Dear EMBRIOphytes, Join us next Monday, May 5th at 3pm EDT for our all-hands seminar focused on Institute competencies and their implementation as part of Thrust 4 research and practice led by the Gardner lab: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/97946412458?pwd=YUurFKck0n1am07eA7b0O0TVKsVwpC.1&from=addon<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-edu.zoom.us%2Fj%2F97946412458%3Fpwd%3DYUurFKck0n1am07eA7b0O0TVKsVwpC.1%26from%3Daddon&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Ce1a760af81634bd3652908dd899b82ab%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638818023480282461%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9%2BPmCUFRO9I0HWNYPkzS1MPmFSm6SK7xvFnmcN1Dqnc%3D&reserved=0> BTW, Congrats to Stephanie Gardner for being promoted to Full Professor in Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University!! EMBRIO Investigators, Trainees, and Research Scientists: Get your entries in for the EMBRIO Best Paper Competition (first author/co-author as EMBRIO graduate student, postdoc, or staff research scientist - papers published between 9/1/2021 and now are eligible). We ask that you submit your nominations by this weekend at the latest. Details are attached. Best Paper Nomination submission: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GUgolkEbJKjm2W<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_0GUgolkEbJKjm2W&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7Ce1a760af81634bd3652908dd899b82ab%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638818023480308745%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=n2%2Fq6nWSbutingaShc%2F2QzLy4MdX5tOsOU8ndHRY%2BXw%3D&reserved=0> Entries for Best Scientific Figure are also now open! (deadline June 1) Please see the attached for details and submission link. Summer School & Annual Retreat Thanks to all who have submitted your RSVP for the upcoming Summer School and Annual Meeting. We will be in touch next week with those of you traveling to Purdue regarding lodging, parking, and other logistics. Those planning to present a poster, stay tuned for instructions in the next two weeks. 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%7Ce1a760af81634bd3652908dd899b82ab%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638818023480319021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=24CHe5%2FtUXvHq1i408rvyF%2B26LpBe38jEg0oEHvPNG4%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%7Ce1a760af81634bd3652908dd899b82ab%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638818023480329480%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ySE2K9OzjhwdF2eRCeSayO9z7jyORxlG6vpWX%2F32SlM%3D&reserved=0>. Cheers, 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