(left to right) Antionette Bugyei-Twum, Ryan Murchie, and Matthew Cheng
are all decked out in the Christmas finery to greet guests.
Jason Dumelie and Kristina Han take a turn greeting and distributing those coveted drink and raffle tickets.
Karen Maxwell, Alan Davidson, Andy Wilde and Angus McQuibban enjoy some
down time together.
Members of the Howell lab take a welcome break from experiments.
Biochemistry staff are out in force....just waiting for those promised
musical numbers to begin.
Theo Hofmann and members of the Pai and Wodak labs enjoying the party
Grant Brown and Gil Privé celebrate the end of grant-writing
and teaching seasons.
Jacqueline Segall and Ahlia Khan catch up over coffee
Once again, those very-so-tiny plates presented a challenge but, as
usual, lunch catered by Hart House was a scrumptious event!
Who wouldn't smile over such a nice spread!
Perusing the choices....
Table space was at a premium but it didn't spoil appetites!
Eliana Chan, Mailis Bietenhader and Guang Shi enjoying the entertainment
Once again we held the ever-popular Biochemistry Idol competition.
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Evolution of a Graduate Student (Williams lab)
Pipetting to the Oldies (Chakrabartty lab)
The Houry lab gets a chuckle from the Biochem Idol entries
Here come the judges! Left to right: Charlie Deber, Jim Rini and Alex
Palazzo offer their opinions and commentaries on the 3 submissions.
This year, the Williams lab took the coveted top spot!
David Williams and Lori Rutkevich offer up a geeky but harmonious parody
of "Silver Bells", entitled "Silver Gels".
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here to watch the video on YouTube
Lyrics for
"Silver Gels".
John Glover backs up the singers with great jazz-inspired versions of
"Silver Gels" and "The 12 Days of Grad School"
It took a little coaxing but soon many were singing their way through the 12 Days of Grad School
Steve Bryson and
Annie Cunningham enjoy the celebration.
Why are Carrie Harber
(left) and Brenda Bradshaw smiling? Maybe because there is nothing left
of that delicious dessert that was before them moments ago!
Carol Justice gets a big hug from Myrna Cohen-Doyle
Members of the Reithmeier and Siu labs find the perfect spot for lunch...
...beside their neighbours from the Kelley lab.
Regina Puts, Feiyang Liu, Kristina Han and Kate
Sokolina are definitely in the party spirit!
The Three Amigos Emeriti. From left, Harry Schachter, Rashid Anwar and
Theo Hofmann enjoy the opportunity reminisce over dessert.
Reinhart and Carol
dig deep for more lucky raffle tickets while winner Jay Yang looks on.
Hmmm....this one
seems heavier.
Raffle winner Wes Errington makes his choice.
Members of the Williams
and Siu labs enjoy themselves as the party winds down.
Former Chair and now Associate VP Research, Peter Lewis, trades stories with Rashid Anwar.
The pièce
de résistance du jour was a mind-twisting crossword from the
NY Times master himself, Charlie Deber
Photos by Vicki
Ilgacs and David Williams