2023 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis Schedule

Week 1

Title: Insect Symbioses with Bacteria
Organizers: Nichole Broderick and Will Ludington
Guest lecturers: Lily Khadempour and Amelia Lindsay

Wednesday, May 10th:

5 pm - 6 pm: Welcome and introduction by course directors
6 pm - 10 pm: Welcome dinner and student poster session

Thursday, May 11th: Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time (Speck Auditorium, Rowe Building)

9:30 am - 9:40 am: Welcome & introductions
9:40 am - 10:20 am: Will’s project presentation
10:20 am - 11:00 am: Nichole’s project presentation
11 am - 11:30 am: TAs and PIs meet with the groups

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments: setup wild fly collections

Walk outside to set traps and check existing traps
Introductory techniques
Informal discussions

5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - 9 pm: Project discussion - 1 slide share out of potential objectives/question

UV light traps to catch insects with MBL’s Kyle DeMarr
Students form groups and identify projects
Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks

Friday, May 12th: Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lab time

Check traps and collect flies → crush and plate
TAs setup with their groups
Dissections, mutants
Bellymount
Array bacteria for interactions screens
Colonization assay

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 3 pm: John Pringle keynote lecture

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Keynote speaker John Pringle
- John’s seminar + Q&A
- Students meet with John for an informal discussion

3 pm - 5pm: Lab time

Dissections, mutants
Bellymount
Array bacteria for interactions screens
Colonization assay

5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Saturday, May 13th: Day 3 (Lily)

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Lily Khadempour research seminar
10:30 am - 10:50 am: Q&A for Lily
10:50 am - 11:00 am: break
11:00 am - 11:30 am: TA mini lecture

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Sunday, May 14th: Day 4 (Amelia)

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Amelia Lindsay research seminar
10:30 am - 10:50 am: Q&A for Amelia
10:50 am - 11:00 am: break
11:00 am - 11:30 am: TA mini lecture

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Monday, May 15th: Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:10 am: Nichole’s research seminar
10:10 am - 10:20 am: Q&A for Nichole
10:20 am - 10:30 am: break
10:30 am - 10:45 am: Harkit mini lecture
10:45 am - 11:00 am: Harkit Q&A
11:00 am - 11:15 am: Sneha mini lecture
11:15 am - 11:30 am: Sneha Q&A

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Tuesday, May 16th: Day 6

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:10 am: Will’s research seminar
10:10 am - 10:20 am: Q&A for Will
10:20 am - 10:30 am: break
10:30 am - 10:45 am: Haolong mini lecture
10:45 am - 11:00 am: Haolong Q&A
11:00 am - 11:15 am: Kevin mini-lecture
11:15 am - 11:30 am: Kevin Q&A

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Finish up experiments/work on group presentations
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Work on presentations

Wednesday, May 17th: Day 7

All day: TAs & PIs clean out the lab area.
7 pm - 8:30 pm: Student presentations (15 mins with 5 mins of questions)
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Loeb Quad reserved for a poster session and drinks with current and future instructors.
9 pm - 10:30: Loeb Quad socializing. Not reserved, so an opportunity to meet other courses.

Week 2

Title: Plant Symbioses with Bacteria
Organizers: Brittany Belin, Fay-wei Li, and Joel Sachs

Thursday, May 18th: Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:40 am: Welcome & introductions
9:40 am - 10 am: Brittany’s project presentation
10 am - 10:20 am: Fay-Wei’s project presentation
10:20 am - 10:40 am: Joel’s project presentation
10:40 am - 11 am: Students rank their preferences and are assigned to groups
11 am - 11:30 am: TAs and PIs meet their groups

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Friday, May 19th: Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:35 am: Introduction of keynote speaker Margaret McFall-Ngai and Ned Ruby
9:35 - 10:30 am: Margaret’s seminar + Q&A
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Students meet with Margaret for informal discussion

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Saturday, May 20th: Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:50 am: Brittany's mini-lecture on the biology of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
9:50 am - 10 am: Q&A for Brittany
10 am - 10:20 am: Fay-Wei mini-lecture on plant host biology
10:20 am - 10:30 am: Q&A for Fay-Wei
10:30 am - 10:50 am: Joel mini-lecture on the ecology of plant-bacteria interactions
10:50 am - 11 am: Joel Q&A
11 am - 11:30 am: General group discussion

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Sunday, May 21st: Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Brittany’s research seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A with Brittany

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Monday, May 22nd: Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Fay-Wei’s research seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A with Fay-Wei

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Tuesday, May 23rd: Day 6

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Joel’s seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A with Joel

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Finish up experiments / work on group presentations
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - 8:30 pm: Student presentations

7 pm - 7:30 pm: Brittany’s group’s presentation + Q&A
7:30 pm - 8 pm: Fay-Wei’s group’s presentation + Q&A
8 pm - 8:30 pm: Joel’s group’s presentation + Q&A

8:30 pm - ??: Party time!!!

Wednesday, May 24th: Day 7

All day: TAs & PIs clean out the lab area. Students have the day off.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Loeb Quad reserved for poster session and drinks with current and future instructors.
9 pm - 10:30: Loeb Quad socializing. Not reserved, so an opportunity to meet other courses.

Week 3

Title: Aquatic Symbioses I - Squid, Sponge, and Amoebas
Organizers: Tera Levin, Spencer Nyholm, and Scott Nichols
Guest lecturers: Daniel Richter

Thursday, May 25th: Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:40 am: Welcome & introduction to amoeba, sponge, and squid systems (Tera Levin, Scott Nichols, Spencer Nyholm)
9:40 am - 10 am: Tera’s project presentation
10 am - 10:20 am: Scott’s project presentation
10:20 am - 10:40 am: Spencer’s project presentation
10:40 am - 11 am: Students rank their preferences and are assigned to groups
11 am - 11:30 am: TAs and PIs meet their groups

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Friday, May 26th: Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:35 am: Introduction of keynote speaker Thomas Bosch
9:35 - 10:30 am: Thomas’ seminar + Q&A
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Students meet with Thomas for informal discussions.

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Saturday, May 27th: Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time (Tera Levin’s lecture)
11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Sunday, May 28th: Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time (Scott Nichols’ lecture)
11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Monday, May 29th: Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time (Spencer Nyholm’s lecture)
11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ?: Evening experiments

Tuesday, May 30th: Day 6

7:30 am - 9:30 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time (Dan Richter’s and Johan Decelle's lecture)
11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Finish up experiments / work on group presentations
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ?: Finish up experiments / work on group presentations

Wednesday, May 31: Day 7

All day: TAs & PIs clean out the lab area. Students have the day off.
7 pm - 8:00 pm: Student presentations (15 mins with 5 mins of questions)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Loeb Quad reserved for poster session and drinks with current and future instructors.
9 pm - 10:30: Loeb Quad socializing. Not reserved, so an opportunity to meet other courses.

Week 4

Title: Aquatic Symbioses II - Cnidarians
Organizers: Phillip Cleves, Yixian Zheng, and Loretta Roberson

Thursday, June 1: Day 1

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:40 am: Welcome & introductions
9:45 am - 10 am: Phil General Introduction to Cnidarian Symbiosis
10 am - 10:15 am: Yixian’s project presentation
10:15 am - 10:30 am: Phil’s project presentation
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Loretta’s project presentation
10:45 am - 11 am: Students rank their preferences and are assigned to groups
11 am - 11:30 am: Group meetings (discuss project details, expectations for afternoon and data collection, and presentation format)

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm – 2 pm: Light sheet demo with Loretta
2:30 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Friday, June 2: Day 2

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Loretta’s research seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Saturday, June 3: Day 3

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Yixian’s research seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Sunday, June 4: Day 4

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Phil’s research seminar
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Student Q&A

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Monday, June 5: Day 5

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: WHOI tour & walk to Nobska Point tidepools
11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch at the beach (to-go)
1 pm - 5 pm: Afternoon experiments
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - ??: Evening experiments

Tuesday, June 6: Day 6

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am: Lecture & discussion time

9:30 am - 9:35 am: Introduction of keynote speaker Monica Medina
9:35 - 10:30 am: Seminar + Q&A
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Students meet with the speaker for an informal discussion

11:30 am - 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm: Finish up experiments/work on group presentations
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - 8:30 pm: Prepare 15 min group talks
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Happy hour with Monica Medina

Wednesday, June 7: Day 7

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Prepare 15 min group talks
10:30-11:30 Student presentations (15 mins with 5 mins of questions)
12 pm - 2 pm: Closing Lunch Banquet
2 pm – 3 pm: Closing remarks (e.g., Information about the future, the survey, the future-looking view of the course)
Afternoon: TAs & PIs clean out the lab area.