What's better than 1 lab retreat? 2 lab retreats in 1! @RawlsLab & @stefarber labs met in the Shenandoah Valley for 2 days of science & fellowship. Ideas were exchanged, science art was crafted, caves were explored, lines were zipped, ballads were belted, & globs were forged.

Congratulations to all those that graduated this weekend, especially these two freshly hooded PhD’s @cecelia_kelly and @jay_jawahar !! @DukeU @DukeMGM

Congratulations to @Liza_Rassadkina, a graduate student in @RawlsLab, on her new NIAID F31 NRSA Fellowship! Her project seeks to uncover genes and metabolic pathways used by commensal bacteria to successfully colonize and compete within the gut habitat.

On this #InternationalWomensDay, I celebrate these talented & inspiring scientists that I'm lucky enough to work with every day in @RawlsLab. Big shout out to @CRivetNoor , @1772Bri , @Liza_Rassadkina , @jess_i_am , @JW_zebrafish , @maggiemorash13 , Peyton Moore, & Lizzie Reich!

Congratulations & farewell to Dr. Ian Williamson @organoidian as he begins his new lab @NCState after completing postdoc training jointly w/ Rodger Liddle & @RawlsLab in @Duke_GI_ ! Together w/his PhD from UNC-CH @jointbme, Ian has now completed the Research Triangle trifecta!

Pumpkin carving acknowledgements: @oehlerslab, @sylvia_brugman, Shuning He, Andy Cox, @SpainkHerman, Chris Hall, @j_spathies, Liqing Zang, @carolineleiwee, & @maggiemorash13

Safe travels home from Durham to all the #ZDM16 attendees! Thanks sharing your science & helping forge the future of the @ZDMSociety – at Durham, NC

We’re excited to welcome @ZDMSociety to Durham NC for #ZDM16 !! Thanks to @FishEvoDevoGeno for his opening keynote, showing how genomic analysis of Holostean fishes (gar/bowfin) provide valuable new perspectives and bridges b/w human diseases and zebrafish models thereof

Congratulations to @cecelia_kelly (head of the table) on her successful PhD thesis defense @DukeMGM! Watch for her work in press now @mbiojournal revealing a new model of subclinical IBD in mice lacking Hnf4a in the gut epithelium. – at Durham, NC

Congratulations to @jay_jawahar on his successful Ph.D. thesis defense today! @RawlsLab @DukeMGM @DukeMicrobiome