August 4-7, 2025
Suncadia Resort - Cle Elum, WA
Summer RosettaCon 2025 starts in:
Panel Submission Deadline is June 30
In past Summer RosettaCons the science program has been assembled through abstract submission, review, and thematic organization. As the community grows, having high-quality trainee-focused talks that are thematically organized is increasingly challenging.
Other conferences have used a format of requesting community-submitted thematic panels, which allows for a common contextual introduction and several related perspectives on a topic.
For SRC25, we will use a "request for panel" system for the main scientific program.
Panel submissions will be open until June 30. Review will be begin June 1 and continue on a rolling basis.
Panel Submission Format
- Panel format
- 2 hour panels have 3–4 speakers. Each panel has time for:
- Panel introduction by panel chair/co-chairs (20-30 minutes)
- Talks from each panel participant (15-20 minutes each, no questions)
- Discussion Q/A (20 minutes)
- 1.5 hour interactive tutorial
- Examples include working through a Google Colab workbook for protein design
- Curating a dataset for the Rosetta Dataset Bazaar
- Evaluation process
- Panels will be evaluated based on their
- scientific merit
- relevance to the community
- panelist background
- Key dimensions include balancing trainee / senior researchers, Rosetta / non-Rosetta members, different institutions, and inclusion of members of historically marginalized populations.
- Panels will be evaluated by the SRC Review Committee and accepted on a rolling basis to develop a high-quality program
- Program organizers may request panels to be split, combined, or modified to improve the overall program
- Conference participants that submit poster abstracts may be asked to join or form a panel
- Panels will be evaluated based on their
- Proposal submissions will include
- Overall panel topic and title
- Information on each chair/co-chair and presenter including, name, email, lab, institution, and demographic information (if permission is granted)
- Overall panel abstract (2000-character limit)
- Theme(s)
- 3–5 keywords that are highly relevant to the panel topic (to help facilitate review and avoid scheduling overlap)
- Diversity statement (Diversity takes many forms: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, professional seniority, type of home institution, scientific background [biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, etc.], financial background, educational background, etc. Diversity can also refer to multiple levels of analysis and include basic, clinical, and translational research approaches in a panel proposal.)
- Panel submissions will be open till June 1, and after review, final decisions will be available June 30
- Travel awards will be given to panel participants, with remaining awards distributed equitably among the Rosetta labs, given limited budget resources.
- 2 hour panels have 3–4 speakers. Each panel has time for:
Q & A
Q: Why are you asking for panel submissions, rather than just individual abstracts?
A: Two reasons. First, by more tightly coordinating thematic panels, shared context and background can be presented once and different research results can be shared more efficiently and "in conversation". Second, we hope that coordinating panels gives an opportunity for members of the community to connect with researchers in other Rosetta labs and potentially foster connections and collaborations.
Q: I am a graduate student and would like to present on my research, but I don't know how to find others to form a panel?
A: The Rosetta Commons and structural biology community is friendly and open, so take the initiative and reach out! You can coordinate with your co-panelists on this Google Sheet, where more connected community members can help with introductions and coordinating panel submissions. RosettaCommons Member Labs can use the Slack channel #src25_panels. Or, use Bluesky, Discord, or other broader communication channels of the scientific community.
Q: Can only RosettaCommons PIs chair panels?
A: No, we encourage anyone from any career stage (and not even a RosettaCommons member) to organize a panel.
Q: This sounds interesting, but do you have any example panel submissions that I could use as a template?
A: Yes, this format is based on other community conferences e.g. the Winter Conference on Brain Research, and they have several excellent examples of panel submission.
Q: How will the timing of the travel awards line up with the panel submission/acceptances?
A: Apply for a travel award early if financial assistance will make conference attendance possible. The panel acceptances will go out by June 30, and travel award spots granted to panelists will be held until then. You’ll have plenty of time to purchase a flight and register, with registration closing on July 7. Check the Key Dates on the Information page for a timeline of deadlines.
Q: Do you have a template with the panel submission format?
A: Find a template HERE
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