June 16, 2005

Shannon Hinsa defended her thesis back in December, but she was back at Dartmouth to walk in graduation this past weekend. Here are a couple of pictures from the festivities.

Shannon being hooded by Charlie Barlowe, Dean of Graduate Studies & Professor of Biochemistry.

Shannon and I in all our regalia.

Shannon in front of the signature view of Dartmouth - the Baker Library Tower.

June 13, 2005

We have had a couple of new people join the lab recently.

Pete Newell is a new graduate student. He'll be working on P. fluorescens biofilm formation. Pete was an undergrad at Middlebury College and worked at UVM before coming to graduate school at Dartmouth.

And Dan Murphy - we're calling him "Murph" because he's the third Dan/Daniel in the lab - has also joined the lab as a research technician. He recently graduate from UMass-Amherst. He is working in the lab on biofilm formation and pathogenesis by P. aeruginosa with Mike Zegans, M.D.

Welcome!

June 08, 2005

We recently had the 4th annual O'Toole lab retreat. This year is was in Falmouth, Ma. We had plenty of science and some time for some fishing too!