by Heidi Hehnly in Collaborative Work, Research Presentations, Lab Fun, News
Lindsay won 3rd place at the International Zebrafish Conference (IZFC) this past week in Madison Wisconsin. We had a great time visiting friends, learning about zebrafish, and presenting our work. Lindsay also gave an oral presentation on her and Erica Colicino's studies testing the role of the cytokinetic bridge in lumen formation. Great Job Lindsay! I can't wait to go next year to the IZFC! Also, my favorite conference companion Bart Hehnly Chang also had a successful flight and Madison trip!
I had a great time in Mt. Snow presenting Lindsay and Erica's study examining the cytokinetic bridge in de novo lumen formation. Both the poster session and oral presentation was fun, and I can't wait to go again. My son Bartlett had fun too and I think its time that we make it friendlier for families to bring their kids to week long meetings. I thought this meeting was a perfect one to bring kids too, it was a nice outdoor setting with lots of stuff for my husband and son to do, which included a petting zoo/farm where I got to make a new little friend! Lets promote young scientists by also supporting their ability to have a happy family life. Those with happy home lives and families are more able to produce great science and thats what we all want.
I had a great time talking about the role of cell division in tissue morphogenesis at the Biology Department at the University of Rochester yesterday! Not only did it bring back fond memories of my undergraduate research with Dr. Don Kane in the Biology Department but it was great to see how beautiful the campus is! In addition, I loved seeing Dan Bergstralh and his laboratory. Im so happy to have such a nice group of scientific neighbors.
Alice and Michael did a great job presenting their posters at Syracuse University this past Friday. Alice is a senior who won a Research Award on her work in our lab, and Michael is a junior. We are super proud of Alice and Michael, and wish Alice all the luck after graduation with her future endeavors!
Top image is the lab! From Left to Right is: Mike, Alice, Heidi, Lindsay, and Erica. The middle image is Mike with his poster entitled "Genetic instability and preferential segregation of lagging Chromosomes" and Alice with her poster entitled "The role of cell division in de novo tissue morphogenesis in Kupffer's Vesicle".