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Lab’s 1 year anniversary
By complete accident, Vlad wore the exact same shirt on the lab’s first anniversary as he did on the first day. The place looks quite a lot busier than before! For reference, here’s the photo from the exact same place one year ago:
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Inaugural lab BBQ is a success
The growing lab gets together for our first summer cookout, hopefully the first of many more to come! The informal bocce tournament is a hit.
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Jacob joins the lab!
We’re super excited to welcome the second brave graduate student, Jacob Smith, into the lab! Jacob (photographed here after an exceedingly productive trip to the surplus department, second from the right) is a student in the OSBP program and will be unraveling the mysteries of eukaryotic stress signaling. Hurray!
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First brave grad student joins!
In a very special day for the lab, the first graduate student decides to join after completing all of his rotations! Swapnil (Neil) Mukherjee becomes one of the lab’s founding members. Can’t wait to see the wonderful things he’s going to achieve over the next few years!
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First experiments!
Despite still waiting on a whole bunch of equipment and reagents to arrive, we’re beginning to do some real benchwork. Here’s how (not) to measure out agar for LB plates before you get your chemical scoops delivered: And here’s Nick bravely loading a gel for the first time:
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Lab opens!
Big day! The lab officially opened today, August 15th, 2022. Renovations are still in full swing but I’m excited to see the rapid progress in converting the space to suit our needs. More news to follow!