Annual BMS Retreat

Retreat Dates: Thursday, September 24 - Friday, September 25, 2026

Location: Peacock Gap Golf Club, San Rafael

Retreat Organizer: Hanna Martens, PhD

2026 BMS Retreat

Thursday, September 24th

10:30 - 11:00 AM 

11:00 - 11:05 AM 

11:10 - 12:30 PM 

 


12:30 - 1:40 PM

1:45 - 2:45 PM 

2:45 - 3:00 PM

3:00 - 4:30 PM 


 

 

4:20 - 5:00 PM 

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

5:30 - 5:45 PM 

5:45 - 6:00 PM 


6:00 - 7:00 PM 
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Check In and Lunch

Welcome by Hanna Martens

Session 1 
Hilde Schjerven
Nam Woo Cho
Julia Prigann

Lunch

Community and Wellbeing Town Hall

Break

Session 2 
Wendy Yue
Evan Semenza
Diego Calderon
Nadine Goldhammer

Break

Dinner

Introduction of New Students

Introduction of New Faculty


BMS Trivia Night!
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Friday, September 25th

10:30 - 11:00 AM 

11:00 - 12:40 PM 

 

 



12:40 - 1:40 PM  

1:45 - 2:45 PM 


2:45 - 4:00 PM 

4:00 - 5:00 PM


5:00 - 6:00 PM

5:30 - 7:00 PM
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Coffee and Breakfast 

Session 3
Phillip Dumesic
Sophie Dumont
Francisco Zapatero
Nicole DelRosso
Julie Smeyers
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Lunch

Session 4
Elevator Pitches!


Break and Poster Session Set Up

​​Session 5
Keynote Speaker: Martin Kampmann, PhD, UCSF

Dinner

Poster Session and Reception

(Party refreshments and drinks will be served from 5:00 - 7:00PM)
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