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IPLS Student Retreat 2017
19 October 2017
This year we hosted the second IPLS retreat in the picturesque city of Bath,听UK.
It was a great opportunity听to welcome听new IPLS students into the IPLS family, as well as discussing and learning some听very interesting science.
Upon arrival,听things started off with a听Bath Photo Challenge, where students were tasked with an imaginative list of photo opportunities such as听find a 'bath in Bath' or 'recreate a circus at The Circus' which proved to be both a great way to see the city; which was extremely pretty, as well as for teams to get to know each other. The resulting photos proved, without a doubt, that as well as听analytical skills,听the IPLS nurtures听very creative minds! The evening was then brought to a close with dinner and Science Pictionary, once again putting our artistic skills to the test!
The following day our Science talks got under way, we were very pleased to be joined by four exceptional scientists;听Dr. Daniel Burnham (The Francis Crick Institute), Dr. Chiu Fan Lee (Imperial College London), Dr. Cedric Weber (King's College London) and Prof. Julia de Falco (Queen Mary,听University of London), each of whom gave听incredibly interesting talks and a really听valuable insight into the field of Biophysical听research.听In addition to our esteemed guests, the students also gave talks about each of their own research areas, again听further听emphasising the varied nature of our research - it was really great to see the wonderful research happening within the IPLS.听All of this Science听certainly built up our听appetites too, we decide to follow lasts year's success of 'The Cooking Challenge', and had each meal of the retreat meals prepared by a different team of students with our guest听speakers acting as the judges - the judges had a difficult job with everyone going all out with their menu听choices, but听ultimately, the combination of Paella and Apple Crumble won them over.听
After three days of fantastic Science, food and company, we headed back to London and we think it's safe to say, this year's retreat was one to remember!听We would like to thank our exceptional speakers,听Dr. Daniel Burnham, Dr. Chiu Fan Lee, Dr. Cedric Weber and Prof. Julia de Falco who really went beyond expectations and made it such a valuable experience for everyone and of course the IPLS for听making听this听retreat possible!
