Dear Embriophytes, Happy New Year! A reminder that we’ll be kicking off our first thrust level update this coming Monday, January 8th 3pm EST with Thrust 4 focused on pedagogical research, curriculum development, training, diversity, and outreach efforts. We will break Jan. 15th for celebrating MLK, Jr., and Jan 22nd is reserved for the NSF BII conference. January 29th will feature an ABIDES training session on developing your project management skills. View the all-hands thrust level seminar dates and plans for Spring semester below. See you all on Monday, 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 EMBRIO All-hands Meeting Schedule, Monday’s 3-4pm ET. Zoom<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-edu.zoom.us%2Fj%2F92328164855%3Fpwd%3DUm5OY0NnNXp6S3YyVDBGVzJuK2QyUT09%26from%3Daddon&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C55fe4c5289ed4978aa0f08dc0e342a31%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638400864400265396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DCw6eYzNdAu7unH3bgc6i2mNHMF2AYZJtQ%2Fo5nhvc%2BQ%3D&reserved=0>. All Hands Zoom Meeting Recordings<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2F48uqgrgoy5ygp1tsj2l3lafoy8ubgkop&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C55fe4c5289ed4978aa0f08dc0e342a31%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638400864400421586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mrtM9n8CupeUpe03yyoypnDq8qUIqWlG4A4ACVewc%2Fw%3D&reserved=0> Jan 8 Thrust 4 Seminar 15 No Meeting: MLK Day 22 BII Conference - NSF Headquarters and Zoom 29 ABIDES topic: Project Management Feb 5 break 12 Orientation to EMBRIO/State of the Institute and open discussion (debrief PI’s Retreat) 19 break 26 Guest Speaker TBD March 4 break 11 No Meeting: Spring Break 18 Thrust 2 Seminar 25 break April 1 Guest Speaker TBD 8 break 15 Thrust 1 Seminar 22 break 29 Trainee topic or Speaker TBD May 6 Thrust 3 Seminar 13 break 20 Guest Speaker TBD 27 No Meeting: Memorial Day <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>