2024 All-Hands Retreat
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
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 |
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.) |
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 |
SESSION TIME | AGENDA IN HERITAGE ROOM | AGENDA IN BOARD ROOM |
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM | SAB members & trainees session | PRI Faculy meeting |
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 |
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