Dear EMBRIO Members, Our Summer School begins in two weeks on July 8th - 10th followed by our 3rd Annual Retreat at Purdue University taking place July 11th - 12th . Poster presenters: poster titles and abstracts, and 1 min lightning talk slide are due Monday, July 1st . Please see the link below for submitting these items. The Institute is holding a Best Scientific Figure Award competition to recognize top scientific figures (including live cell or simulation videos) from research conducted by EMBRIO graduate students. Nominations and submissions are due this Wednesday by Noon, June 26th. See the attached 1 pager for details and link for how to nominate your work and submit your scientific figure (we will hold a best manuscript competition this Fall). Our events will be hosted in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. Please see the items below for preparing for the events. You will find updated agendas, poster template, and slide presentation template on our website: Summer School<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/workforce-development/EMBRIO-summer-school.php> Annual Retreat<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/research/annual-retreat.php> Presentations and Posters: Thrust Leaders: Thank you for organizing your thrust project presentations for this event. Please find the downloadable presentation template on the Annual Retreat<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/research/annual-retreat.php> page. Slide 2 of the template contains the theme for the talks, along with instructions helpful for the presentations. As we did last year, we’ll have presenters run their PowerPoints from their own laptops to best preserve graphics and videos. Students, Postdocs, and Research Staff Presenting a Poster: Thank you for preparing your posters and a 1 min lightning talk. Please find additional information at this brief online survey to be completed by Monday, July 1st with upload of abstract and single slide poster file: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0qPh2EZ8Nt4EwGq<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_0qPh2EZ8Nt4EwGq&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Cb11d03a1625a453325aa08dc94871be5%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638548555366639764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RGXEbiLIqBCFh%2F0bQPAjr3HPqN4b8iAu28QtbyUBti8%3D&reserved=0> Partners Traveling to Purdue: You'll be staying on campus in the Purdue Union Club Hotel<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.homeofpurdue.com%2Flisting%2Funion-club-hotel-at-purdue%2F476%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Cb11d03a1625a453325aa08dc94871be5%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638548555370390080%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMpNhVeBOvk89OfB6KXnFym%2FgwAubQ7FSeM%2FuFXSWVk%3D&reserved=0>. Shuttles from O'Hare and Indy Airports<https://www.purdue.edu/visit/getting-here/index.php> have pick up and drop off times daily. You'll receive more details on your room soon. Best, Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Office: Hall for Discovery Learning and Research, Ste. 203 207 S. Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 laddb@purdue.edu