2026 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis Schedule

Friday, July 17th:

Students arrive
11:30 pm - 1 pm Lunch
6 pm - 8 pm: Welcome Dinner at Quahog Republic
8-9 pm Optional: Friday Evening Lecture (Cornelia Clapp Auditorium)

Saturday, July 18th: Welcome and Training

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30am - 12:00pm Welcome Orientation and Discussion (Speck Auditorium)
- 9:30 am - 10:30 am Course Overview and Intro to Symbiosis (Amelia + Phil)
- 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Introduction to Light Microscopy (Carsten Wolff and Rylie Walsh from MBL)
12:00 pm - 2 pm Lunch
2 pm - 3 pm Tour of Research Spaces (Meet in Loeb 108)
3 pm - 4 pm Safety Orientation with Eric Jensen from MBL (Loeb 108)
4 pm - 6 pm Explore Woods Hole (on your own!)
6 pm - 8 pm Pizza and Poster Session (Loeb 156)

MBL SYM Course
Module 1
Instructor: Travis Wiles (University of California Irvine)
Instructor: Siva Sankari (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
Instructor: Phil Cleves (University of California Berkeley)
Course Manager: Jake Pawley (University of Denver)

Sunday, July 19th: M1, Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture & discussion time (Speck Auditorium)
- 9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome & Introductions
- 9:40 am - 10:10 am Project presentation - Phil Cleves
- 10:10 am - 10:40 am Project presentation - Siva Sankari
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am Project presentation - Travis Wiles
- 11:10 am - 11:30 am Team selection
11:30 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Monday, July 20th: M1, Day 2

7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Keynote: Patrick Keeling (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Tuesday, July 21st: M1, Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Phil Cleves (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 - 1:45 pm Safety Training
1:45 - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Wednesday, July 22nd: M1, Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Siva Sankari (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Thursday, July 23rd: M1, Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Travis Wiles (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening wrap-up experiments (Loeb 108)

Friday, July 24th: M1, Day 6

7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9 am - 12 pm Work on presentations
12 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 3 pm End of module presentations (Bay Reading Room)
3 pm - 5 pm Tidy up the lab
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
8-9 pm Optional: Friday Evening Lecture (Cornelia Clapp Auditorium)

Saturday, July 25th: Day Off

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner

MBL SYM Course
Module 2
Instructor: Kerri Coon (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Instructor: Patrick Steinmetz (Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen)
Instructor: Tom Richards (University of Oxford)
Course Manager: Jake Pawley (University of Denver)

Sunday, July 26th: M2, Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture & discussion time (Speck Auditorium)
- 9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome & Introductions
- 9:40 am - 10:10 am Project presentation - Kerri Coon
- 10:10 am - 10:40 am Project presentation - Patrick Steinmetz
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am Project presentation - Tom Richards
- 11:10 am - 11:30 am Team selection
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner (*pizza/posters)
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Monday, July 27th: M2, Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Keynote: Samantha Lewis (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Tuesday, July 28th: M2, Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Kerri Coon (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Wednesday, July 29th: M2, Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Patrick Steinmetz (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Thursday, July 30th: M2, Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Tom Richards (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 6 pm Happy Hour with Carsten Wolff (MBL CMF): Image Processing and Analysis
6 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening wrap-up experiments (Loeb 108)

Friday, July 31st: M2, Day 6

7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9 am - 12 pm Work on presentations
12 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 3 pm End of module presentations (Bay Reading Room)
3 pm - 5 pm Tidy up the lab
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
8-9 pm Optional: Friday Evening Lecture (Cornelia Clapp Auditorium)

Saturday, August 1st: Day Off

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner

MBL SYM Course
Module 3
Instructor: Nicholas Shikuma (San Diego State University)
Instructor: Spencer Nyholm (University of Connecticut)
Instructor: Amelia Lindsey (University of Minnesota)
Course Manager: Drew Honson (Carnegie Institute for Science)

Sunday, August 2nd: M3, Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture & discussion time (Speck Auditorium)
- 9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome & Introductions
- 9:40 am - 10:10 am Project presentation - Nicholas Shikuma
- 10:10 am - 10:40 am Project presentation - Spencer Nyholm
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am Project presentation - Amelia Lindsey
- 11:10 am - 11:30 am Team selection
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner (*pizza/posters)
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Monday, August 3rd: M3, Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Nick Shikuma & Spencer Nyholm (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Tuesday, August 4th: M3, Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Keynote: Nancy Knowlton (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Wednesday, August 5th: M3, Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Keynote: Nancy Moran (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
3 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Thursday, August 6th: M3, Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Amelia Lindsey & TA presentations (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening wrap-up experiments (Loeb 108)

Friday, August 7th: M3, Day 6

7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9 am - 12 pm Work on presentations
12 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 3 pm End of module presentations (Bay Reading Room)
3 pm - 5 pm Tidy up the lab
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
8-9 pm Optional: Friday Evening Lecture (Cornelia Clapp Auditorium)

Saturday, August 8th: Day Off

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner

MBL SYM Course
Module 4
Instructor: Tera Levin (University of Pittsburgh)
Instructor: Scott Nichols (University of Denver)
Instructor: Arielle Woznica (University of Texas at Austin)
Course Manager: Drew Honson (Carnegie Institute for Science)

Sunday, August 9th: M4, Day 1

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture & discussion time (Speck Auditorium)
- 9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome & Introductions
- 9:40 am - 10:10 am Project presentation - Tera Levin
- 10:10 am - 10:40 am Project presentation - Scott Nichols
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am Project presentation - Arielle Woznica
- 11:10 am - 11:30 am Team selection
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner (*pizza/posters)
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Monday, August 10th: M4, Day 2

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Tera Levin (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Tuesday, August 11th: M4, Day 3

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am - Lecture: Scott Nichols (Speck Auditorium)
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Wednesday, August 12th: M4, Day 4

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Keynote: Irene Newton (Loeb 263) [location might change if an alternative opens]
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
3 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening experiments (Loeb 108)

Thursday, August 13th: M4, Day 5

7:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:30 am Lecture: Arielle Woznica (Loeb 263) [location might change if an alternative opens]
11:30 am - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 5 pm Afternoon experiments (Loeb 108)
5 pm - 7 pm Dinner
7 pm - 10 pm Evening wrap-up experiments (Loeb 108)

Friday, August 14th: M4, Day 6

7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9 am - 12 pm Work on presentations
12 pm - 1 pm Lunch
1 pm - 3 pm End of module presentations (Bay Reading Room)
3 pm - 6 pm Pack up the lab
6 pm - 8 pm Catered Dinner (Swope Upper Terrace)
8-9 pm Optional: Friday Evening Lecture (Cornelia Clapp Auditorium)

Saturday, Aug 15th: Students Leave