Welcome to Hughes lab!
This is us in June 2024 
Lab entrance, 8 Southwest Tower 
Our lab space 
Middle bay facing Jing’s office 
Surgery and islet stations 
Espresso and snacks stocked in the break room 
Tissue culture hood and microscope 
Hallway with freezers and glassware cabinets 
WUCCI imaging center 
Campus view from Forest Park 
Entrance to McMillan hospital 
Campus at dusk
Hard-working people:
ELISA kits arrived & science can continue 
Halloween 2024 at the Zoo 
Bella presenting at EASD 2024, beta cell cilia session 
Helmsley Session at EASD 
EASD 2024 Madrid 
EASD with Olof Idevall Hagren and Lena Eliasson 
Joint lab meeting 
8th floor party 
Always with the cheese 
Hosting Marjan Rupnik from Vienna 
Shannon rocking her MIC talk 
MIC 2024 with Maria Remedi 
MIC 2024 Chicago 
We cilia women 
Xinhang on the NSPARC 
Xinhang thesis defense Apr 2024 
NSparc’ing 
Shannon at the bench 
Bella and Jing doing islet isolations 
This is so staged can’t you tell 
DOM Annual Awards 
With Karolin Luger and Hani Suleiman 
Xinhang thesis celebration 
Our star undergraduates 
Jeong Hun poster prize 
Jing and Eun Young at ICDM 2023, Gyeongju, Korea 
Eun Young presenting Cilia Club 
Lab meeting 
Bella starts WashU MSTP 
Diabetes Research Day November 2021 
Alex wins Diabetes Day poster award 
Hughes Lab 2021 
Poster session with Urano lab friends 
Diabetes Research Day with fellows 
NIDDK Imaging Workshop, Bethesda 
Beta cell club, Jeong Hun presenting 
WashU Cilia Club on Zoom 
Foosball battle 
Jing receives Excellence In Teaching Award
We do food:
Division reception 
Jing bartending for lab party 
Holiday party 2024 
Jing birthday 2024 
8SWT happy hour 
Cantabrian anchovies in Spain 
Bialy Friday 
Taco El Torito 
Lab lunch Saigon 
Lab meeting 
Tapas night Idol Wolf 
Friday cupcakes 
Congrats Xinhang 
Happy hour at Golden Hoosier 
80F weather in February means ice cream outing 
Manhattan ice cream 
Shannon birthday Feb 2024 
Welcome lunch for Michelle, Jan 2024 
Lab party Dec 2023 
Lab lunch sans PI. Love it! 
Tacos for lunch 
Bella birthday 2023 
Lab lunch poke 
Lunch at Medina Grill 
Holiday lab gift 2022 
Jung Hoon Sci Adv paper 
Alex birthday 2022 
Strawberry-picking May 2022 
Lab dinner Cate Zone 
Eun Young birthday 2022 
Jeong Hun birthday 2022 
Jing birthday 2021 
Samantha birthday 2021 
Bella birthday 2021 
Alex birthday 2021 
Henry birthday 2020 
Jeong Hun birthday 2020
See what we are cooking on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jing.hughes/
Random beautiful things:
Islet with cilia, acrylic on canvas, Carolyn Hughes, age 8 
Acetylated tubulin on beta cell cilium, immuno-SEM 
Snowflake, iPhone15 camera 
A meditative corner on campus 
Marbled glass window, Barnes hallway 
Recycled plastic – Adrienne Outlaw “Consumed” series 
9-fold symmetry in nature 
Bi-ciliated Helix pomatia 
Pipette tips, Rainin 200 uL 
Wall art, Jing’s office 
Glass bowl, Hannah Conway 
Handmade wood bowl, Hannah Conway