For Fun
Our lab currently has positions available for motivated graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars. If you are interested in pursuing metabolic and autophagy research in our lab, please email your answers of the Lab Entrance Examination directly to the PI. Anybody who passes the exam is welcome to be one of us!
He Lab Entrance Exam (Multiple Choice):
1. Autophagy is _____ A. Same as "autoplay" B. An evolutionarily conserved lysosomal degradation pathway …… C. A typo for “autopay” (often used by credit card or bank online billing) D. None of above |
2. PCR is short for _____ A. Permanent Chilean Resident B. Pretty Childish Remarks C. Polymerase Chain Reaction D. Please, Can I Retire? |
3. How many Beclin family members have been identified so far on earth? A. None B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. As many as you can name |
August 2015. Lab outing at Gino's East
September 2015. Farewell party for Yuying at Indian Garden
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August 2016. Farewell party for Nan at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
September 1st 2017. Lab outing at Emilios Tapas Sol y Nieve (oops, forgot to shoot the food -_-' what's the point)
September 29th 2017. Lab outing again at Coco Pazzo (with food pics!)
March 16th 2018. Lab-outing at Friends Sushi. Yummy!
September 17th 2021. Post-pandemic lab retreat - the Great Escape Room! Great fun and teamwork
August 25th 2022. He lab summer retreat routine: dim sum@Minghin Cuisine + Gold Rush@The Escape Game Chicago!
November 3rd 2023. He lab retreat: Delicious food @Hampton Social + Poker Night at the President's Bunker @The Great Escape Room Chicago!
April 8th 2024. Solar Eclipse Watching: Pinhole imaging mechanism
December 13th 2024. He lab retreat at Tallboy Taco + Prison Break @The Escape Game Chicago!
