Happy New Year, EMBRIO Members,

Welcome back and best wishes to all for a positive start to the new semester. A few quick reminders (see below for details on each): 



We Need Your Input: Dates, Plans, Topics for EMBRIO 2026 Summer School & Joint Symposium
Use this brief online poll to capture your availability, plans and preferences, as well as input for training topics: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkIw8bHUboD9Qwu
 
A joint EMBRIO BII NSF - Notre Dame (RECODE NSF) one day symposium and poster session has been proposed focused on "Advancing Morphogenetic Biosciences and Bioengineering”, coupled with a multi-day training at the intersection of AI-levered computational modeling, quantitative biology, and bioengineering (e.g. https://sai.nd.edu/). The Symposium will feature EMBRIO speakers, along with speakers from Notre Dame, and invited Key Notes. Proposed to be hosted at our partners at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, EMBRIO will organize and help provide transportation and lodging for Purdue members to attend, as well as reimburse travel for EMBRIO trainees from our partner institutions to participate. 
 

 
Spring Semester EMBRIO All-Hands Schedule: Mondays 3-4pm Biweekly
We will continue with Mondays bi-weekly 3-4pm ET (calendar invites will be sent out soon. The intention this spring semester is to have one session a month dedicated to research thrust updates and one session a month dedicated to working proposal team(s)  collaborating on new funding proposals that leverage EMBRIO (trainees are welcome to attend/participate in these sessions). 
 

Jan 26
Feb 23
Mar 23
Apr 20
May 18
Open TBD
 
 

 
 

 
Purdue EMBRIO Faculty: SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF)- Accepting project postings!
Purdue’s SURF program invites faculty to mentor outstanding undergraduates in an 11-week paid summer research experience at the West Lafayette or Indianapolis campuses. 
By mentoring a SURF student, faculty help shape future researchers while contributing to student growth and professional development.
EMBRIO covers the PI amount of the internship cost and a housing stipend for non-Purdue students (your department and college, depending on the agreement, kick in the other 2/3 of the cost) 
Please let Brent know if you submit an EMBRIO project and indicate under the Centers/Institutes checkboxes that the project is an EMBRIO project. Submit project postings here 
 

 
 
 


Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute
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