2024 ECHO Schedule

Week One

Fri May 17

Evening 6 PM

Welcome Dinner
Swope 2^nd Floor: Go through cafeteria line and meet in adjacent Private Dining Room
Introductions, Overview, Goals, Logistics:  Ruderman, Hunt, Hyman MBL Education Dept

Sat May 18

Morning 9:00
Loeb 2^nd floor lecture room

Lecture:
EDCs: What, where, and how are we exposed? - Ruderman
How and why organisms are vulnerable to EDCs - Patisaul
Endpoints, windows of exposure, susceptible pathways

Afternoon
Loeb 3^rd floor
ECHO lab space

Lab:
EDC mechanisms and analytical methods – Patisaul, Belcher
Models of EDC action, analytical lab, data interpretation

Evening 7:00

Lab:
Finish in vitro lab --- Patisaul & Belcher

Sun May 19

Morning

Lecture:
The chemical revolution past, present and future  – Collins
EDC study design – Patisaul, Belcher, Vandenberg

Afternoon

Lab:
Data analysis from EDC mechanisms lab – Patisaul, Belcher

Evening

5-min PowerPoint presentations of participants’ home research projects

Mon May 20

Morning

Lecture:
Animals: from toxicology to endocrinology – Vandenberg, Patisaul, Belcher
Lunch with Science Journalism Fellows

Afternoon

Lab:
Brain and behavior lab
Using zebrafish to study EDCs - Delaney
Zebrafish facility tour

Evening

Communication:
Developing and refining your speaking style – Hunt

Tues May 21

Morning

Lecture:
EDCs as obesogens:  A role in the rising tide of obesity? – Ruderman
Hazard Assessments – Vandenberg

Afternoon

Lab:
Mouse hazard lab – Vandenberg, Patisaul  

Evening

Discussion:
Hazard vs risk - Vandenberg, Patisaul

Wed May 22

Morning

Media Training 101 Handling tough questions from reporters - Kostant

Afternoon

Lab
Student interviews by reporters Rick Weiss and Kristina Marusic

Evening

Discussion:
The power of social media
Media training recap - Kostant

Thur May 23

Morning

Lecture:
Community engaged research & One Health approaches - Frank von Hippel
Lessons from wildlife –Belcher                  

Afternoon

Lab:
Morphometric analysis of endocrine organs - Vandenberg 

Evening

Discussion:
Environmental justice - Frank von Hippel           

Week Two

Fri May 24

Morning

Lecture:
Analytical tools in biomonitoring – Gerona
Fundamentals of epidemiology - Oulhote

Afternoon

Lab:
Targeted vs non-targeted analysis – Gerona
Confounding: Implications of biomarker measurements – Oulhote
Direct vs indirect analysis; Choosing the right matrix – Gerona
Bias and error OR mixtures - Oulhote

Evening

Discussion:
Sustainable chemistry – Collins                

Sat May 25

Morning

Lecture:
Perils and pitfalls of experimental studies to address human concerns and human studies to extend experimental findings – Hunt, Gerona

Afternoon

How is analytical data generated? - Gerona
R Lab – Oulhote

Evening

Pathways to change:
From scientific findings to policy change: 
How science-based agencies do and don’t make decisions – Maffini

Sun May 26

Morning

Excursion to Martha’s Vineyard

Afternoon

Evening

PFAS at the movies:  Dark Waters

Mon May 27
Memorial Day

Morning

Lecture:             
C. elegans as a model to assess EDC effects on the germline and
effects of chemicals in mixtures  - Colaiacovo     
EDC mixtures: Real life problems – Kassotis

Afternoon

Lab:
Using C. elegans to assess EDC germline effects – Colaiacovo

Evening

Discussion:
How to facilitate policy change - Maffini

Tues May 28

Morning

Lecture:
Intro to fetal programming and epigenetics - Susiarjo

Afternoon

Lab:
Epigenetic analysis - Susiarjo

Evening

Ethics and doubt – Vandenberg, Patisaul

Wed May 29

Morning

Lecture:
Bridging chemistry and toxicology and TiPED – Collins, Warner

Afternoon

Lab:
Epigenetic analysis (continued) - Susiarjo
New water lab – Collins, Warner         

Evening

Revised participant 5 min PowerPoint research talks

Thur May 30

Morning

Lecture:
Emerging topics - Vandenberg

Afternoon

Lab:
Discussion of water lab – Collins, Warner

Evening

Final Discussion & Course Party