🌳 BioGenies retreat in Wrocław from June 4 till 7, 2025

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Team fun and productivity at our Wrocław retreat: pizzas, sta,p hunt at Arboretum, seminars, hiking, cocktails (healthy, non-alchocholic) and more 😄
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June 23, 2025

🌟 BioGenies team retreat in Wrocław (June 4–7, 2025)

Our lab had an amazing team retreat in Wrocław, packed with 🍕 pizza, 🎂 cake pops, forest adventures, board games and seminars, a mix of fun and productivity!

🎉 Day 1 (June 4): pizza party and yearly review

  • We kicked off our retreat with doing big groceries 🧺🍓🍉🥑🥦🍆

  • Kicked off with a pizza fest and Asia’s cake pops (they where so filling 😋)

  • Michał presented last year’s achievements and future goals—cheers to all the team’s hard work! 🥂

  • 🤞🏻 Fingers cross for Weronika and her PhD defence this year. Thesis was finally submitted and she is ready to defend it in September 🎉
  • Caught up with friends from STWUR, and Medical University of Wrocław sparking energizing conversations.

🌿 Day 2 (June 5): Arboretum Wojsławice and nature fun

We ventured to the lush Arboretum Wojsławice (a stunning botanical garden near Niemcza) 🌳🌸🦋🪑

Highlights included:

  • A guided walk with the Arboretum director and UWr rector.

  • Hunting down collectible stamps around the trails—and earning prizes 🏅

  • Spotting a friendly cat that Krysia & Jarek couldn’t resist petting 😻

  • Weronika, Krysia and Valen hugged a tree to absorb its positive energy 🌳💚

  • Topped it off with delicious apple cake and ice cream! 🍰

  • When the Rector had to leave, we continued hunting stamps and snacking on fresh cherries 🍒

  • Wrapped the evening with board games and team bonding

🎂 Birthday twist on day

We also celebrated Valen’s and Eva’s birthdays 🎉 with cake and warm wishes—lots of smiles and shared joy! 🎂

🧠 Day 3 (June 6): seminar & Ślęża hike

  • Michał delivered a fantastic seminar at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Wrocław 🎓

  • Then we set off on a hike to Ślęża, through forests and past an old castle.

  • Despite the castle’s dwindling water supply, the views were breathtaking, although Jarek died on the trail 🤭🫣

🍸 Day 4 (June 7): farewells and cocktails

  • On the last day we had a brakefast together, with full bellies we went our ways.

  • Michał traveled to Łódź for doctoral school evaluations and later to Vilnius University

  • Jarek and Weronika stopped by Krysia and Józek’s place before hopping on the train, where Krysia treated them to amazing homemade cocktails🍹