PRiME's first Research Retreat

As one can imagine, with over 50 faculty members and close to 100 trainees in our community, getting everyone together is not easy.  However, on November 5th, we had an impressive turnout at our first internal research retreat. It was encouraging to see this engagement from our community, especially with several scientific conferences, upcoming grant deadlines, and fall convocation competing for our researchers’ time.

Even though PRiME launched in the spring, this was the first organized opportunity for our members to come together and learn more about the diverse research taking place within our community. The agenda allowed for lightning talks from more than 40 different labs to peak the interest from the audience and to begin to identify areas of possible collaboration.  A poster session during lunch and coffee breaks allowed some deeper discussions, which we hope will continue in the coming months.