Participant presenting at poster competition

Elevating Excellence

JCCC Annual Retreat Scientific Poster Competition for Graduates, Postdocs, and Residents

Present Your Poster

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center would like to invite graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical fellows to submit an abstract to be considered for displaying poster at the Cancer Center's retreat.  This is a great opportunity for students and fellows to share their cancer-focused research projects and network with colleagues. Prizes are awarded in each category. 

Trainees having a conversation at the JCCC retreat poster competition.

Next Opportunity May 2025

Prizes are awarded in each category! Check out the call for poster announcement here.

Submit Your Abstract Here

Guidelines for Poster Abstracts 

The Guidelines for Poster Abstracts provide clear instructions to ensure consistency and professionalism in abstract submissions. Abstracts should adhere to a concise structure, limited to a maximum of 250 words, to effectively communicate the essence of the research. Formatted in Microsoft Word, the abstracts should be single-spaced, employing a legible size 12 Times New Roman font. By adhering to these guidelines, presenters can convey their research findings effectively, facilitating a comprehensive understanding amongst reviewers. 

Poster Judge and participant at all member retreat discussion poster board
Trainee presenting her poster at the JCCC retreat to judges.
Trainee presenting his poster to a judge at JCCC Retreat poster sessio

Previous Poster Awardees

2023 Awardees

A Proimmunotoxin Nanodrug Targeting non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with Brain Metastases

Statins as a novel anti-metastatic reagent in kidney cancer

Single-Cell Analysis in Lung Adenocarcinoma Implicates RNA Editing in Cancer Innate Immunity and Patient Prognosis

Strength of CAR signaling determines T cell versus ILC differentiation from pluripotent stem cells

Spatial mapping of mitochondrial networks and bioenergetics in lung cancer

Off-the-shelf third-party HSC-engineered iNKT cells for ameliorating GvHD while preserving GvL effect in the treatment of blood cancers

2022 Awardees

Engineering the in vitro organoid microenvironment for positive selection of human psc-derived, class i-null, antigen specific t cells

Immunoengineering an Exclusive Fuel Source to Enhance Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte

Development of Allogeneic HSC-Engineered iNKT Cells for Off-The-Shelf Cancer Immunotherapy

An Integrative Genomic Transcriptomic and Proteomic Investigation to Characterize Differences Between Isogenic Radioresistant Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Chronic HIV infection generates dysfunctional antitumor responses and loss of tumor suppression in humanized mice

Chimeric orthogonal IL-9 receptor signaling promotes stemness and polyfunctionality for adoptive T cell therapy of cancer in human in vitro models