Lab Life

Virtual lab tour:

  • Entrance to the Endocrine Division on 8 Southwest Tower
  • Hallway from the 8th floor lobby to our lab
  • Our lab at 815 Southwest Tower
  • 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:

  • Xinhang thesis defense Apr 2024
  • Shannon at the bench
  • Bella and Jing doing islet isolations
  • With Karolin Luger and Hani Suleiman, Feb 2024
  • Hughes Lab graduates
  • Jing and Eun Young at ICDM 2023, Gyeongju, Korea
  • Eun Young presenting Cilia Club
  • Lab meeting
  • Bella starts WashU MSTP
  • November 2021 Diabetes Day
  • 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, Jung Hoon presenting
  • WashU Cilia Club on Zoom
  • Jing receiving the Division Excellence In Teaching Award

Celebrations, outings, and fun stuff:

  • DOM Annual Awards
  • Xinhang thesis celebration
  • Happy hour at the Golden Hoosier
  • 80F weather in February means ice cream outing
  • Ice cream party!
  • Shannon birthday Feb 2024
  • Welcome lunch for Michelle, Jan 2024
  • Lab party Dec 2023
  • Foosball battle
  • Holiday lab gift 2023
  • PI-less lab lunch. Love it!
  • Taco day at El Torito, many celebrations
  • Bella birthday 2023
  • Samantha receives K12 career development award, April 2023
  • Lab lunch poke
  • Hughes Lab attends ASCI conference in Chicago, April 2023
  • Lunch at Medina Grill
  • Friendsgiving 2022
  • Holiday lab gift 2022
  • Jung Hoon celebrating Sci Adv paper
  • Alex birthday 2022
  • Lunch at Poke Doke
  • Cheering on the Cardinals
  • Strawberry fest May 2022
  • Lab dinner at Cate Zone
  • Eun Young birthday 2022
  • Newest lab members
  • Jung Hoon birthday 2022
  • Holiday lab gift 2021
  • Jing birthday 2021
  • Samantha birthday 2021
  • Bella birthday 2021
  • Alex birthday 2021
  • Holiday lab gift 2020
  • Henry birthday 2020
  • Jung Hoon birthday 2020
  • Holiday lab gift 2019

Random beautiful things:

  • Snowflake, iPhone15 camera
  • Acetylated tubulin on beta cell cilium, immuno-SEM
  • A meditative corner on campus
  • Marbled glass window, Barnes hallway
  • Islet with cilia, acrylic on canvas, Carolyn Hughes, age 8
  • Recycled plastic – Adrienne Outlaw “Consumed” series
  • 9-fold symmetry everywhere 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