Gallery

Our new "stem cell building" is coming along. We are moving in October 2010. View from our new floor
Our new lab under construction
Side view of our new building under construction
Side view of our new building, hanging against the hill
Monthly journal club. Let's see if it is really all true what they conclude
Weekly lab meeting. Jian is presenting
Still life outside the lab. A quiet moment...
And this is our campus, fully painted. A joint effort of the Brückner and Derynck lab members. See next few pictures
This is the long anticipated event: the campus model painting party at Katja's. Katja Brückner's lab and the Derynck lab share the same "left wing" of the HSW6 floor. August 2008
Rik starts off with cleaning the fish for the bbq. Of course a great excuse for not painting the model.
Jong Seok showing his son how to get started. It looks like Jong Seok will have to do the work.
Chris is hiding to paint our HSW building
Katja is fully adsorbed with painting the parking garage (with a beer), while Chris is recording the event
Masayo prefers the drinking, while the others do the painting
Carolina's farewell party. Carolina moved back as newly appointed faculty to Buenos Aires. April 2008
Sakura caught cheating with the darts, as she plants them all in the bull's eye
Well, that went fast! We just can't take it that Carolina is leaving us
Tamara and Jing reminiscing of past times. August 2007
Lisa listening to her ex-boss as he gives her eulogy, before she moves on to the next stage of her life. Lisa moved to Genentech. August 2007
Tamara and Jeremy reflecting on their memories
Lisa Choy good bye party August 2007: group picture with a few kids
Lisa Choy good bye party August 2007: group picture with victory fists
Lisa Choy good bye party August 2007: group picture with aikido
Rik needs to get away from the lab. Taking a break in the wilderness. August 2006
Finally. The serenity of loneliness….
Tamara's farewell party. Tamara Alliston did not move far away, as she is now faculty at UCSF. May 2006.
Group photo outside the building where our new lab is located. Fall 2005. This is the largest group we have ever been.
OK guys, the fun is over. Back to the bench.
The lab poses on the roof outside our old lab. Fall 2004. We moved to our new lab in May 2005
A day at the beach for the Derynck lab.
Guillaume has decided that Cecile is too small, so he is throwing her back into the ocean.
OK, you can have a little nap, but then I want to see some data. (Rik shows his sensitive side)
A RE-productive year for the Derynck lab.
The latest French dance? Or have Cecile and Florence had a bit too much wine?
Fondue time-The Derynck lab shares a meal at their annual retreat in Tahoe. February 2003
Hot tub- The Derynck lab always shares lab equipment, as seen in this photo where they are seen incubating together.
Waffles-Rik back at the bench.
The extended Derynck Lab. Lab members with their families gather to celebrate Takatoshi accepting a faculty position at the University of Osaka in his native Japan. August 2002.
Keeping with the international flavor of the Derynck lab, copious amounts of wine was sampled from seven countries around the world.
Organized clutter in an RNAse free environment!
'Can you believe how many publications he has?'
Mondays, 9AM, tired but attentive!
...and those are the reasons why TGF-beta should be 'molecule of the year' with TGF-alpha a close second!
Not even the intrusive paparazzi will stop Dr. Lee from advancing scientific frontiers!
The lab as it looks at 5AM. Taka loading gels under his bench.
June 2002: Quoi... ??? Les francais ont perdu la coupe du monde de foot... ? Pas possible!!!
One half of Prof. Nakagawa's highly effective caffeine/nicotine partnership!
Tamara and Lisa shooting the scientific breeze!
Rik in action
Successful cloning of Dr. Huizhou Fan. Manuscript in preparation. (Huizhou moved to start his lab at UMDNJ in September 2001)
Could we be any more smiley? Inside we are sad Gladys is leaving to go back to Ireland! September, 2001
Bye-bye Gladys, back to the auld sod with you! Park Chow, September 2001. (Gladys moved back to Ireland)
Annual Lake Tahoe non-scientific retreat. January, 2001. The one where Cecile broke the window!
The Derynck clan gathers in Rik's 'other' office! Ying's going away party. (Ying moved to NIH to set up her own lab.) February 2000.
The 'So long, Dr. Feng' feast at Chez Derynck. September, 1999. (Xin-Hua now has his own lab at Baylor College of Medicine)
Short pants and tall beers... this is Californian living! September, 1999
Chowing down up in Tahoe, 1998
Mmm... is this bad wine or very good water??
The Derynck clan, December 1997. Farewell to Sonny. (Sonny moved back to the Philippines and sadly, passed away a few months later.)
The wise man sayeth; 'Happy is the man with a light-switch, and not a chip, on his shoulder'.
Ditching lab for yet another picnic! Baker Beach, 1997
Marie-Helene and son, circa 1997 (Marie-Helene returned to her native France to set up her own lab.)
Paivi and son circa 1996. (Paivi returned to her native Finland to set up own lab)
Ruey-Hwa and family, 1995 Ruey-Hwa returned to her native Taiwan to start up her own lab.
The 80's were difficult years in optic fashion. This photo subtly sponsored by Corning.
The Derynck lab in the prehistoric days.