Summer 2013

Rachel Egger enjoys celebratory lunch at the Faculty Club after receiving a Centennial Teaching Award, with Libby Karn.

More typical view, Rachel laughing it up while counting cells at her computer. Wonder what she's listening to that's so funny!

Han in the lab -- summer 2013. So much to do...

Visiting student Ali Matei and new postdoc Karina van der Linde (left) learning to harvest corn in summer 2013. Both trained in Gunther Doehlemann's lab, MPI-Marburg

Summer 2013 visiting graduate student Ali Matei, from Gunther Doehlemann's lab, Marburg. Ali studies Ustilago maydis - maize interaction, and she recovered infected maize cells by laser capture microdissection and conducted many, many seedling infection assays.

Goodbye party for Ali ... American food at The Counter. Burgers, shakes, fries!

Rachel flanked by undergraduates Katie Murphy (pitchfork, Stanford T-shirt) and Caroline Doherty (Brown University visiting student) in the 2013 corn field. Weeds better watch out!

Caroline Doherty and Katie Murphy -- happy 2013 summer undergrads at the field lab. Caroline worked with Gillian Nan on gene mapping, and Katie pursued differential staining of anther cell walls mentored by Rachel Egger. Both got lots of experience weeding!

Thank you Dohery family for providing a great surprise for Caroline and delicious dessert at one of our field barbeques, summer 2013.

Graham Marchant enjoys cutting his 20th birthday cake at another field barbeque, summer 2013. Darren Morrow and lab alum Tim Kelliher also celebrated the same week. Three guys are 10 years offset in age.