2023 Biomedical Course Schedule (to be updated for 2024)

Tuesday, May 30: Arrivals and Dinner

Fellows arrive. MBL’s Diana Kenney will meet fellows who arrive in time for dinner in the Swope Center Dining Hall at 6 PM. Dining hall closes at 7 PM.

Wednesday, May 31: Laboratory Orientation

Breakfast available beginning at 7:30 AM
9:00 AM: Welcome and Orientation (Meigs Room, Swope Center)

• Introduction of fellows, course faculty, and staff
• Fellowship logistics
• Overview of MBL - Gina Hebert, Director of Communications
• Walking tour of MBL campus

11:00 AM: Rare Books Tour (Lillie Building, MBLWHOI Library)
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Biomedical fellows to lab: Chalk talks
3:00 PM: Coffee break
3:30 PM: Tour of the lab, instrumentation, safety protocols
6:00 PM: Dinner

Thursday, June 1

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Discussion and lab work
10:30 AM: Break
11:00 AM: Return to lab
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Lab
3:30 PM: Coffee break
4:00 PM: Return to lab
5:30 PM: Beer-Wine Reception/Dinner with Environmental Fellows
7:30 PM: Back to lab: Discussion

Friday, June 2

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Lab
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM:  Lab
3:00 PM: Talk/demo with MBL scientist
4:00 PM: Movie screening and discussion
6:00 PM: Dinner
7:30 PM: Back to lab

Saturday, June 3

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Lab
10:30 AM: Coffee break
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Lab
3:00 PM: Coffee break
3:30 PM: Lab
6:00 PM: Dinner
7:00 PM: Chalk talk in lab

Sunday, June 4 – Day off

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Depart for day trip / whale watch  (optional for fellows, or can take day off)
4:00 PM: Return to MBL
6:00 PM: Dinner in Woods Hole village

Monday, June 5

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Lab
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Lab
3:00 PM: Coffee break
3:30 PM: Lab
6:00 PM: Dinner

Tuesday, June 6

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Lab – prepare for mini-symposium presentations
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:10 PM: Specimen collecting trip on Gemma. Meet in front of Marine Resources Center (MRC) no later than 1:10 PM.
3:00 PM: MRC Tank Room Tour
3:30 PM: Lab or Free Time
6:00 PM: Dinner
7:00 PM: Lab

Wednesday, June 7

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Lab; prepare for mini-symposium
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM:  Research talk w/MBL scientist
3:00 PM:  Research talk w/MBL scientist
3:30 PM: Lab
6:00 PM: Dinner
7:30 PM: Lab

Thursday, June 8: Symposium and Celebratory Dinner

8:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: SJP Fellows mini-symposium (Meigs Room, Swope Center)
11:15 AM: Class photo on Lillie steps
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM:  Research talks and Woods Hole explorations
4:00 PM: Free time
6:00 PM: Cocktail hour and dinner with fellows, faculty, MBL scientists, other guests

Friday, June 9
10:00 AM: Check out of Swope and depart  – Safe travels!