Posts tagged with lab-fun
Hymanlab retreat to Stolpen
Years have passed and only "hearsaying" storys about historic Hymanlab retreats roamed the air of MPI-CBG....well that now ended and we made it to the small city of Stolpen near swiss saxony for a couple of days!
Happy 60th birthday Tony!
All the best wishes to your birthday from the whole lab. What a great journey the lab had with you over the (nearly) three decades, first decade at the EMBL in Heidelberg and the last two ones here at the MPI-CBG in Dresden.
Celebrating Tony's Schleiden Medal
The lab went out together to celebrate Tony’s big award! It was a great evening, and you can see a few photos below.
Annual Christmas Market outing
After Tony’s annual vision talk at our “Lab Day,” everyone gathered for glühwein and cheer at our traditional trip to the Neumarkt Christmas Market. Happy holidays, everyone!
Photo from lab dinner at ASCB
Here’s a quick photo from last week’s Hyman lab dinner during ASCB 2016 in San Francisco!
The most colorful safety briefing
Our brilliant baker and Masters student Stephen helped make the annual safety briefing much more festive this year. Check out his incredible rainbow cake!
Photos from the International Congress of Cell Biology in Prague
The 12th meeting of the International Congress of Cell Biology was held in Prague on July 21-25. Many Hyman lab members attended and had a fantastic trip.
Tony at the bench
We've been sent some proof that Tony, Jeff, and Richard are hard at work in Woods Hole.
Hyman Lab retreat in Poland
We had two and a half days of lively scientific discussions and fun at the beautiful Pałac Brunów in Lwówek Śląski, Poland.
Biscuit, the group leader
Here's a short, funny clip that was filmed as part of a movie for the birthday celebration and symposium of MPI-CBG Director Eli Knust.
ASCB, when the "S" stands for surfing
Tony, Avinash, Jeff, and Shamba had a great time at the ASCB meeting in San Diego last month. Tony and Jeff even managed to get in a surfing session!
Happy holidays from the Hyman Lab!
The Hyman lab had our annual Christmas market outing. Wishing everyone wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
Annual lab retreat in Meissen
Tony gave his annual vision talk, we had lots of great discussions, and then went on a walk around the beautiful Meissen Altstadt (old city).
Run and Roll! Fundraiser for Refugees on Oct 4
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
Hyman Lab Show 'n' Tell
During the Show ‘n’ Tell session at “MPI-CBG Day” last week, the Hyman lab put on interactive and edible demonstrations for our visitors.
Muddy teambuilding
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.
Happy birthday, Tony!
We surprised Tony with cake and presents today, including a very special "phase transition lamp."
Congratulations, Dr. Wüseke!
Last Friday, our graduate student Oliver (Olli) Wüseke valiantly and successfully defended his thesis and officially became Dr. Wüseke!
Tubulin in progress...
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.
So much cake! Publication and birthday celebrations.
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.
New Science Sketches video on the effect of temperature on nematodes
In the latest addition to our "Science Sketches" series, postdoc Mark Leaver explains how he studies the adaptation of nematodes to habitats of different temperatures.
Santa visits the lab
Avinash and Shamba are hard at work in the lab this Christmas break, so a secret Santa made them a special advent calendar to carry them through the Christmas and New Year’s.
The Hyman lab gets glamorous for the MPI Christmas Party
Last Friday, Dec 12 was the annual MPI-CBG Christmas party, and this year the theme was “CBG: Chic, Beautiful, Glamorous.” The dress code was black tie, and it was great to see so many people decked out in their finest, including Tony in his tux!
Grad students build a microscope from scratch
On November 20, as part of the PhD Student Practical Course, a small group of predocs built a SPIM microscope (for Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy) in the lab of Jan Huisken.
More photos added from trip to Lisbon for #EMBOCentrosome
Here’s Oliver Wueseke, Julia Mahamid, Tony Hyman, Jeff Woodruff, Beatriz Ferreira Gomes, and Ben Engel in Lisbon for the EMBO Conference on Centrosomes.
See the stunning artwork that resulted from Tony's MitoSys dialogue with Lucy + Jorge Orta
Last year, Tony was paired with artists Lucy + Jorge Orta for an ongoing dialogue about science, art, and cell division as part of the MitoSys Project.
Hyman Lab retreat and vision
The entire Hyman Lab took a trip to the beautiful city of Meißen this week for our annual retreat. Tony shared his current and future vision for the lab with us, and we had a great afternoon exploring Meißen and biking along the Elbe River back to Dresden.
Team "Wormstorm" at the BiOlympics
The BiOlympics, a huge multi-institute event with over 160 participants, took place this past weekend, Sept 12-13. The Hyman Lab and the Grill Lab combined forces to create team “Wormstorm”!
See a video of Tony at "2 im Boot"
Did you miss 2 im Boot? Now’s your chance to see what it was like! Check out this 4-minute video for a glimpse into the fun evening on a historic steamboat with Tony and Prof. Holger Brandes.
Spot Tony!
Spot 25-year-old Tony in this lineup of predoc photos from the LMB, discovered when he was there for the Alumni Symposium earlier this month!
Long Night of Science at the MPI
It's that time of year again! The MPI will open its doors to the public tomorrow from 6pm to 1am for a long night of science and fun. It's Dresden's biggest science outreach event, with 29 different participating institutions and universities.
#CBGday: adventures in Dresden!
We were randomly sorted into over 30 teams of ~10 people each and sent out on a wild historical scavenger hunt all over the city, encountering a number of interesting characters along the way.
Tony stars in "2 im Boot"
Tony wowed the crowd with his flute last night on the dampfschiff ‘Dresden’ at 2 im Boot. It was a great evening of science, games, and fun.
Simone & the Froggies are back in the Bild
We all cheered extra loudly for Germany's World Cup win over Portugal because Simone's Frog Oracles predicted the score exactly: 4-0! Thanks to their astounding feat of prophesy, the frogs are now famous, landing themselves and Simone back in the Bild Zeitung.
Simone's "frog oracles" predict a big win for Germany!
Aiming to replace the late Octopus Oracle Paul, who correctly predicted all of Germany's games during the last world cup, labs at the MPI have made their own Model Oracles
Did you miss our #eLifetakover? Catch up here!
We had so much fun taking over the @eLife twitter feed yesterday. If you missed it, you can catch back up in one fell swoop because eLife storified the day for us!
Commencing takeover sequence...
We're live! Tweeting from @elife for the #elifetakeover all day today. Welcome, @elife followers! Have a look around and see what we're up to here in Dresden. Thanks for stopping by!
We're taking over eLife!
…the eLife Twitter feed, that is. Follow #eLifetakeover next week as 4 different labs take over the account, @eLife. The Hyman lab takeover will be on Wednesday, June 11th!
So close to victory!
Tony almost had the votes! But he definitely had the best fan club. At last night's mock election for EU President at the Herkuleskeule, Tony was only one vote short of victory.
Phase Separatists Invade the Institute!
At the MPI-CBG beer hour last Friday, there was an epic bike relay race to celebrate the 4 new institute bicycles. Our Hyman lab team, the Phase Separatists, had a very enthusiastic showing!
Because we're HAPPY!
Here at the MPI-CBG, we're all pretty happy people ... and videos like this give you a glimpse of why we're all so happy to be working at this special place!
Watch Tony introduce Tim Mitchison at ACSB
As an old friend and former postdoc of Tim Mitchison, Tony was the perfect person to give the introduction when Tim was invited to give the Keith Porter Lecture at the December 2013 ASCB meeting in New Orleans.
News & Views and Science Art, too
Hyman lab postdoc Simone Reber has written an excellent review and perspective titled “On Spindle Length and Shape” for Cell News. Meanwhile, a fun article about artist Felix Scholz and his collaborations with the Hyman lab was published in Zeiss im Bild (ZiB) International.
Cricket Fever!
An outbreak of Cricket Fever has hit the Hyman Lab! It all started with a successful weekend lesson & BBQ hosted by Mark, Shamba, and Avinash. Now you can find lab members bowling, batting, and running between the wickets after work, right in front of the MPI.
Dresden Festival Fun
Looking for something to do with your weekend Chances are there's a festival happening somewhere in Dresden. This weekend there were (at least) two!
A very colourful weekend in Dresden
Some of the Hyman lab joined other members of the MPI for a fun, messy, colourful Saturday at the Dresden Holi Festival of Colours
Summertime and the Trabi
The weather in Dresden is gorgeous right now, and Trabi has been itching to go out for a spin.
A "Long Night" of science fun
Dresdeners of all ages had the chance to: see pipetting robots in action; learn how to extract the DNA of a banana in their own kitchens; see the wide variety of organisms living in our little pond, from water scorpions to toads the size of a fingernail; watch a play in which the fruit flies become the scientists; and much more!
The Trabi visits "Die Gläsernen Manufaktur"!
The Trabi had quite an exciting day today at the transparent Volkswagon factory in Dresden.