It's been around four years since I last posted a work update. Things have been going well in the meantime.
On the teaching side of things, each year I've taught two genetics courses, of about 75 students each. I managed to teach virtual for one year and then hybrid for one year without any major problems.
On the research side of things, the lab has been growing and expanding. Here is a recent photo from a lab outing, where we went bowling and also posed as a worm (our model organism, C. elegans). The newest additions to the lab include a new PhD student (holding the yellow ball), a new postdoc (middle of the worm, holding a green ball) and another new PhD student (holding the pink ball, next to me).
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At the same time, we've also lost some lab members, but for good reasons. The lab graduated our first two PhD Students! Morgan, left, is now a postdoc at The Ohio State University. Xiaoyu, right, is now working at a genome engineering biotech company in Boston.
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We've recently been hitting our stride with regard to research output (i.e. published manuscripts). Over the last few years we've published four papers, and have multiple manuscripts currently being peer reviewed for publication.
In recognition of all of these nice things that have happened - I was just awarded tenure! Meaning that I will "graduate" from an Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professor (with tenure).
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| Departmental Celebration. This is what a professor who just got tenure looks like. |
Meg has also had a good handful of years. She received a prestigious fellowship from the American Cancer Society a few years ago, and she recently published a manuscript. Her paper was important and beautiful enough to be featured on the cover of the journal!
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| Those are pictures of Meg's cells! (That is, the cells she studies.) |
