2014-11-22 Thanksgiving dinner at Jing-Ke’s house
2014-11-05 Weng lab’s first beam line trip to the Argonne National Laboratory
2014-10-15 Firefly larvae hunting in Concord, MA
The light is from Fu-Shuang’s headlamp, and a plane flying by.
A very productive night. Look at the happy faces!
The larvae really like the wet KimWipes.
2014-09-14 Lobster feast at the 2014 annual Whitehead Retreat in Waterville Valley, NH
2014-09-04 Natural product extraction from French lilac—a plant that was used to treat diabetes in Medieval times
1 kg dried French lilac bought from Amazon
Just like Brewing tea
filtration
drying by rotary vap
Fu-Shuang at work
2014-09-01 Crystallization trials yield protein precipitation into the shape of a brain
The Original image of the crystallization drop containing precipitated CbHCT. Picture taken by Brian and Olesya.
Overlay of the crystallization drop image with a human brain,
2014-08-22 Weng lab hosting Science Outreach for local middle school students
2014-07-21 Lab retreat to Blue Hills Reservations
2014-07-17 Weng lab annual photo shoot
2014-07-16 Weng lab and Gehring lab hosting the Plant Biology Day during the 2014 Whitehead CampBio
Grocery botany
Paper chromatography on extracts from purple cabbage.
Homemade DNA extraction buffer for DNA prep from Strawberries.
2014-06-26 Valentina surprised by receiving the Whitehead Appreciation Award
2014-05-16 Weng Lab hosting highschool students from Tabor Academy in science outreach
2014-04-18 Amy’s Birthday
2014-03-05 Lab outing at Friendly Toast
