About the Symposium

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy started in 2015 with the goal of allowing graduate students to share their work with the rest of Purdue University. Since 2015, our symposium has grown to now include other Big 10 schools, a Biophysical Society Networking Event, and also includes undergraduate researchers wanting to share their work! We are happy to carry on this tradition of scientific progress and cooperation in the Midwest, and we are excited to continue to share scientific excellence through our symposium! 

Check out the previous Symposiums:

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Protein Galaxy 2015: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tony Kossiakoff
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2016: Keynote Speaker: Peter Kwong
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2017: Keynote Speaker: Lorena Beese
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2018: Keynote Speaker: Dr. J Patrick Loria
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2019: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Wolberger
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2021: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Douglas A. Lauffenburger
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2022: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Janet Smith
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2023: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jay T. Groves