Cornell Pharmacology Faculty Labs - Dr. Lorraine Gudas

The newest Pharmacology PhD students in the laboratory of Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Denise Minton and Abby Horstmann! They both passed their "ACE" exams in the winter of 2011/2012.


Denise Minton and Abby Horstmann	Denise Minton, Abby Horstmann and Dr. Lorraine Gudas

Reconnecting with Renia in Honolulu! While Lorraine and John were at a meeting in Hawaii they had lunch with former lab technician, Renia Sylvester (Passie), on Waikiki Beach in January, 2012.


Dr. John Wagner, Renia, and Dr. Lorraine Gudas		Renia and Dr. Lorraine Gudas	Renia and Dr. Lorraine Gudas

Several Gudas lab members and friends attended the wedding of Dr. Frances Gratacos to Napoleon Benavides in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on December 30, 2011. Here are some pictures from the beautiful event.


Dr. John Wagner; Taino Indian Petroglyphs on Piedra Escrita along the Rio Saliente in Jayuya, Puerto Rico.	Dr. Lorraine Gudas	Drs. Lorraine Gudas, Ronald Perez and his wife Esther, and Dr. Frances Gratacos	Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Lissett Checo, Olga Willis

Dr. John Wagner	Frances' parents and Dr. Lorraine Gudas		Dr. Lorraine Gudas and Napoleon's family

	The bride and groom, Frances and Napoleon, with members and friends of the Gudas Lab at the Castillo Serralles, site of the reception, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

"The Gudas Lab Celebrates Halloween 2011"

October 31, 2011


Drs. Leiping Fu and Xiao-Han Tang	Dr. Xiao-Han Tang, Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo, Tom Bruno and Dr. Alison Urvalek	Dr. Frances Gratacos	Denise Minton and Abby Horstmann

October 22, 2011
Marriage of Dr. Neil Harrison to Aimee Knoller, Rye, NY


Dr. Neil Harrison, Dr. John Wagner, US Representative Carolyn Maloney	Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Aimee Knoller, Dr Neil Harrison (former faculty, Pharmacology Program, WCMC), Dr. John Wagner (WCMC, Neurology/Neuroscience), & Dr. John Moore (WCMC, Microbiology Dept).

Dr. Lorraine Gudas and lab members and friends enjoy a trip to Lake Compounce Park, Bristol, CT, July 26, 2011


Kwame, Denise, Olga, Ahmed, Alison, Yannick, and Tommy wait with trepidation to ride the "Boulder Dash" Roller Coaster; one of the best wooden coasters around!	Ahmed and Denise	The Group: Ahmed, Ron, Leiping, Kwame, Denise, Yannick, Frances, Olga, Lissett, Alison, Tommy and Lorraine	Ahmed and Lissett with arms raised- this ride spins!

Lissett loves this ride!	Lake Compounce	Frances and Leiping	Yannick, Tommy, Ron, Kwame Alison and Denise

Ahmed and Tommy	Tommy, Frances and Ahmed	Ron, Alison and Yannick	Lissett, Olga, Kwame, Denise and Leiping at Sultan's Turkish Restaurant, Waterbury, CT

Leiping and Ron	Ahmed and Denise	Lissett and Lorraine love Boulder Dash!	Leiping and Frances smash Boulder Dash!

"Tour de Randall's Island" July 12, 2011
Members of the Gudas laboratory braved 95 degree heat to bike along the East River to Randall's Island for lunch and a round of mini-golf!


Ahmed al Saei-WCMC-Qatar student, Dr. Ron Perez, Dr. Frances Gratacos, Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo, Tom Bruno and Dr. Lorraine Gudas	Dr. Frances Gratacos	Dr. Ron Perez, Dr. Frances Gratacos, Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo,	Dr. Frances Gratacos, Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo, and Dr. Ron Perez,

Dr. Alison Urvalek and Tom Bruno	Dr. Alison Urvalek, Tamara Weissman, Ahmed al Saei and Tom Bruno	Ahmed al Saei, Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Dr. Alison Urvalek, , and Tom Bruno	Ahmed al Saei, Tom Bruno and Dr. Lorraine Gudas

Congratulations Luncheon held on June 9th, 2011, for Dr. Eric (Gang) Wang, who completed his R25 Training Fellowship this month and is leaving the Gudas lab.


Drs. Lorraine Gudas and Eric (Gang ) Wang	Gudas lab	Dr. Eric (Gang) Wang

Vasundhra Kashyap successfully defended her thesis research on Friday, April 22, 2011. The title of her project is "Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms Mediated by Retinoids and RARγ in Stem Cells and Fibroblasts". Vasundhra celebrates after the thesis exam with friends.


Faculty, students, postdocs and friends celebrate Vasundhra's defense	Dr. Vasundhra Kashyap and her thesis advisor Dr. Lorraine Gudas	l to r: Graduate student Pam Wille, and staff Lissett Checo and Olga Willis

Dr. Lorraine Gudas reconnects with former PhD students Drs. Kymora Scotland, Cristina Fernandez, and Robert Gillespie over dinner on March 10, 2011.

Pictures from the Farewell Party for postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kurt Reynertson, who is leaving the lab for a position as a chemist at Johnson and Johnson. Congratulations, Kurt! The lunch was held on February 24, 2011.

Lab Members

Dr. Kurt Reynertson

Drs. Lorraine Gudas, Kurt Reynertson and Mary Charlson

Tom Bruno and Megan Ricard

Karl Ecklund Returns from Michigan for a Visit to the Gudas Lab, Thanksgiving, 2010

Halloween 2010 in the Gudas Lab


Drs. Kristian Larsena nd Yannick Benoit	Drs. Lorraine Gudas and Ron Perez	Tom Bruno and Dr. Lorraine Gudas	Dr. Kwame Osei-Sarfo and Naira Rezende

Party in Honor of Mary Ng, October 21, 2010


Sebastian Shaffer, Drs. Ron Perez, Eric Wang, and Leiping Fu	Mary Ng, Vasundra Kashyap, and Naira Rezende	Dr. Lorraine Gudas and Mary Ng	Mary Ng, Vasundra Kashyap, Naira Rezende, Dr. Kurt Reynertson, and Megan Ricard

	Dr. Kristian Larsen, Thomas Bruno, and Dr. Xiao-Han Tang	Drs. Eric Wang, Leiping Fu, and Yannick Benoit

Farewell Party for Postdoctoral Fellow Ramon Amat and for WCMC-Q medical student Moath Hamed August 26, 2010


Emma Laird, Dr. Kurt Reynertson, his daughter Ruby, Carlos Rodriguez, Dr. Ron Perez,and Kasia Marcinkiewicz	Dr. Ron Perez, Emma Laird, Dr. Leiping Fu, Mary Ng and Dr. Ramon Amat Ferrer	Mary Ng and Dr. Ramon Amat Ferrer	Ruby and Dr. Kurt Reynertson

Drs. Ramon Amat Ferrer and Yannick Benoit	Moath Hammed and Dr. Lorraine Gudas	Lab picture	Drs. Ramon Amar Ferrer and Lorraine Gudas

Gudas Lab Trip to Mountain Creek Water Park: July 28, 2010
(92 degrees and sunny!)


Mary Ng, Ron Perez, Eric Wang and Lorraine Gudas take a ride on "High Enxiety"		Naira Rezende and Mary Ng	Eric and Max Wang

	Mary Ng	Naira Rezende	Ron Perez, Max and Eric Wang, Naira Rezende and Mary Ng

Medical student Moath Hamed, WCMC-Qatar, and postdoctoral fellow,

Dr. Kristian Laursen, meet with Dr. Gudas about their research project. (July, 2010)

Lorraine and the "guys" raft the Upper Youghiogheny River in Maryland, July 9, 2010.....a ten mile stretch of 20 Class 5 rapids!

"A Goodbye Celebration" was held for Dr. Nigel Mongan on June 5th, 2010. Dr. Mongan is taking a faculty position at the University of Nottingham. We all wish him much success. Dr. Mongan will also retain an adjunct faculty position at Weill Cornell in the Pharmacology Dept. Some pictures from the celebration....


Tyler and Dr. Simne (Ng) Langton, Nigel's wife Olga and Dr. Nigel Mongan	Dr. Joe Scandura with his daughter and Dr. Nigel Mongan	Dr. Leiping Fu and his children	Lynn Wang, Lin Li and Dr. John Wagner

Nigel's wife Olga, Dr. Nigel Mongan, Dr. Kurt Reynertson and his son August, Kurt's wife and Mary Ng	Mary Ng and Dr. Ron Perez	Dr. Kymora Scotland, Vasundra Kashayp, Dr, Nigel Mongan, Megan Ricard and	Dr. Brian Kelly and his wife, Dr. Nigel Mongan and his wife Olga

Joel and Kerry Victor, their daghter Gabrielle, and Nigel's wife Olga	Dr. Nigel Mongan and Sebastian Shaffer		Eiman Nabi and Dr. Lorraine Gudas

Dr. Nigel Mongan	Sebastian Shaffer, Dr. Nigel Mongan and Eiman Nabi	Sebastian Shaffer, Dr. Nigel Mongan, Nigel's wife Olga, Eiman Nabi, and Dr. Kymora Skotland	Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Dr. Nigel Mongan and Nigel's wife Olga

Christopher Kelly's "Goodbye Luncheon" on March 19, 2010.

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Mi-Young Lee's "Farewell Party on March 12, 2010"

Halloween 2009

Trip to Dorney Amusement Park and Water Park, July, 2009

Goodbye Party for the Summer Students in the Lab, August 27, 2009:
James Morrissey, Kerry Purtell, Lorraine Gudas, Sara Buhmaid (from Weill Cornell-Qatar), and Nigel Mongan.

Kymora

M.D./Ph.D. Student Kymora Scotland presented her doctoral dissertation lecture, titled:
Rex1(Zfp42) Expression and Function in Murine Embryonic Stem Cells and Prostate Epithelial
Cells and successfully defended her thesis on July 20, 2009.
Pictured are: Drs. Lorenz Studer, Lorraine Gudas, Kymora Scotland, Jochen Buck, and Steven Gross, her
thesis examination committee members

Going Away Lunch for Drs. Limin Liu and Yong Zhuang (November 2008)