CLIMB UP students enjoy a balanced schedule of academic, research, and fun activities during the summer months.
Wednesday May 31st | Arrival Day Student Arrival in Buffalo Check in for on-campus housing 6.00PM - 8.00PM Meet & Greet/Ice-breaker Dinner |
Thursday June 1st | Day of Introductions
9:00AM – 9:30AM: Continental breakfast and meet mentor 9:30AM – 10:30AM: Orientation and group photo 2:00PM – 3:30PM: Laboratory Safety Training |
Friday June 2nd | Housekeeping Day Morning: Get ID cards Afternoon: Responsible conduct of Research Training |
Monday June 5th | Group 1- Introduction to Lab Skills Day 1 9:00am-5:00pm 1. General Waste Practices 2. Autoclaving 3. Calculations 4. Labeling Samples 5. Laboratory Notebooks 6. Buffer Preparation |
Tuesday June 6th | Group 1- Introduction Laboratory Skills Day 2 9:00am-5:00pm 1. Buffer Preparation 2. Pipetting 3. Spectrophotometer 4. BioRad Protein Assay |
Wednesday June 7th | Group 2- Introduction to Lab Skills Day 1 9:00am-5:00pm 1. General Waste Practices 2. Autoclaving 3. Calculations 4. Labeling Samples 5. Laboratory Notebooks 6. Buffer Preparation |
Thursday June 8th | Group 2- Introduction Laboratory Skills Day 2 9:00am-5:00pm 1. Buffer Preparation 2. Pipetting 3. Spectrophotometer 4. BioRad Protein Assay |
Friday June 9th | First full day in Lab (Scheduling as determined by your Mentor) |
Monday June 12th | Mentor-Mentee agreements due |
Wednesdays Starting June 14th | 2:00PM – 3:45PM: Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM: BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM: DINNER as a group All students required to attend |
Saturday June 17th | Juneteenth Event- Details to be Announced |
Monday June 19th | Juneteenth Holiday - Offices/Labs Closed |
Friday June 23rd | Clinical and Translational Research Event *All students are required to attend* |
Tuesday July 4th | Independence Day – Offices/Labs Closed |
Saturday July 22nd | CLIMB UP Picnic |
Thursday July 27th | CLIMB UP for Summer Research Symposium **Professional Business Attire** |
Friday July 28th | Field trip and lunch! |
Monday July 31st | Departure for home |