The 2025 Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting
The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Missouri Academy of Science will be held at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO on April 11-12, 2025.

Information for Presenters:
The abstract submission deadline is Friday, March 7, by 5:00 PM.
Abstracts should be submitted as a link to a shared MS Word or Google Docs (no PDFs or images) to allow participants to update their abstracts until the submission deadline.
Information about presentation times and locations will be provided by section chairs to all presenters by Friday March 28, 2025.
Invitation to Admissions Representatives:
The Missouri Academy of Science invites college and university admissions representatives to attend the annual MAS meeting. Admission is free for representatives from MAS institutional member colleges or universities. This event is an excellent opportunity to engage with some of Missouri’s top students in natural sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, computer science, and mathematics. Interested admissions representatives should contact Tiger Gordon via email. (jgordon@centralmethodist.edu)
Please note: Each institution is limited to one table per day.
Bio Statement from Joshua J Smith PhD- Vice President Nominee:
I have been a faculty member at Missouri State since August of 2008 when I joined the Biomedical Sciences Department. I was later tenured in 2014 and in 2020 was promoted to Professor rank. I obtained my B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls majoring in Animal Science, Biotechnology, and Biology in 1998. I then went on to the University of Minnesota where I earned my PhD in Pharmacology in 2002.
My research area has always focused on DNA repair and cancer. My research currently focuses on UV light, the damage it causes in your DNA, how that damage is recognized and repaired in your cells, and if the repair process goes wrong how that leads to increases in mutation and possibly cancer. The mechanisms I work on for recognition of UV-induced DNA damage also repair damage caused by carcinogens such as Benzo[a]pyrene which is the main carcinogen in cigarette smoke.
I have been active in different initiatives to integrate research in the classroom and until this past year was on the Missouri CORE 42 Core Curriculum Advisory Committee that developed a transferable general education between all Missouri Institutions of Higher Education.
I started attending the Missouri Academy of Sciences (MAS) meetings back in 2010 and in 2014 took over as the Senior Division Chair for the Biomedicine and Biotechnology session. In 2017, we combined the Biochemistry session with Biomedicine and Biotechnology session where I still remain the chair of the now Biochemistry, Biomedicine, and Biotechnology (BBB) session. When I first started as the session chair, we had only a couple abstracts submitted and after the combination of the two sessions and some recruitment efforts, we have had full platform sessions and a great number of posters each year. I am continually involved with recruiting and trying to get people to bring their students to MAS each year. The MAS meeting is a great place for students to see what others are doing as well as present their research to fellow scientists.
Campus Map and Parking Information
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- More information coming soon
Connecting to WiFi: Coming Soon
Lunch Options: Coming Soon
Program Books
- 2025 MJAS (Jr Division) Program Book (Available in April)
- 2025 MAS (Sr Division) Program Book (Available in April)
Schedule for the Missouri Junior Academy of Science (MJAS) Annual Meeting
Coming Soon
Schedule for the Missouri Academy of Science (MAS) Annual Meeting
Senior Division Annual Meeting
Friday, April 11
Saturday, April 12
Lunch can be purchased in the UCM Dining Hall in the Elliot Student Union or at any of the many establishments in Warrensburg.