2026 Zebrafish Schedule
Thurs 23 Jul
2:00 – 5:00 Student check-in (Swope)
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (Swope)
7:00 – 7:15 Welcome to the Zebrafish Course: Tom Schilling & Andi Pauli (Speck Auditorium)
7:15 – 8:15 Overview: Zebrafish Development and Genetics: Lila Solnica-Krezel (Speck Auditorium)
8:15 – 9:15 Student 3-min oral presentations (Speck Auditorium)
9:30 – 10:30 Set up posters and locate individual student stations in lab (Loeb 260)
Fri 24 Jul
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome to the MBL: Linda Hyman, Director of Education (Loeb 260)
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction to stereoscopes, iPad/camera & server: Dave Raible & Faculty (Loeb 260)
9:30 – 12:00 Pit Talk/Lab: Early Dev: Lila Solnica-Krezel, Margot Williams & Dave Raible (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Tom Schilling & Andi Pauli) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 2:30 Lab: Early Zfish Dev, continued: L Solnica-Krezel, M Williams & D Raible (Loeb 260)
2:30 – 3:30 Lecture: Introduction to Microscopy: Andres Collazo (Loeb 263)
3:30 – 6:00 Hands-on microscopy training: Andres Collazo, Jim Fadool, Dave Raible, & T Schilling (Loeb 260)
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Margot Williams & Mary Mullins (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30 Follow up on embryos and wrap-up from morning session: Lila Solnica-Krezel
9:30 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (science discussions with speakers, faculty, posters 1-6 on display)
Sat 25 Jul
8:30 – 9:30 Pit Talk: Larval anatomy: Tom Schilling (Loeb 260)
9:30 – 12:00 Lab: Larval anatomy tour with fluorescent transgenics: Andres Collazo, Jim Fadool, Dave Raible & Tom Schilling (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Mary Mullins & Lila Solnica-Krezel) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 2:30 Workshop: Developmental Genetics: Mary Mullins (Candle House 104)
2:30 – 3:30 Workshop: Testing Gene Function & Designer Genes: Mary Mullins (Candle House 104)
3:30 – 4:30 Lab: imaging and mounting transgenics: Dave Raible & Tom Schilling (Loeb 260)
4:30- 5:00 Break
5:00 – 6:00 Lecture: Light Sheet Microscopy: Jan Huisken (Speck Auditorium)
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Lila Solnica-Krezel & Dave Raible (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued science discussions with speakers, faculty, posters 7-12)
9:30 – 11:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Andres Collazo & Jim Fadool (Group 1)
9:30 – 11:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Jan Huisken and Dane Maxfield (Group 4)
9:30 – 11:00 Groups 2 and 3 work on T-shirt design
Sun 26 Jul
8:30 – 9:30 Wrap-up: Larval Anatomy: Tom Schilling & Dave Raible (Loeb 263)
9:30 – 12:00 Pit Talk & Lab: Mounting, imaging & analysis of mRNA and protein in embryos and larvae: Kara Cerveny & Fabienne Poulain (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Dave Raible & Margot Williams) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 4:00 Lab: Mounting, imaging, & analysis of mRNA and protein, including wrap up: Kara Cerveny & Fabienne Poulain (Loeb 260)
4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 – 6:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Andres Collazo & Jim Fadool (Group 2)
4:30 – 6:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Jan Huisken and Dane Maxfield (Group 3)
4:30 – 6:00 Groups 1 and 4 work on T-shirt design
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Jim Fadool & Fabienne Poulaine (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 13-19) + T shirt design
Mon 27 Jul
8:30 – 12:00 Pit Talk & Lab: mRNA and CRISPR injections: Andi Pauli (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Fabienne Poulain & Kara Cerveny) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 3:00 FREE time
3:00 – 4:30 Workshop: Responsible conduct of research: Tom Schilling & Andi Pauli (Candle House 104, or Loeb quad)
4:30 – 6:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Andres Collazo & Jim Fadool (Group 3)
4:30 – 6:00 Time-lapse microscopy: Jan Huisken and Dane Maxfield (Group 1)
4:30 – 6:00 Groups 2 and 4 work on T-shirt design
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Kara Cerveny & Holger Knaut (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:45 Wrap-up mRNA injected embryos: Andi Pauli (Loeb 260); start 2 time-lapses with germline-labelled or fluorescently injected embryos
9:45 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 19-24)
11:00 T-shirt design is due by 11:00 pm
Tues 28 Jul
8:30 – 12:00 Pit Talk & Lab: Morpholino & CRISPR injections: Andi Pauli & Jeff/Holger (Starr 209, then Loeb 260)
11:00 – 12:00 Needle pulling demo: Adair Oesterle and Jim Fadool (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Jeff Farrell & Jan Huisken) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 4:00 Workshop: Genome and genomics literacy: Jeff Farrell (Bay Reading Room in Lillie)
4:00 – 5:30 Workshop: Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics: Alex Schier (Candle House 104)
5:30 – 6:00 Check on mRNA injected embryos: Andi Pauli & Jeff/Holger (Loeb 260)
6:30 – 7:30 Student/Faculty Challenge: Scavenger Hunt
7:30 – 10:00 Course BBQ (Loeb Quad)
10:00 – 11:30 Time-lapse microscopy: Andres Collazo & Jim Fadool (Group 4) (and any good ones from the morning’s injected larvae)
10:00 – 11:30 Time-lapse microscopy: Jan Huisken and Dane Maxfield (Group 2) (and any good ones from the morning’s injected larvae)
Wed 29 Jul
9:00 – 10:30 Workshop: Zebrafish in Education: Monica Blatnik, Pierre Le Pabic & Kara Cerveny (Starr 209)
10:30 – 12:00 Pit Talk: Chimeric Analysis: Tom Schilling, Holger Knaut & Jim Fadool (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Alex Schier & Andres Collazo) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 5:30 Lab: Chimeric analysis – Blastula transplants: Andreas Collazo, Jim Fadool, Holger Knaut & Tom Schilling (Loeb 260)
from 5:30 on Student self-organized social time and/or assembly of images – free evening!
6:00 – 7:00 Faculty Meeting (Memorial Circle)
7:00 – 10:00 Faculty & Staff Event
Thurs 30 Jul
8:30 – 9:30 Workshop: When should I (not) use zebrafish as a model? Alex Schier (Starr 209)
9:30 – 12:00 Lab: Imaging transplants: Andres Collazo, Jim Fadool, Holger Knaut & Tom Schilling (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:00 Faculty (Holger Knaut & Jim Fadool) lunch with students (Swope)
1:00 – 4:30 Pit Talk & Lab: Adult dissections & tissue regeneration: Mayssa Mokalled (Loeb 260)
4:30 – 6:30 Workshop: Mutant & CRISPR design: Jeff Farrell (Bay Reading Room in Lillie)
6:30 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: The Ruth Sager Lectures in Genetics:
Jeff Farrell & Alex Schier (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 1-6)
9:30 – 11:00 Additional imaging of transplants; assembly of images for transplant wrap-up
Fri 31 Jul
***Work on photo contest entries during ‘free time’ today***
8:30 – 10:30 Wrap-up: Chimeric analysis student presentations: Andres Collazo, Jim Fadool, Holger Knaut & Tom Schilling (Starr 209)
10:30 – 12:00 Review of time-lapses (Groups 1, 2, 3, 4): Jim Fadool, Andres Collazo & Jan Huisken (Starr 209)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Corinne Houart & Monica Blatnik) lunch with students (Swope) (Groups 1 and 2: lunch till 1pm)
1:30 – 3:00 Workshop: Disease modeling: Martin Distel (Candle House 104)
3:00 – 5:00 FREE TIME/work on photo-contest/tours MRC
Tour MRC groups 1&2 and 3&4
5:00 – 6:00 Research Lecture & Discussion: Mayssa Mokalled (Speck Auditorium)
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (Swope)
8:00 – 9:00 MBL Friday evening lecture (Clapp Auditorium)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 7-12)
Sat 1 Aug
***Work on photo contest entries during ‘free time’ today***
8:30 – 12:00 Pit talk & Lab: Disease models: Martin Distel (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:00 Faculty (Mayssa Mokalled & Pierre Le Pabic) lunch with students (Swope)
1:00 – 2:00 Pit Talk: Monitoring morphogenesis: Analysis of morphogenesis in 3D and 4D: Kristen Kwan (Loeb 263)
2:30 – 5:00 Lab: Monitoring morphogenesis: Kristen Kwan (Loeb 260)
5:00 – 6:00 Wrap-up of Monitoring morphogenesis: Kristen Kwan (Loeb 263)
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Martin Distel & Kristen Kwan (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 13-19)
9:30 – 11:00 Free Time prep for wrap up
9:30 – 10:30 Time-lapse microscopy: Jim Fadool, Paul, Andres & Dane (all groups)
Sun 2 Aug
***Work on five-minute student presentations of favorite data during ‘free time’ today***
8:30 – 9:30 Pit Talk: Behavior: Harry Burgess & Jim Fadool (Starr 209)
9:30 – 12:00 Lab: Behavior: Harry Burgess & Jim Fadool & John Dowling (Loeb 260)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Kristen Kwan & Martin Distel) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 4:00 Lab, continued: Behavior: Harry Burgess & Jim Fadool & John Dowling (Loeb 260)
4:00 – 5:00 Wrap-up of Behavior: Harry Burgess & Jim Fadool & John Dowling (Loeb 260)
5:00 – 6:00 Workshop: Transgenesis: Sarah Kucenas (Candle House 104)
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Chi-Bin Chien Memorial Research Lecture: Jamie Nichols (Speck Auditorium), followed by reception (Loeb Quad or MBL Club)
9:00 – 11:00 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present, posters 20-24)
10:00 Stony Beach evening quiet field trip to see bioluminescence (weather permitting)
Mon 3 Aug
***Work on five-minute student presentations of favorite data during ‘free time’ today***
8:30 – 9:30 Pit Talk: Optical Manipulation: Sarah Kucenas & Harry Burgess (Loeb 263)
9:30 – 12:00 Lab Rotations: Ablation/Axotomy & Optogenetics: Sarah Kucenas & Harry Burgess (Loeb 260) AND *free time*
12:00 – 1:00 Faculty (Jamie Nichols) lunch with students (Swope)
1:00 – 4:00 Lab Rotations: Ablation/Axotomy & Optogenetics: Sarah Kucenas & Harry Burgess (Loeb 260) AND Fish facility tours with aquaculture vendors
4:00 – 4:45 Tea-time with aquaculture vendors (Loeb Quad or MBL Club)
4:45 – 6:00 Work on five-minute student presentations of favorite data
6:00 Photo contest images (individual & group entries) due by 6 pm
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Sarah Kucenas & Harry Burgess (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present)
9:30 – 10:30 Follow up on Ablation/Axotomy & Optogenetics: Sarah Kucenas & Harry Burgess (Candle House 104)
10:30 Stony Beach evening quiet field trip to see bioluminescence (weather backup)
Tues 4 Aug
***Work on five-minute student presentations of favorite data during ‘free time’ today***
9:00 – 11:00 Lab: Disease modeling follow-up: Martin Distel (Loeb 260)
11:00 – 12:00 Wrap-up: Disease modeling (Martin Distel) (Loeb 263)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (Harry Burgess & Sarah Kucenas) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 5:00 Lab: Monitoring tissue regeneration: Mayssa Mokalled (Loeb 260)
5:00 – 6:00 Wrap-up: Monitoring tissue regeneration: Mayssa Mokalled (Loeb 263)
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner (Swope)
7:30 – 9:00 Research Lectures & Discussion: Andi Pauli & Tom Schilling (Speck Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30 ‘DiSci’ (continued w speakers and all faculty present)
9:30 – 11 Finish work on five-minute student presentations of favorite data & photo contest, if needed
11:00 Late-breaking photo contest images due by 11:00 pm
Wed 5 Aug
9:00 – 10:30 Lab: In vitro fertilization: April Freeman & Andi Pauli (Loeb 260)
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop: Zebrafish Husbandry, Breeding and Shipping: April Freeman (Loeb 263)
12:00 – 1:30 Faculty (April Freeman & Caitlin Inglis & Troy McInerney) lunch with students (Swope)
1:30 – 3:30 Five-minute student presentations of favorite data (Candle House 104)
3:30 – 5:00 Course Wrap-up Discussion: Tom Schilling & Andi Pauli (Tent in Loeb Quad)
5:00 – 5:15 Course Photo #1; wear course t-shirt (Loeb Courtyard)
6:00 – 10:00 Course Dinner and Student Awards with Course Photo #2 at 6:30 pm (Swope Lower Terrace)
Thurs 6 Aug
Breakfast, room checkout and departure