On Saturday, March 7, 2020 the Devarenne Lab had a party at Tim’s house to celebrate the successful defense of Incheol. Lots of food and good drinks were had
Party for Incheol
Lab Life
Shruthi Joins the lab for the 2019 summer
On June 5, 2019 Shruthi Garla joined the lab as a summer intern. She is a local high school student and will be working on B. braunii hydrocarbon production.
Devon Joins the Lab as Graduate Student
In February, 2019 Devon Boland joined the Devarenne Lab as a new graduate student. Devon is from Illinois and will be working on identifying the reductase genes from the L race of B. braunii needed for production of lycopadiene.
Ivette Joins the Lab as Postdoctoral Researcher
Ivette Cornejo Corona has rejoined the Devarenne Lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Her time in the lab is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Méxican science agency CONACYT. She will be working on the reaction mechanism of the B. braunii L race LOS enzyme. Ivette was a previous member of the lab as a visiting graduate student. Welcome back to the lab Ivette.
Party for Dongyin and Dan
Party for Mehmet and Jiasen
On Friday, September 15, 2017 the Devarenne Lab had a party at Tim’s house to celebrate the recent successful PhD defense by Mehmet and the say goodbye to Jiasen, who has been on sabbatical in the lab for the last year. Jiasen’s last day in the lab is September 26. At the party we drank Raki, a very popular drink of Turkey, Mehmet’s home country.
Hem Thapa Defends Thesis
Devarenne Lab graduate student Hem Thapa successfully defended his PhD thesis on June 2, 2017. After the defense we held a party at Tim’s house. The party was a joint party with the Straight lab to celebrate the successful PhD defense of Reed Stubbendieck in May. Reed and Hem are shown in the picture at the party.
Lab 2017 New Year Party
On January 21 the Devarenne Lab held the annual first party in the new year at Tim’s house. Everyone brought a food item to share and a good time was had by all.
Devarenne Lab Visits Jester King Brewery
On Sunday the Devarenne Lab took a break from the ASPB Plant Biology 2016 Meeting and went out to the Jester King Brewery outside of Austin. We tasted some beers and had wood fire cooked pizza at Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza. We all had a great time.
Lab Beach Outing
The Devarenne Lab went to Surfside Beach, TX on a beautiful Saturday to enjoy the sun and waves of the Gulf Coast. Afterward we had dinner at the Red Snapper Inn.
