{"id":7262,"date":"2026-05-13T09:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:55:26","slug":"crick-and-partner-universities-phd-student-summer-symposium-at-the-francis-crick-institute-23-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/05\/13\/crick-and-partner-universities-phd-student-summer-symposium-at-the-francis-crick-institute-23-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium at the Francis Crick Institute &#8211; 23 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PhD students from <strong>Imperial College London<\/strong>, <strong>UCL<\/strong>, <strong>King\u2019s College London<\/strong>, and the <strong>Francis Crick Institute<\/strong>\u00a0are warmly invited to attend the<strong>\u00a02026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium<\/strong>\u00a0at the Francis Crick Institute.<br \/>\nThis cross-institutional, student-led symposium offers an excellent platform for PhD students to present their research, discuss their science and network with fellow students across institutions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 09:30\u201319:00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0The Francis Crick Institute, London<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a016th June 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abstract Submission Deadline (for short talks and posters):<\/strong>\u00a019th May 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/crick-and-partner-universities-phd-student-summer-symposium-2026-tickets-1987920099531?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Register<\/a> for free <\/strong><strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfgCha-Lqgr9jH_GRPWej1jGj4NTFo3bghOjq3xX7lEcfjSrg\/viewform\">submit abstracts <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong> ALL participants must register via Eventbrite \u2014 this includes those submitting an abstract. Submitting an abstract does not count as registration. Please make sure you complete both steps if you wish to submit an abstract for a poster\/short talk!<\/p>\n<p>Some symposium highlights will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Student talks <\/strong>across a range of bioscience disciplines<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keynote <\/strong>lecturefrom <strong>Dr Sander van der Linden<\/strong>, Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge titled <strong>\u201cPsychological Inoculation Against Misinformation\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Panel discussion on <strong>\u201cCommunicating Science in an Era of Public Mistrust\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Complimentary <strong>refreshments, lunch &amp; pizza<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sciency badge-making social <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prizes <\/strong>available for best talk and best poster!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For any questions, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact us at <a href=\"mailto:student-symposium@crick.ac.uk\" data-outlook-id=\"71b90bef-8dd5-417c-becd-55ee0261637a\">student-symposium@crick.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD students from Imperial College London, UCL, King\u2019s College London, and the Francis Crick Institute\u00a0are warmly invited to attend the\u00a02026 Crick and Partner Universities PhD Student Summer Symposium\u00a0at the Francis Crick Institute. This cross-institutional, student-led symposium offers an excellent platform for PhD students to present their research, discuss their science and network with fellow students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320927,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competitions-projects","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions\/7264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}