HQAN 2025 Annual Retreat

The Year 5 HQAN Annual Retreat was held on July 8, 2025 at the University of Chicago, convening students, postdocs, and faculty for a full day of community building and technical exchange. The program opened with an executive overview by HQAN Director Brian DeMarco, followed by alumni career talks, an atrium lunch, and guided laboratory tours. Research highlights continued in an afternoon poster session at the William Eckhardt Research Center, and the day concluded with a networking reception at the UChicago Pub in Ida Noyes Hall. The retreat strengthened collaborations across HQAN institutions and showcased HQAN's research progress over the past year.