlton, Eve Dauber
Best Presentations: Middle row: Catherine Chan, Sandy Bakheet & Nhu Nguyen, Fariah Mahmood, Rory Malek, Briana Syed, Bottom row: Ashish Chakraborty, Anna Helmers, Negar Koupaei, Kevin Zhou, Sanjna Bhatia, Cole Maguire (not pictured)
Congratulations to our 2019 Session Award Winners:
Science Slam! Best Presentation (Bottom right): Cole Maguire, Prajwal Gowda
Session 1 Best Presentation (Top Left): Timonthy Schwartz, Jerry Amomoy, Shaochen "Tiger" You, Vivian Nguyen, Honarine Destain
Session 2 Best Presentation (Bottom left): Sheighlah McManus, Krutika Pandit, Riya Mahesh, Prajwal Gowda
Session 3 Best Presentation (Top right): Priyah Sarlashkar, Nidhi Kuchimanchi, Arya Shetty, Francisco Lopez
Congratulations to our 2018 Session Award Winners:
Phuoc Jaydin Ngo, Science Slam 1; Cynthia Terrace, Science Slam 2
Cynthia Terrace, Biochemistry 1; Ezzeddine Elmir, Biochemistry 2; Erin Choi, Biochemistry 3
Vivian Tat, Cell & Molecular Biology 1; Andrew Bazley, Cell & Molecular Biology 2; Clark Hamor, Cell & Molecular Biology 3
Laren Spear, Chemistry 1; Aidan Jacobsen, Chemistry 2; Danying Huang, Chemistry 3
Jenna McGuffey, Synthetic Biology; Rachel David, Biology 1; Hannah Gilbreath, Biology 2
Congratulations to our 2017 Session Award Winners:
Justin Mirazee, Cell & Molecular Biology 1; Wesley Godfrey, Cell & Molecular Biology 2
Kyra Clarke, Neurobiology and Physiology
Laura Luo, Biochemistry 1; Alexandra Miller, Biochemistry 2
Kavya Rajesh, Chemistry 1; Joseph Fryer, Chemistry 2
Madison Granier, Environmental Science and Astronomy
Jason Tsai, Neurobiology and Public Health
Catherine Dunaway, Computational & Synthetic Biology 1; Andrew Ly, Computational & Synthetic Biology 2
Sofia Shubert & Suyash Srivastava, ASBMB People's Choice
Congratulations to our 2016 Session Award Winners:
Jenna McGuffey, Computational & Synthetic Biology
Priscilla Liem, Biochemistry 1; Luis Valencia, Biochemistry 2
Meghana Killi, Chemistry 1; Logan Pearce, Chemistry 2
Evelyn Abbott, Biology Potpourri
Tina Bui, Environmental and Cognitive Studies
Heather Tolcher, Clinical Pathology and Diagnostics
Victor Lam, Cell & Molecular Biology
Luke Pickerill, Microbiology
Tammy Wong, ASBMB Peoples Choice
Congratulations to our 2015 Session Award Winners:
Tyler Camp, Chandler Prevatt, Avery Wolfe, Lisa Strong, Dylan Fall, Jennifer Deger, Ella Watkins
Caroline Starling, ASBMB Peoples Choice