There is a lot to celebrate this spring in the Wessel lab. We started out the season traveling together to the conference for the Developmental Biology of Sea Urchins and Marine Invertebrates at the MBL in Woods Hole, MA. Haruka Sazuki and Ellie Kim presented posters and Sydney Roman, Gary Wessel, Nathalie Oulhen, Madi Silvia, Gerardo Ryes, and Kat Kulesh all had the opportunity to present their research. As always this conference was a special time for us to share information with the community and to enjoy the company of our collaborators. Following our return Gerardo Ryes also defended his doctoral thesis, flawlessly answering all of his committees questions. Soon after Sydney Roman defended her masters thesis, successfully completing the program. She will be leaving our lab this fall to attend Dartmouth for her PhD. The after school program Squash Busters visited the lab which gave us the fun opportunity to share our research techniques and animals with high school students. The lab also had some fun, taking a trip to Top Golf to show off our swings. Check back at the beginning of the school year to see what we got up to over the summer!
