Judges' information and registration

Undergraduate Poster Competition judges' information and registration

Volunteer judges are needed to assist in judging the 28th annual Undergraduate Poster Competition taking place on March 23, 2024.

Deadline: Feb. 9

Criteria and information for judges

  • Undergraduate faculty members, principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, post-candidacy graduate students, industry and government professionals are encouraged to participate as judges.
  • Registration for the #DiscoverBMB meeting is required to access the convention center and is not provided gratis.
  • All judges must attend the mandatory orientation session at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 23.
  • Judges will not be assigned to judge student posters from their own institution.
  • All applicants who have not previously judged an in-person ASBMB poster competition must watch an online training video about our judging process. A link to this training video will be included in the confirmation email you receive upon submitting a judge registration form.

If you are interested in serving as a judge, please complete the form below.

If you have any questions about serving as a judge or would like to make any changes to your application, please contact education@asbmb.org

About you
About your expertise

We expect all judges to have a broad range of knowledge of biochemistry and molecular biology. Whenever possible we try to assign judges to align with their strongest knowledge, but we cannot guarantee you will be in a group in which you are an expert. With that in mind, please rank for ALL the following discipline areas to indicate your level of expertise.