The pandemic made it so hard to have undergraduates in the lab in 2020 and 2021, but despite this, we were fortunate to have Yoki, Emma, and Rosemary in the lab with us from the minute we opened back up. These incredible undergrads have done some outstanding work this past year or two, and we will miss them so much. We are so proud of you all and cannot wait to see what amazing things you each accomplish in the coming years!
Despite masking, social distancing, and a disappointing absence of candles, the lab continues to celebrate birthdays in fabulous style!
Lab life is slowly returning to normal after our Covid19 lockdown, but there's always an opportunity for laughter and cake (amazing Serbian Reform Cake thanks to Jelena)!
From March until July 2020, during the COVID19 lockdown, the Cohen Lab started a daily (yes, daily!) lab meeting by Zoom. Former lab members, Steve Gray and Miguel Brieno-Enriquez, joined us, along with occasional guests from the Cole and Schimenti labs. Though it was a stressful time, the lab morale kept strong with these meetings and with our Monday and Friday dance sessions!
A lab holiday party, celebrating the arrival of new people, and the end of 2019. Who knew at the time what 2020 would bring?!
Steve Gray left the lab to take a faculty position at the University of Nottingham. We will miss him so much, but we are so happy that he got his dream job, and we wish him the best of luck!
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DURING:
AFTER - the final products:
We had a great summer of visitors to the lab - thanks to Danling, Lindsey, and David for spending time with us!
While all graduations are special, Graduation 2017 was especially memorable for the Cohen lab! Melissa Toledo graduated with her PhD, Elizabeth Crate graduated with her MS, and five undergraduates (Christina Regan, Robert Rickert, Eileen Shu, Uche Ezeh, and Lekha Patel) graduated! We will miss their happy smiling faces in lab, but we wish them luck wherever life takes them.
Oh, and Joe Biden came to Cornell, too!
Melissa with her undergraduates (Anita returned to Ithaca to celebrate with Lekha and Melissa):
With Vera Rinaldi, who also graduated, from the Schimenti lab:
President Martha Pollack's first commencement address:
Paula's Selfie with the new President:
And Elizabeth came back too!!!
Proudly celebrating Robert's Summa Cum Laude! Robert is off to Sloan Kettering to continue his research where he will no doubt do fabulously!
And last but no means least, Christina, who's constantly smiling face will be so missed in lab! Congratulations, Christina - go out and rule the world!
Melissa's Hooding:
Melissa with her three families (Lab, biological, and Fetcho!):
Congratulations, Melissa! We are so so so proud of you - you are going to do FABULOUSLY!
Ex-lab members were there too:
In white, but not lab coats for a change:
Little and Littler:
Party Animal:
Oh yes, and Paul was there too!!!
First up is Xu:
Josh picks the biggest box, of course (but why are Andrew and Kim grimacing like that?):
Melissa is VERY happy with her mushroom growing kit:
Kim takes a turn:
And then Elena (while Kadeine knocks back the cocktails!):
Using the complete opposite strategy to that of her husband, Kadeine goes for the smallest package, perhaps hoping for cold hard cash:
And is rewarded with the first steal of the night, but is very happy with her replacement:
Fei gets booze .... perhaps the most inappropriately paired gift of the night:
And Peter makes a steal from Elena for the most appropriately paired gift of the night (much to Elena's relief):
