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Day/Time

Speaker/Event

6/15/25

9:00am - 7:00pm

Arrival of students to MBL Swope

7:00 - 8:00pm

Dinner (Swope Upper Terrace)

6/16/25

9:00 - 10:30am

Introduction to SPINES- Downes and Correa (Loeb Fishbowl)
Linda Hyman visits the course

1:30 -11:45am

Science and Activism Ed Kravitz (Loeb Fishbowl)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

Introduction to the lab - Cagney Coomer (Loeb G70)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Getting started with prolific writing- Gerald Downes (G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Break

3:30 - 5:00pm

Abstracts and presentations - Edwin Barea-Rodriguez (G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 8:30pm

3 min thesis - Practice 

6/17/25

9:00 - 11:45am

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 2:00pm

Data blitz 1 with Neurobiology and NS&B- Meigs Room

2:00 - 3:00pm

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer (Loeb 207)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Research Talk - Stephanie Padilla

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30

Principles of Teaching - Edwin Barea-Rodriguez (G70)

6/18/25

9:00 - 11:45am

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer  (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Research Talk - Elva Diaz 

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Negotiating a Position - Stephanie Padilla (G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Research Talk - Cagney Coomer (G70)

6/19/25

Juneteenth Celebration

9:00 - 11:45AM

Free time

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 5:00

Getting to know Woods Hole

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Picture time

6/20/25

9:00 - 11:45am

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer  (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Mentoring: Elva Diaz (Loeb G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Networking: Elva Diaz (Loeb G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Ethics Scenarios: Stephanie Correa (Loeb G70)

7:30 - 8:00pm

Break

8:00 - 9:-00

Friday Evening Lecture: Gerald Downes "Zebrafish at the Frontline: Investigating Epilepsy Genes and Cultivating New Science Leaders"

6/21/25

9:00 - 11:45am

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 5:00pm

Zebrafish experiments: Cagney Coomer  (Loeb 207

5:00 - 9:30pm

"Life Paths": SPINES faculty

6/22/25

9:00am - 5:00pm

Free or lab time

5:00 - 8:00pm

Dinner at Rae Nishi and Felix Eckenstein's house

6/23/25

9:00 - 11:45am

MATLAB bootcamp- Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

MATLAB bootcamp- Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Research Talk - Fisayo Aloba (G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 -5:00pm

Research Talk - André Fenton (G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Communicating Science to the General Public- André Fenton (Loeb G70)

6/24/25

9:00 - 11:45am

MATLAB bootcamp - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 2:00pm

Data blitz 2 with Neurobiology and NS&B - Meigs Room

2:00 - 3:00pm

Research Talk - Sebastian Alvarado (G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Research Talk - Gina Poe (G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

AI Tools in Research: Sebastian Alvarado (Loeb G70)

6/25/25

9:00 - 11:45am

MATLAB bootcamp- Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

MATLAB bootcamp- Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Research Talk- Caroline Palavicino-Maggio (Loeb G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Time Management: Rae Nishi (Loeb G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Social Media in Science: Sebastian Alvarado (Loeb G70)

7:30 - 8:30pm

Scientific Leadership: Gina Poe (Loeb G70)

6/26/25

9:00 - 11:45am

MATLAB bootcamp - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

MATLAB bootcamp - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Self Sabotage - Jean King (Loeb G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Microcommunities - Jean King (Loeb G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

CV/Individual Development Plan Workshop- Gerald Downes (G70)

6/27/25

9:00 - 11:45am

MATLAB bootcamp - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

MATLAB bootcamp - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb 207)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Publishing Your Science - Caroline Palavicino-Maggio (Loeb G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Research Talk - Dominique Pritchett (Loeb G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 9:30

Alumni Career Paths. Alumni Honor Day Talks - Local SPINES alumns, Cristina Roman-Vendrell, Arturo Zavala
(Loeb G70)

6/28/25

9:00 - 10:30am

Mentoring Brunch with SPINES Alumni (Terrace tables outside Swope)

10:30 - 2:00pm

Lab time

2:00 - 3:00pm

Beach walk?

3:00 - 5:00pm

Lab time

5:00 - 6:00pm

Dinner

6:30 - 9:30

Dancing with the Stars (Swope Lower Terrace)

6/29/25

Free Day

6/30/25

9:00 - 11:00am

Lab Results Presentations- Cagney Coomer (Fishbowl)

11:00 - 11:45am

Tour Grass Lab

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

Introduction to Grant Writing: Anne Etgen (Loeb G70)

2:00 - 3:00pm

NIH Grant Processing: Anne Etgen (Loeb G70)

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Research Talk- Ian Mendez (Loeb G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Navigating Academia - Angeline Dukes (Loeb G70)

7/1/25

9:00 - 10:30am

MBL Library Tour (2nd Floor of Lillie)

10:00 - 11:00am

Marine Resources Center Tour

11:45 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 3:00pm

MBL Library Tour (2nd Floor of Lillie)

2:00 - 3:00pm

Marine Resources Center Tour

3:00 - 3:30pm

Prolific Writing Practice

3:30 - 4:00pm

Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

The Scientific Workforce - Anne Etgen (G70)

5:00 - 6:30pm

Dinner

6:30 - 7:30pm

Setting Up and Managing Your First Laboratory - Ian Mendez (Loeb G70)

7:30 - 8:30pm

Outreach and Community Engagement - Angeline Dukes (Loeb G70)

7/2/25

8:30am - 12:30pm

SPINES Student Symposium
Marine Resource Center 210

12:30 - 2:00pm

Lunch

 

4:00 - 5:00pm

Martinez Townsel Lecture - Genevieve Neal-Perry (Clapp Auditorium)

2:00 - 7:30pm

4th of July Prep/Individual Meetings with Gerry and Stephanie

7/3/25

9:00am - 1:00pm

Free time

1:00 - 5:00pm

July 4th parade prep

5:00 - 7:30pm

Celebration and Awards Banquet Meigs Room

7/4/25

9:00 - 11:00am

Free time

11am - 1:00pm

4th of July Parade

4:00 - 9:30

BBQ and Fireworks

7/5/25

Departures