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. |
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Denise Minton and Abby Horstmann |
Denise Minton, Abby Horstmann and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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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. |
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Dr. John Wagner, Renia, and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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Renia and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
Renia and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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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. |
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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 |
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Dr. John Wagner |
Frances' parents and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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Dr. Lorraine Gudas and Napoleon's family |
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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. |
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"The Gudas Lab Celebrates Halloween 2011"
October 31, 2011 |
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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 |
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October 22, 2011
Marriage of Dr. Neil Harrison to Aimee Knoller, Rye, NY |
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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). |
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Dr. Lorraine Gudas and lab members and friends enjoy a trip to Lake Compounce Park, Bristol, CT, July 26, 2011
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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! |
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Lissett loves this ride! |
Lake Compounce |
Frances and Leiping |
Yannick, Tommy, Ron, Kwame Alison and Denise |
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Ahmed and Tommy |
Tommy, Frances and Ahmed |
Ron, Alison and Yannick |
Lissett, Olga, Kwame, Denise and Leiping at Sultan's Turkish Restaurant, Waterbury, CT |
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Leiping and Ron |
Ahmed and Denise |
Lissett and Lorraine love Boulder Dash! |
Leiping and Frances smash Boulder Dash! |
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"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! |
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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, |
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Dr. Alison Urvalek and Tom Bruno |
Dr. Alison Urvalek, Tamara Weissman, Ahmed al Saei and Tom Bruno
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Ahmed al Saei, Dr. Lorraine Gudas, Dr. Alison Urvalek, , and Tom Bruno |
Ahmed al Saei, Tom Bruno and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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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. |
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Drs. Lorraine Gudas and Eric (Gang ) Wang |
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Dr. Eric (Gang) Wang |
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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. |
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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 |
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Dr. Lorraine Gudas reconnects with former PhD students Drs. Kymora Scotland, Cristina Fernandez, and Robert Gillespie over dinner on March 10, 2011. |
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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. |
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Lab Members |
Dr. Kurt Reynertson |
Drs. Lorraine Gudas, Kurt Reynertson and Mary Charlson |
Tom Bruno and Megan Ricard |
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Karl Ecklund Returns from Michigan for a Visit to the Gudas Lab, Thanksgiving, 2010 |
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Halloween 2010 in the Gudas Lab |
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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 |
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Party in Honor of Mary Ng, October 21, 2010 |
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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 |
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Dr. Kristian Larsen, Thomas Bruno, and Dr. Xiao-Han Tang |
Drs. Eric Wang, Leiping Fu, and Yannick Benoit |
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Farewell Party for Postdoctoral Fellow Ramon Amat and for WCMC-Q medical student Moath Hamed August 26, 2010 |
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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 |
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Drs. Ramon Amat Ferrer and Yannick Benoit |
Moath Hammed and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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Drs. Ramon Amar Ferrer and Lorraine Gudas |
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Gudas Lab Trip to Mountain Creek Water Park: July 28, 2010
(92 degrees and sunny!) |
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Mary Ng, Ron Perez, Eric Wang and Lorraine Gudas take a ride on "High Enxiety" |
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Naira Rezende and Mary Ng |
Eric and Max Wang |
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Mary Ng |
Naira Rezende |
Ron Perez, Max and Eric Wang, Naira Rezende and Mary Ng |
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Medical student Moath Hamed, WCMC-Qatar, and postdoctoral fellow,
Dr. Kristian Laursen, meet with Dr. Gudas about their research project. (July, 2010)
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Lorraine and the "guys" raft the Upper Youghiogheny River in Maryland, July 9, 2010.....a ten mile stretch of 20 Class 5 rapids! |
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"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.... |
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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 |
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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 |
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Joel and Kerry Victor, their daghter Gabrielle, and Nigel's wife Olga |
Dr. Nigel Mongan and Sebastian Shaffer |
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Eiman Nabi and Dr. Lorraine Gudas |
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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 |
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Christopher Kelly's "Goodbye Luncheon" on March 19, 2010. |
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Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Mi-Young Lee's "Farewell Party on March 12, 2010" |
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Trip to Dorney Amusement Park and Water Park, July, 2009
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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.
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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
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Going Away Lunch for Drs. Limin Liu and Yong Zhuang (November 2008) |
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2008 - Dr. Gudas ice dancing with her teacher, James Schilling, at Chelsea Piers |
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Going Away Lunch for WCMC Qatar Medical Student Eiman Nabi and for Dr. Sue Ellen Touma, Who Had Just Defended Her PhD Research (August 22, 2008) |
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Delaware River 2008 |
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Belleayre Mountain 2008 |
   
    
    
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Minnewaska State Park
2007 |
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Jones Beach 2006 |
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Inner Tubing on The Esopus River in the Catskills -
Summer 2006 |
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Windham Ski Trip 2006 |
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Trip to Dorney Park,
August 2005 |
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!Summer 2004! |
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Juliana Xu Sucessfully
defended her Ph.D. on May 17th, 2004. |
American Association for
Cancer Research
Orlando, Florida - March 2004 |
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Skiing at the Catskills -
February 2003 |
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Canoeing on the Delaware River
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Camping and Rafting Trip -
Kennebec River, Maine |
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Inner Tubing on The
Esopus River in the Catskills - 2000 |
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Bungie Jumping, NJ |
Ice Skating, Central Park, NYC |
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