The Genetics Program and the Cell and Molecular Program jointly host an annual retreat prior to the beginning of the fall semester. The retreat is held at the MacMullan Conference Center at Higgins Lake, Roscommon, MI.

A "students only" session precedes the faculty-student retreat on Saturday afternoon. This session is composed of short oral research presentations by students representing a range of disciplines on campus. Faculty presentations are Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Saturday evening presentations are followed by a poster session .

2005 DATES: AUGUST 27-28

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

PICTURES FROM THE CMB/GEN 2004 Retreat: August 28-29

Setsuko Wakao explains her research to first year Genetics student Jon Glynn	Cholani Weebadden, fifth year Genetics student, shows her research results to Genetics students Paula Hauck and Eliana Gonzales-Vigil.
Bill Underwood observes genetics poster.	Dr. Steve Treizenberg takes a moment to learn from Genetics and CMB students

Francis Trail
Plant Biology

Donna Klowslowski
Microbiology

Andreas Weber
Plant Biology

Q. How many graduate students does it take to screw in a projector lightbulb?

A. Apparently 5.

Gauri Jawdekar and others listen intently

Rob Britton discusses a poster with Fransisco Herrarra

Adam Nelson, John Fyfe and Andreas Weber