A dedicated group of graduate students and faculty showed up early on Saturday to prepare for the Open House |
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Jim Rini finds that setting up poster boards can be as challenging as solving crystal structures |
Lellean Jebailey and Guillaume Thibault sort through their posters |
Gil Privé greets students at the registration desk |
About 75 students braved the cold to make the Open House a terrific success |
Filling out registration forms |
Nothing like coffee and cookies to get the day off to a good start |
Chair Reinhart Reithmeier welcomes attendees to the Open House |
Grad. Coordinator David Williams describes the admissions process |
After a very entertaining movie describing the Department's research areas, hungry attendees enjoyed a pizza lunch |
Getting some tips from biochemistry-booster, Reinhart Reithmeier |
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The Biochemistry Grad. Student Union (BGSU) booth was a great place to learn about student life thanks to Costin Antonescu and other BGSU volunteers |
Usheer Kanjee offers a look at his research over pizza |
Roy Baker fields some questions |
Grad. students Monika Podkawa and Rishi Rakhit provide insights into research opportunities in the Department |
Liliana Attisano offers some advice |
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A chilly but happy group embarks on a tour of Sick Kids research facilities with guides Varinder Randhawa and Winnie Luong |
Enjoying a tour with guide Sagar Dugani in the (warm!) halls of Sick Children's Hospital |
Lisa Pell demonstrates the fine art of protein crystallization |
Jeff Lee describes the excitement of solving a new protein structure by X-ray crystallography |
Nicolas Touret shows how the laser confocal microscope can reveal the intricacies of an actin cytoskeleton |
EM Manager Steven Doyle provided a VERY close look at fruit flies with a scanning electron microscope |
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Régis Pomès demonstrates the 4 meter 3D display at the Molecular Design and Information Technology Centre |
Visitors donned 3D glasses for an amazing look inside proteins at the MDIT Centre |
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| Joseph Marsh (left photo) and Jennifer Baker describe how they study structure and dynamic movements of proteins in the multi-million dollar NMR facility (but we're still not sure why no one wears shoes!) |
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After 2 hours on their feet, tour guides Eden Fussner and Costin Antonescu were pooped! |
But a fantastic Chinese food dinner perked up everyone's spirits! |
Having a great time at dinner.... |
Discussing futures in Biochemistry |
Reinhart Reithmeier awards some door prizes |
Amidst claims of a fixed draw, a group of lucky students show off their winnings |
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Tired but happy volunteers unwind at the end of a great day! |
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Photos by David Williams, Lil Attisano, Eden Fussner, and Reinhart Reithmeier
