Dear EMBRIOphytes, Hope that everyone's semesters have crossed the finish line. As we enter summer session, please give your attention to several announcements for upcoming events: Thrust 4 Seminar Monday May 19th Next Monday, May 19th 3-4PM EDT, we wrap up the spring semester seminar series with a presentation led by the Magana lab on Thrust 4 projects. If you missed last week's seminar on the Thrust 4 research into the EMBRIO Community of Practice and Institute Competencies, or any of our previous seminars you can access those on our shared Box account under All Hands Meeting Recordings and select the year you are looking for. (2025 seminars: https://app.box.com/s/ml2ftp0oyj7cthx12p0uq1krvypruydh<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fml2ftp0oyj7cthx12p0uq1krvypruydh&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665566071%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YHkKaoUuLhdXJ%2B4nhxeb5lh8rPnFfsIOPv1w4EPL1Gk%3D&reserved=0> ). EMBRIO Summer Events Items - Please Respond by the Deadlines: For attendees at our upcoming Summer School (June 9-11), and Annual Retreat (June 12-13), there are three related items that require your attention: By today, May 12th: If you have not RSVP, please do so via this link: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5oR3KzZcHjj7Ui<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_d5oR3KzZcHjj7Ui&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665643582%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ih8BlyedBEnvs8gG%2FihOTiNbKWdX59Q9poXgKbzponk%3D&reserved=0> . By May 16th: If you have a dietary restriction or disability for which you request accommodations - we need this information returned by this Friday, May 16th via this quick survey (if you don't have either, there is no need to complete the survey): https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db7D8ZNLmHL7cJo<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_db7D8ZNLmHL7cJo&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665691080%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EqiaZpLivvmqxL8ZeStO3%2Buuf3OOOaWlvQsGoN5JDqE%3D&reserved=0> Required by June 1st: Research Posters at Annual Retreat: For those who will present a research poster - upload your abstract with full citation, along with a 1-slide PowerPoint to use for your 1-min lightning talk to introduce your poster prior to the session: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6YxLsL2atyabFvo<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_6YxLsL2atyabFvo&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665750568%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZvCh89UjIaZx8biT6KVNYFku1DZsERIBfjK0r3I7e7A%3D&reserved=0> Entries for 2025 Best Scientific Figure or Live Video Awards (see attached for details. submission here: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9X3KHxUUz0bg6Pk<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_9X3KHxUUz0bg6Pk&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665805096%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Ful3uyZ5mZ7b9jR6D7XVgAE7HS8OqfJeyabl8g%2Bg1Y4%3D&reserved=0> ) The Summer School and Annual Retreat Full schedules will be finalized soon. We aim to start at 8:30am on June 11th for the Summer School, and the same 8:30am on June 12th for the Annual Retreat, ending at lunch on Friday the 13th. For those traveling to Purdue from our Partners, Jennifer Goad, has been in touch with you regarding logistics with hotel, parking, etc. If you may have missed her email, you can reach her via email: goad3@purdue.edu EMBRIO Competencies Pilot: For those interested in working with the Gardner lab on implementing the Institute competencies for their use case, please contact Stephanie Gardner: sgardne@purdue.edu EMBRIO Trainees: 2025 CompuCell3D Virtual Tissue Modeling Workshop and Hackathon Our partners at I.U. in the Glazier Lab and Biocomplexity Institute have announced the 2025 CompuCell3D Virtual Tissue Modeling Workshop and Hackathon at Indiana University, Bloomington, July 28th to August 10th, 2025. Learn to model your biological system of interest with one-on-one help. Week 1 will cover CC3D basics. Week 2 will cover advanced topics in CC3D, followed by a 2-day model-building hackathon. Physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and modelers team up to build research-grade models of biological systems. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, email compucell3d.iu@gmail.com<mailto:compucell3d.iu@gmail.com> or visit www.compucell3d.org/Workshop25<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.compucell3d.org%2FWorkshop25&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665845315%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FPB19XLuNTw7zE%2FpicTqmI81iEABR%2FSI8jtUxmlUlg0%3D&reserved=0>. Register at: www.tinyurl.com/CC3D2025<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tinyurl.com%2FCC3D2025&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C24d08d7cfaf147a49fc708dd91835134%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638826715665874126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NKlLu8Oz6vmQsgraUss2Uf23G%2B1Weobsw4newjmRKUQ%3D&reserved=0>. 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