Tuesday May 31st | Arrival Day Student Arrival in Buffalo Check in for on-campus housing 5.30 PM Meet & Greet/Ice-breaker Dinner |
Wednesday June 1st | Day of Introductions
8:30AM – 9:00AM: Continental breakfast 9:00AM – 10:00AM: Orientation 10:00AM – 10:30AM: Meet Mentor 10:30AM – 11:00AM: Group Photo 11:00AM – 12:30PM: Tour of Campus and Neighborhood 12:30PM – 2:00PM: Lunch 2:00PM – 3:30PM: Laboratory Safety Training |
Thursday June 2nd | Rodent Handling & Euthanasia & LAF Orientation
8:30am-12pm: Group 1 12:30pm-4:30pm: Group 2 |
Friday June 3rd | Responsible Conduct of Research and Ethics Training
8:30am-12pm: Group 1 and 2 |
Monday June 6th | Introduction Laboratory Skills
8:30am-4:30pm –All Groups 1. General Waste Practices 2. Autoclaving 3. Calculations 4. Labeling Samples 5. Laboratory Notebooks 6. Sterile Technique |
Tuesday June 7th | Introduction Laboratory Skills
8:30am-12:00pm: Group 1 1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2 1. Buffer Preparation 2. Weighing 3. Measuring Liquids 4. pH meter |
Wednesday June 8th | Introduction Laboratory Skills
8:30am-12:00pm: Group 1 1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2 1. Pipetting 2. Protein Assay 3. Spectrophotometer 4. Microsoft Excel |
Thursday June 9th | Introduction Laboratory Skills
8:30am-12pm: Group 1a 1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 1b 1. Sterile Technique 2. Cell Counting 3. Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay |
Friday June 10th | Introduction Laboratory Skills
8:30am-12pm: Group 2a 1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2b 1. Sterile Technique 2. Cell Counting 3. Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay |
Monday June 13th | Introduction to Lab Skills
8:30am – 12pm: Group 1 1:00pm – 4:30pm: Group 2 1. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate – Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
Tuesday June 14th | Introduction to Lab Skills
8:30am – 12pm: Group 1 1:00pm – 4:30pm: Group 2 1. Destain Gel 2. H & E Staining 3. Review |
Starting Wednesday June 15th to August 5th | Laboratory Research - With Your Mentoring Lab
(Scheduling as determined by your Mentor) |
Wednesdays Starting June 15th | 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 18th | Juneteenth Event- Details to be Announced |
Monday June 20th | Juneteenth Holiday - Offices/Labs Closed |
Wednesday June 22nd | 2:00PM – 3:45PM: Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM:BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM: Dinner as a group |
Friday June 24th | Clinical and Translational Research Event
*All students are required to attend* |
Wednesday June 29th | 2:00PM – 3:45PM Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM Dinner as a group |
Monday July 4th | Independence Day – Offices/Labs Closed |
Wednesday July 6th
| 2:00PM – 3:45PM Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM DINNER as a group |
Wednesday July 13th | 2:00PM – 3:45PM Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM DINNER as a group |
Wednesday July 20th | 2:00PM – 3:45PM Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM DINNER as a group |
Tuesday July 26th | 10:00AM – 12:00PM: Behling Simulation and Clinical Competency Centers Tours 12:30PM: Annual Distinguished CLIMB UP Lecture |
Wednesday July 27th | 2:00PM – 3:45PM Research Communication Workshops 4:00PM – 5:00PM BIOSTEM Scientific Discovery Series 5:00PM – 6:00PM DINNER as a group |
Sunday July 31st | CLIMB Picnic |
Thursday August 4th | CLIMB UP for Summer Research Symposium 8:00AM - 5:00PM
**Professional Business Attire** |
Friday August 5th | Wing Social Lunch |
Saturday August 6th | Departure for home |