The annual PRI Retreat will take place on September 19-20, 2024 at MSU’s James B. Henry Center for Executive Development. This event is designed to bring together PRI members, foster collaboration, and ensure that all voices contribute to shaping the future of our institute.

This year’s retreat offers several exciting highlights, including short talks by PRI faculty and recipients of PRI Seed Grants, a flash talk and poster competition, a keynote address by Joseph Hamm, and career development seminars.

In addition, four members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) — Richard Dixon, Mary Lou Guerinot, Jan Leach, and Anne Sylvester — will attend the event to evaluate PRI’s research programs, progress, and impact.

The meeting booklet, containing information on the poster and flash talk competitions, logistics, and more, can be viewed here.

Schedule

Thursday, September 19^th

SESSION TIME	AGENDA	PRESENTER / MODERATOR
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast + Sign in for retreat
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Opening remarks, State of PRI	Sue Rhee
9:10 AM - 10:55 AM	Lab Presentation Session - Round 1	Derek Denney
9:10 AM - 9:25 AM	Sharkey lab	Tom Sharkey
9:25 AM - 09:40 AM	Lundquist lab	Peter Lundquist
09:40 AM - 09:55 AM	Rhee lab	Sue Rhee
09:55 AM - 10:10 AM	Break  Lab photos: Sharkey, Lundquist, Rhee labs	Morgan Magilligan
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM	Sprunger lab	Christine Sprunger
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM	Rouached lab	Hatem Rouached
10:40 AM - 10:55 AM	Howe lab	Gregg Howe
10:55 AM - 11:30 AM	First cohort seed grant awardees presentation	Andrew Bleich Ian Gilman Danielle Hoffmann
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Flash talk competition	Febri Susanto (F-1) Kevin Santiago-Morales (F-2) Elliot Braun (F-3) Bethany Holland (F-4) Anuradha Singh (F-5) Brandon Webster (F-6) Paige Smith (F-7)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM	PRI Group photo	Morgan Magilligan
1:30 PM - 2:40 PM PM	Poster Session - Round 1	Sharkey, Lundquist, Rhee, Sprunger, Rouached, and Howe labs
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM	Planting the Seeds of Success	Bailey Kleven
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM	Communication Strategies for Promoting Your Research	Morgan Magilligan  PRI Communications Coordinator
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Maximizing Networking Opportunities at Conferences	Laís Petri Postdoctoral Researcher
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM	Break Lab photos: Sprunger, Rouached, Howe labs	Morgan Magilligan
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Keynote presentation	Joseph Hamm Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Reception and networking hour
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Social time (reception, networking, board games, etc.)

 

Friday, September 20^th

SESSION TIME	AGENDA	PRESENTER / MODERATOR
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM	Opening remarks	Sue Rhee
9:05 AM - 10:50 AM	Lab Presentation Session - Round 2	Tri Tran
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM	Lebeis lab	Sarah Lebeis
9:20 AM - 09:35 AM	Gilbert lab	Kadeem Gilbert
09:35 AM - 09:50 AM	Vanburen lab	Bob VanBuren
09:50 AM - 10:05 AM	Break Lab photos: Joseph, Lebeis, Gilbert labs	Morgan Magilligan
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM	Josephs lab	Emily Joseph
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM	Thompson lab	Addie Thompson
10:35 AM - 10:50 AM	Lowry lab	David Lowry
10:50 AM - 12:20 PM	Poster Session - Round 2	Lebeis, Gilbert, VanBuren, Josephs, Thompson, and Lowry labs
12:20 AM - 1:20 PM	Lunch Lab photos: VanBuren, Thompson, Lowry labs	Morgan Magilligan
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM	Second cohort seed grant awardees presentation	Hui-Kyong Cho Shannon Donnelly Sylvie Martin-Eberhardt Daniel Mok Mohammad Mostofa Tri Tran
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Concurrent sessions A	Sue Rhee & Gaëlle Cassin-Ross
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Break
3:10 PM - 5:10 PM	Concurrent sessions B	Sue Rhee & Gaëlle Cassin-Ross
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM	Break
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM	Final remarks and awards ceremony	Sue Rhee & Gaëlle Cassin-Ross

 

Concurrent Sessions A

SESSION TIME	AGENDA IN HERITAGE ROOM	AGENDA IN BOARD ROOM
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	SAB members & trainees session	PRI Faculy meeting

 

Concurrent Sessions B

SESSION TIME	AGENDA IN HERITAGE ROOM	AGENDA IN BOARD ROOM
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM	Trainee brainstorming session	Achievements & Year 2 plan
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Tips for applying for internal and external funding	SAB executive session
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM	Wellness session Olivia Scott Acting Assistant Director, Multicultural Initiatives and Community Engagement, University Health & Wellbeing	SAB feedback

Acknowledgments

This retreat would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of the Planning Committee. We extend our sincere thanks to the following individuals for their efforts in organizing this year’s event:

• Sue Rhee
• Joanna Feehan
• Tri Tran
• Karine Prado
• Megan DeLoose

We also thank the PRI Admin team: 

• Gaëlle Cassin-Ross
• Morgan Magilligan
• Amy Wild