Diaz Lab Retreat

Constant Work and Play

Westerns, Gels, Cell Culture, Fun!

Life in Diaz Lab

I have been working in George Diaz's lab at Mount Sinai for almost 5 years now. I started my rotation there in October 2001 and have been planted there ever since. It's been a fantastic environment to work in: good mentoring, lots of learning, and great camraderie with my colleagues. I will sorely miss this bunch whenever I finish (Hopefully soon! Cross your fingers!!)...

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On July 14, 2006, we had our first Diaz Lab Retreat at the Diaz Residence in Haworth, NJ. George had been promising us an outing at his house for about 4 years now... and we finally got it!

Here are our intrepid hosts, the Diaz Family (minus a sleeping baby):

Arm-wrestling with Nicolas:

"Playing" with Sasha (although I seriously think she was trying to accomplish death by purple boa):

Getting kisses from the pooch:

Um, the Diaz kids eat chocolate donut and cheese sandwiches. Ugh!

Sweet Maya:

Some pictures of the Diaz Lab at play:
Uh, I take foosball very seriously... vs Auj and Heather!

Nic kicking Andy's ass in Battlefront:

Enjoying the pool:

Lab picture!
Audrey Au, Andy O'Shaughnessy, Heather Swesey, George, me in house, Peter McGuire Missing: Peng Chen (in a plane on his way to China)

Andy and Auj switch places. Shiley, come here!

Relaxing in the basement after a long day of sun.
Peter and Nicolas battling it out on Star Wars Battlefront II. Nic was kicking butt... as usual.

Peter and Nicolas taking it outside. Notice Nicolas using the force...


What a great day!
No wonder we have so much fun at work, huh?