GGA Annual Retreat

The GGA Annual Retreat is the academy's flagship event, held every year at the end of August. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with the GGA community after summer, catch up on amazing research from our labs, win prizes, and look forward to the coming year.

The 2024 Third Annual GGA Retreat

The third annual GGA retreat was held on Friday August 23, 2024 at Hunt Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus. The Annual Retreat welcomes new graduate students and new faculty, highlights the research of GGA laboratories and Research Interest Groups, and features discussions about GGS graduate student recruitment and admission strategies.

Date: August 23, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Fred Gould

Location Address: Duke Energy Hall, Hunt Library

Questions? Please contact Dr. Jeff Yoder with any questions: jayoder@ncsu.edu

Schedule of Events

08:30 AM	Coffee and light breakfast. Poster and vendor set up.
09:00 AM	Opening remarks, intro to new GGA Director Updates from the GGA Executive Committee
09:45 AM	Coffee Break, Poster, & Vendors
10:15 AM	Science Talks > Natalia Duque-Wilckens, DVM, PhD, Biological Sciences Mast Cells: Linking Perinatal Exposures to Long-Term Physical and Psychological Vulnerability > Kasie Raymann, PhD, Assistant Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology Using the Honey Bee as a Model System to Study the Ecology and Evolution of Beneficial and Pathogenic Microbes > Claire Gordy, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences presenting on behalf of the Biological Sciences Belonging Research Group Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach > Trevor Walker, PhD, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Tree Improvement Program Genetic Improvement of Pine Plantations After 68 years of Breeding > Paper of the Year Award Winner
11:15 AM	Announce Summer Contest Winners and Flash Talk Winners
11:30 AM	Research Interest Group Presentation
12:00 AM	Lunch, Posters & Vendors
1:30 PM	Storytelling Talks > Carlos Goller, PhD, Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences > Matthew Neubauer, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Forestry and Environmental Resources > Isabella Livingston, PhD Candidate, Genetics Program > Emma Droste, PhD Student, Genetics Program > Bruce Schulte, PhD, Head of Department, Biological Sciences
2:30 PM	Coffee Break, Poster, & Vendors Please take a coffee break and visit the posters and vendors around the room. Retreat will reconvene at 3:30 PM. Submit your votes by 3:15!
3:00 PM	Announce Poster Contest Winners!
3:30 PM	Recognize Winners of Seed Grants and Bridge Fund Grants
4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker: Fred Gould, PhD, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture, Entomology and Plant Pathology Genetics and Society: Past, Present, and Future
5:00 PM	Close-out and Announce Happy Hour at Raleigh Brewing (5:30 – 7:00 PM) Raleigh Brewing Company: 3709 Neil St, Raleigh, NC 27607