2026 CDB Schedule
| Saturday, October 3 Arrival and Orientation | |
| Morning | |
| Afternoon | Check in |
| Evening | - 7pm Welcome VP, NP - Overview + Goals - Student lightning talks |
| Sunday, October 4 Flies and Imaging | |
| Morning | Lecture: Imaging 101; Intro to Microscopes |
| Afternoon | Microscope tour continued; Lecture: Drosophila development. (NP) Fly staging, mounting, imaging of ‘unknowns’ |
| Evening | Microscopy continued |
| Monday, October 5 Parhyale and Flies | |
| Morning | Lecture: Parhyale Hox genes. (NP) Fly imaging continued |
| Afternoon | Lecture: Intro to FIJI. (NP) Students process and present data |
| Evening | Lecture: Intro to Teleost models (Zebrafish and Sea robins; VP ) |
| Tuesday, October 6 Zebrafish | |
| Morning | Short Lecture: Egg to Gastrula (VP) Zebrafish early stages (up to 24 h) |
| Afternoon | Lunchtime: Library/Rare books tour. Zebrafish facility tour -Larvae; Transgenic ‘unknowns’; Intro to microinjection; Line scanning confocal |
| Evening | Lecture: Intro to Echinoderms (MP) Zfish Time lapse imaging overnight |
| Wednesday, October 7 Zebrafish 2 | |
| Morning | Zebrafish microinjections |
| Afternoon | Transgenic images; Cell transplantation; photoconversion |
| Evening | Lecture: Intro to Nematostella (HM) Time lapse imaging of photoconversions |
| Thursday, October 8 Nematostella & Sea Stars | |
| Morning | Observe zebrafish results Nematostella experiments |
| Afternoon | Sea star experiments (MP) |
| Evening | Lecture: Butterfly structural color (NP) Butterfly Collection visit Imaginal Disk dissections on flies and butterflies |
| Friday, October 9 Nematostella continued | |
| Morning | Nematostella results |
| Afternoon | Project selection, and planning for Week 2 Complete staining on imaginal disks (today and tomorrow) |
| Evening | Sea Robin 101 (AH) (start sea robin and cephalopod antibody staining) |
| Saturday, October 10 Sea Robins and Cephalopods | |
| Morning | Sea Robin experiments continued |
| Afternoon | Cephalopods - mini lecture and observation (NP) |
| Evening | Imaging of stained specimens |
| Sunday October 11 - DAY OFF | |
| Monday, October 12 Independent Projects | |
| Morning | |
| Afternoon | |
| Evening | Guest Lecture - Samantha Jones (science communication) |
| Tuesday, October 13 Independent Projects | |
| Morning | MRC and AAF tour group #1 |
| Afternoon | MRC and AAF tour group #2 |
| Evening | |
| Wednesday, October 14 Independent Projects | |
| Morning | Guest Lecture – Corey Allard , Harvard 11AM |
| Afternoon | Lunch with Corey |
| Evening | |
| Thursday, October 15 Independent Projects | |
| Friday, October 16 Independent Projects | |
| Saturday October 17 Wrap up projects Lab tidy | |
| Morning | Organize and save all data |
| Afternoon | Groups work on planning their remote presentations |
| Evening | Dinner celebration |
| Sunday, October 18 Travel Day | |
| Morning | Leave for airport |