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.
Lab Life
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.
