David Baker wins the Nobel Prize – and we get to celebrate!
David Baker was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their grounding breaking work in computational protein design.
There was a celebration at the IPD! Claudia unfortunately missed said celebration, but she was flying to Baltimore to give a talk at JHU Cell Biology Department on Mike Piacentino’s invitation. It was so much fun!
Pumpkin admiration with the Kwon Lab
Some of us were available to go admire some pumpkins and fall weather with the Kwon Lab.
Michelle Chicas passes her General Exam! 💫💫
It was a lot of work and she, in the words of one of her committee members, “knocked it out of the park!”.
Hayden and Claudia attend TEMTIA 11
Hayden and Claudia ventured to the other side of Lake Union to hear about current topics in EMT and MET in cancer and development. It was a treat to have all these experts in our “backyard”and to have the opportunity to meet with them and hear them share their work!
A story of Agar troubles
A needed and loved reagent in the Vasquez Lab are the apple juice agar plates that we use to collect Drosophila embryos. Vesta prepares them in mass. The troubles began in September when one after another autoclave failed to dissolve the agar properly. After consulting with experts, determining the autoclaves are cursed, saying some blessings, considering different sacrifices, avoiding the autoclaves entirely, Vesta succeeded in making plates again. YAY FOR ALL OF US, and thank you Vesta!!!
