The MPI-CBG is one of the organizers of a huge upcoming charity event for refugees: “Run and Roll! Dresden gets moving!” This fundraiser will specifically raise money to improve the medical care for refugees in and around Dresden. Participants can run/walk the 5.7km course around the Großer Garten in Dresden, or “roll” the course on […]
Check out these photos of 3 of our postdocs during the “Tough Mudder” obstacle course competition last weekend in Hermannsburg! Jeff, Avinash, and Carsten were on a team full of MPI members that valiantly climbed high walls, swam through icy mud baths, fought their way through a field of electric wires, and more. A little crazy, […]
During the Show ‘n’ Tell session at “MPI-CBG Day” last week, the Hyman lab put on interactive and edible demonstrations for our visitors. Amayra made Spanish tortillas in the form of cells and spindles; Susanne, Andrea, and Marit taught people everything they wanted to know about C. elegans (and gummy worms); and Jeff put on […]
We surprised Tony with cake and presents today, including a very special “phase transition lamp.” 🙂 Check it out next time you pay Tony a visit in his office. Happy birthday, Boss!
Last Friday, our graduate student Oliver (Olli) Wüseke valiantly and successfully defended his thesis and officially became Dr. Wüseke! Below you can see a picture of Olli in the special graduation cap made for him by the lab — a centrosome, complete with PCM, microtubules, and motor proteins carrying cargo (pictures of Olli through the […]
It’s tubulin prep time in the Hyman Lab! We’re teamed up with the Reber Lab, visiting from Berlin, for this labor-intensive process. 10 people, 3 days, and ~100 porcine brains as starting material. We’re nearing the end of day 2, which started at 4am this morning and is still going now at 10pm. But at least there […]
The latest addition to our “Two Minute Talk” series is also our very first video abstract for a Hyman Lab publication (Begasse et al, 2015). Check it out below! And don’t miss Mark’s Two Minute Talk for more information on the current follow-up work in the lab related to Maria’s paper. Written and narrated by […]
Two lab members got a chance to check out the Lens on Life exhibit in London this weekend, the artistic output of the MitoSys consortium. If you’re there, don’t miss your opportunity to go see it this week, because it ends on Feb 27! (photos below by Lisa Dennison)
It was a happy day in the Hyman lab! Yesterday we ate our weight in cake to celebrate the publication of Maria and Mark’s paper, and to celebrate Jeff’s birthday. Maria baked 3 cakes, Olli baked one — and all 4 were delicious.
Describe your project in 2 minutes or less! In the latest addition to our “Two Minute Talk” series, postdoc Mark Leaver explains how he studies the adaptation of nematodes to habitats of different temperatures. Written and narrated by Mark Leaver. Edited and produced by Lisa Dennison.
