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The lab is 1 year old!
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![Celebrating the lab birthday and Halloween](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e7735c2594d1494b1445b7/5fe4a5d9-6dd1-4798-b763-ee3e6e51a366/IMG_5432.jpeg)
Celebrating the lab birthday and Halloween
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![Celebrating the lab's 1 year birthday with bowling](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e7735c2594d1494b1445b7/9eecbc7d-60cf-4ea1-b06b-980cbd12ab73/IMG_5480.jpeg)
Celebrating the lab's 1 year birthday with bowling
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Group pic following Jossie's presentation on her summer research project. Sad to see her go!
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Jossie presenting her poster on Arp53D's role in female flies
![Lab lunch, celebrating all the things: the lab's first paper, Ricky's fellowship, and Nuria joining the lab!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e7735c2594d1494b1445b7/0c750030-4cdf-483f-85c5-4a241f22683d/IMG_6275.jpg)
Lab lunch, celebrating all the things: the lab's first paper, Ricky's fellowship, and Nuria joining the lab!
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Lab lunch with our first PhD students--welcome Kaitlin & Ricky!
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Jordan presented her work at the 2024 TAGC meeting in DC!
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Showing off their shared love of flies
![The department's inaugural pumpkin carving contest, organized by the Schroeder lab](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e7735c2594d1494b1445b7/cd6b0c37-7c80-4423-a79c-ec7bc854778e/Pumpkins+2023.jpg)
The department's inaugural pumpkin carving contest, organized by the Schroeder lab
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Schroeder lab pumpkin!
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