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BMRC Symposium
About the Symposium
Join us for this year’s BMRC Symposium, an annual gathering of top MSK researchers and Bethel Fellows. This event will feature groundbreaking research presentations, networking opportunities, and a keynote address from Emily Calandrelli, New York Times best-selling author, Stay Curious and Keep Exploring and host, Emily’s Wonder Lab .
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Keynote Speaker Emily Calandrelli New York Times best selling author, Stay Curious and Keep Exploring Host, Emily’s Wonder Lab |
- Attend panels and talks from BMRC staff, faculty and Bethel Fellows and learn about the musculoskeletal translational research coming from our core BMRC labs and Orthopaedic BioBank.
- Share your findings in a judged poster session with the chance to win awards.
- Network with peers and experts.
Date:
Friday September 25, 2026
Abstracts Due:
TBD
Location:
Circuit Center – 5 Hot Metal St., Pittsburgh PA 15203
Submitting an Abstract
We are excited for you to join us on Friday, September 25, 2026, for the annual BMRC Symposium.
Please fill out the below form to register for this year’s BMRC Symposium.
If you are a presenting author submitting an abstract, please do not fill out this form until you are prepared to submit your abstract. This form must be submitted all at once.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES
Only the presenting author should submit an abstract.
The abstract body should be a brief summary of your original research written as a single paragraph in English. It is acceptable to present work you have previously presented at recent meetings.
The abstract should include:
- An abstract title with the first letter of each word capitalized and the full title bold-faced (limited to 25 words)
- Names of the authors (the presenting author listed in bold)
- An introduction and hypothesis
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
- Institutional affiliations for each author
- An abstract body limited to 400 words.
- Funding support (not inluded in 400 word limit)
- Disclosures (not inluded in 400 word limit)
- Standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations and acronyms should be fully spelled out on the first mention.
The abstract should not include:
- Figures
1. Your abstract should be in a .doc or .docx file format. An editable template can be found here. Other file types will be considered as incomplete submissions and not be considered.
2. Only one abstract should be submitted per individual as presenting author.
3. A maximum of five (5) abstracts can be submitted under a single principal investigator.
4. Presenting authors must stand by their posters during the judged portion of the poster session. Please do not submit an abstract as presenting author if you will not be available to present.
5. Presenting authors are responsible for printing their posters. Posters must fit on a 4’x6’ poster board.
The BMRC Symposium committee will not consider abstracts that do not follow the proper format.
Questions or problems with this form? Please contact Katie Morris, khm65@pitt.edu.