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Play Pictures and News: Extavour Lab 2009

All work and no play is never a good idea. So we sometimes have closely supervised, efficiently scheduled playtime…

Kainz and Didem   movie night
Dr. Kainz and Didem keepin’ it real at Franz’ thesis party!   Didem, Franz, Rori and John at Creature Feature movie party – stunned silence follows “Horrors of Spider Island.”
     
Kainz   office
RNA interference is not just a technique – it’s a fashion statement.   In the lab office, we seek inspiration from the giant horseshoe crab embryos floating in the window.
     
lab group
     
beach 1   beach 2
Friedemann and Arne look across the Atlantic…is that England?   Overcome by the peach pie, André takes a nap.
     
beach 3   party 1
Cassandra converses with Celine and her baby.   Potluck contest at the joint Abzhanov-Extavour lab holiday party: the PIs in deliberation.
     
party 2   party 3
Barbara receives an honorable mention for her teriyaki wings.   Ben’s key lime pie takes second place.
     
party 4   party 5
In first place, Evelyn’s goulash! Celine makes sure her honorable mention prize is in the photo.   Didem’s seaweed salad takes third place.
     
party 6   party 7
Friedemann’s present: a warm hat that perfectly matches his sweater!   Evelyn LOVES these festive antlers.
     
party 8   party 9
Didem is mesmerized by the magic happy ball.   With Thom’s orange Buddha and Ben’s giant scorpion for good luck, the two scientists engage in a serious game of battleship.