A group outing on the last night. Too many excellent RNA biologists to list....
Took a break from the heat for a few dives with Thomas Duchaine (McGill Univ.)
Enjoying the company, science, food, and drinks
A great venue for a meeting, Bellairs Research Institute
Rum tasting at the oldest rum distillery in the world with the attendees, Mount Gay Rum.
Dr. Kasinski presenting
Drs. Andrea L. Kasinski (Yale University), Sarah L. Colpitts (University of Connecticut Health Center), Kimberly J. Briggs (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Jacob J. Junco (University of Texas, San Antonio), Nicole M. Iverson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Chen Gu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Drs. Zenggang Li (Emory University), Andrea Kasinski (Yale University), Jonathan Havel and Lauren Havel (Emory University)
At the ice bar on Lake Louise with Dr. Frank Slack and Minlee Kim (Yale University)
The Fairmont in Banff, Canada. Site of the 2011 miRNA Keystone Meeting
Skiing with Drs. Frank Slack (Yale University) and Aurora Esquela-Kerscher (Eastern Virginia Medical School)
Chennan Li presents his CRISPR/Cas-9 screen for potentiators of Kras-induced tumorigenesis.
Arpita Pal presents her work on an epigenetic modulator of lncRNAs involved in drug resistance.
Not a bad place for a coffee (or a conference!)
Fun at the closing ceremony. Kasinski lab members present - Chennan Li, Andrea Kasinski, and Arpita Pal.
Closing ceremony. Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko (U Penn), Nadya Dimitrova (Yale), Andrea Kasinski, and Andrea Ventura (MSKCC). There are a lot of "Andre"'s in this photo!
Esteban Orellana, Sander Myoung, and Andrea Kasinski
A history of Slack Lab trainees. Mostly F1s and a few F2s. Great seeing everyone and catching up on over a decade of great scientists trained by Frank at this meeting!
Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac in the backdrop
Mt. Fuji Summit
Goto Islands
Temples in Kyoto