2025-Retreat

PBHS Retreat 2025 Schedule (downloadable PDF version)

 

Friday, October 17th

12:00 pm - Lunch & Poster hanging
2:00 pm - Icebreaker activity & self-guided Manor tour
3:00 pm - Check in/drop off last call

Session 1

4:00 pm - Welcome and introduction
4:10 pm - Laura Johnson
5:00 pm - Meet-the-speakers: “Speed dating” event

6:00 pm - Dinner
7:00 pm - Poster Session 
After poster session - Evening activity: Games/roasting marshmallows, TBD
 

Saturday, October 18th 

8:00 am - Breakfast

Session 2: Translating biology at scale

9:00 am - Session introduction
9:05 am - Laura Wayne
9:50 am - Allison Schwartz

10:35 am - Coffee break

10:55 am - Alshae’ Logan Jackson
 

11:40 am - Lunch
12:30 pm - Social activities: Bird sanctuary, Gourd painting, or free time
 

Session 3: Transition to/from academia and biotechnology

1:45 pm - Session introduction
1:50 pm - Nathan Springer
2:35 pm - Clair Huffine

3:20 pm - Coffee break

3:40 pm - Panel I: Role of government and the impact of policy in modern science

Panelists: Laura Johnson, Alshae' Logan-Jackson, Laura Wayne, Allison Schwarz

 

Session 4: Coding for crop improvement

4:25 pm - Session introduction
4:30 pm - Christina Del Azodi
5:15 pm - Jeremy Pardo
 

6:00 pm - Dinner
7:00 pm - Evening activity: Games, Campfire, Movie screening, TBD
 

Sunday, October 19th

7:00 am  - Writing Retreat
8:00 am - Breakfast

9:00 am - Panel II: Bridging the gap between sectors

Panelists: Christina Del Azodi, Jeremy Pardo, Clair Huffine, Nathan Springer

9:45 am - CV Workshop
10:30 am - Coffee break
 

Session 5: Student talks

10:50 am - Session introduction
10:55 am - SWEET Team
11:15 am  - Student 1
11:35 am - Student 2
 

12:00 pm - Boxed lunch

Option to stay and eat or head back