The Cristea Lab: Beyond the Bench

Group outings, personal accomplishments, worldwide travelers, and community at the Cristea Lab.

The Cristea Lab: Beyond the Bench

We reunited with Pierre at a career development symposium put on by MOL!
Ho Ho Ho! Ileana and Ishea are wishing everyone happy holidays!
To celebrate recent graduations and the end of the academic year, we had a picnic at Mercer County Park! Special thanks to the grill-master Ji Woo for the delicious food.
The lab blew off some steam by going axe throwing!
The lab went on our annual apple-picking trip at Terhune Orchards, then stopped in Lambertville for a nice dinner. Now time to eat all of these apples!
Ileana welcomes a 2nd black lab to the lab: Miles!
A photo from one of our regular birthday celebrations. Happy birthday, James and Krystal!
Cristea Lab swag worn across generations and countries!
The lab returns to our beloved Hopewell Valley Vineyards for pizza and wine.
The lab came together for some grilling and lawn games at our yearly summer BBQ. What a blast!
We resumed the lab painting tradition in style!
The lab soaking up the skyline views in Chicago while at US HUPO 2023.
The lab goes apple picking! We picked Terhune Orchards clean.
Bokai & Cao are married!
We're so happy for both of you!
Dawei & Shiyi are married!
Congrats to the happy couple!
Lab pottery extravaganza!
Wine and art with friends—doesn't get better than that!
Celebration of our fully-vaccinated reality at Hopewell Valley Vineyards!
Doubling as Xinlei's PhD graduation party, we spent a few hours basking in the sun, wine, and joy of a new life chapter.

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Graduations and Farewells

Celebrating the FPOs of Drs. William Hofstadter and Tavis Reed. We're so proud of both of you!
Celebrating the FPO of Dr. Dawei Liu. We're excited for your next steps, but we'll miss your smile around lab!
Dr. Cora Betsinger graduates with her PhD!
Dr. Michelle Kennedy graduates with her PhD!
Dr. Katelyn Cook graduates with her PhD!
Dr. Bokai Song graduates with his PhD!
Dr. Timothy Howard graduates with his PhD!
Tim defended his thesis and will now begin a career in consulting. We're excited for you, Tim!
Dr. Xinlei Sheng graduates with his PhD!
We celebrated Dr. Sheng's accomplishments all weekend long with family and friends.
Congratulations, Dr. Laura Murray-Nerger!
Laura defended her PhD and will soon leave us for Harvard Medical School in Boston. We're excited for you, Laura!
Congratulations Dr. Krystal Lum!!
Krystal defended her thesis and was awarded her PhD, soon to head to her Post Doc at U Penn. Congrats!!
Pierre becomes Dr. Jean Beltran!
Congrats Pierre - and good luck in Boston!

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