Today is Lydia’s defense! Elena is observing the battlefield.
Lydia looks very relaxed.
Presentation!
Slides!
Data!
After long deliberation on behalf of the committee (Slav, Elena, Fred, Sulayman and Susumu), Lydia is finally a PhD!
A special cake for electrophysiology PhD-seekers.
Cutting. Guided by Elena’s hand, naturally.
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Lydia Hoffstaetter (right next to the easy-to-find Evan).
Sensory Physiology Labs at Yale
Collaborative projects between Slav Bagriantsev and Elena Gracheva Laboratories at Yale University
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Matt Andres came to give a terrific talk on physiology of hibernation!
Marco, Lydia, Yury, Viktor, Matt, Jenny, Sarah.
Seriously.
On a bus to Neuroscience retreat! Lydia and Jenny.
The Gracheva lab +
Poster session: Jenny
Sarah
Jenny wins a 2nd prize for her poster!
Winter party!
Slav’s lab (find Evan)
Elena’s lab
The Sensory Physiology Labs at Yale!
Jenny, Elena, Lydia.
Jenny, Jon, Marco, Evan, Lydia, Elena.
Evan is chairing a scientific session.
Find Evan!
Jon, Jenny, Lydia.
Slav and Elena Labs: core set and extended edition.
Jerry Shulman
Jesse Rinehart
Jean-Ju Chung
A particularly heated debate occurred during a Q&A session…
Slav is answering a question from above.
Poster session. Evan and Jon.
Eve
Lydia
Willem
Eve, Willem, Jon, Elena, Slav, Lydia. Marco and Vanessa are hiding. Find Evan.
Congratulations to Eve and Willem for sharing the 1st prize in the poster competition!
..at the Cushing Center, where else?
During our mandatory reading hour, the Labs learned Lugwiler’s Dismal Itch – a very powerful effectuant spell useful in many situations. Next time we will do Spatial Transposition and Forlorn Encystment after that. Find Evan.
The Slav and Elena Labs organized this year’s departmental retreat at Yale West Campus.
Jon and Eve rehearse Jon’s presentation
Karen just can’t wait till it all starts!
Talks. Mike Nitabach before and after his presentation.
Elena’s talk.
Emile Boulpaep. Find Evan.
Mike Caplan’s parafilm origami master class.
It isn’t easy..
Poster session.
Joe Santos-Sacchi definitely likes Eve’s poster.
Karen, Elena, Lydia.
Organizers.
The Labs! (less Marco).
The labs: extended edition.
At Slav and Elena’s. Guilford, CT
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