Josh joins
Josh Hutchings joins the lab after completing his PhD with Giulia Zanetti. It took a bit of time to be able to jump over the pond, but we are so glad you finally made it. Welcome Josh!
01
Jul
08
Jun
kanika won cell paint contest
Congratulations to Kanika for winning the CellPaint contest in the Art Category with her entry “Heroes of Hope”. A beautiful piece showing the efforts by scientists and our fantastic health care workers in battling the pandemic.
31
May
Reika leaves
Reika is moving to the La Jolla Institute of Immunology to apply our cool techniques to study immunology with Erica Ollmann-Saphire. We wish her many insightful discoveries and a great time!
21
May
Eva Jane Coffin Childs
Congratulations to Eva for being selected for a Jane Coffin Childs fellowship!
13
May
Nat Prot
Our paper describing how to cryo-FIB mill cells for cryo-ET is out in Nature Protocols. Congratulations Felix, Reika, and Digvijay for the great work helping democratize cryo-ET!
01
Apr
Tom joins
Tom Laughlin (@3rdfloortom) joins the lab after completing his PhD in the Savage Lab. He will work on the phage nucleus with Joe Pogliano’s lab. Welcome Tom!
12
Mar
COVID hiatus
Sad to close our doors, but hopeful that together we will #flattenthecurve and beat this pesky virus and be back soon!
21
Feb
Martina leaves
Martina leaves the lab for a scientist position in Astrazeneca in Sweden. Ciao Martina, we will miss you!
20
Feb
PRIMO install
The return of PRIMO is here! The system is now installed at the Nikon center, and we are loving it all over again!
29
Jan
Kanika’s defense
Kanika defends her thesis! She is the first student to get a Ph.D. from the Villa lab Behold world, the mighty Dr. Kanika Khanna is coming! #soproud.