Sunny weather, volleyball and great discussions made the lab retreat particularly inspiring this year. This winding path to the beach remined me of the winding path of science. We also spotted some island wildlife: Another highlight was s’mores on the beach. (photo credit: Muluye Liku) Bob demonstrated some advanced technique. …
Last week the lab rekindled its long tradition of ping pong with Stephen Wright’s lab. The competition was fun and fierce, but Tyler won the day. Congratulations to all who came out, and check out the tournament webpage for the official results. The level of play in this year’s final …
To celebrate Gavin’s Masters Defense and Selma’s summer project, the lab went bowling last week. We were lucky to have a special guest lab alumnus on hand. Although Selma started strong, Alex won the day with two strikes and a spare. Honourable mentions go to Mitch and Taraneh who finished …
As I near the end of my sabbatical, I’m reflecting on my year of driving an electric car. I leased a 2014 chevy spark last summer and have been driving it for all my commuting and other trips around L.A, about 6000 miles so far. Note that this is *not* …
Dear readers: I’m looking for standard emoticons for model organisms. Does anyone know where to find these? So far I found: Mouse <:3)~ Fish <))))>< What about flies, worms, arabidopsis and yeast? Is yeast just Oo ? Thanks! Alan
The lab enjoys some California culture at In’n’out Meetings were a breeze at the beach Presentation by the pool Working in the park Gavin enjoys a moment of peace overlooking the orange groves at meditation mount
Like us, bees are social animals. Like us, bees need to communicate. But, unlike us, who love posting photos of what we had for lunch, dancing seems to be the major way bees communicate about food. And amazingly, in this paper (Barron et al 2009), the authors show evidence that …
