Lab Activities

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Saying goodbye to our dear Dr. Shuman – we will miss you!! (July 2024)

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The Cover lab takes California to celebrate Sirena and Huan’s wedding! (June 2024)

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Celebrating the graduation of Drs. Tran and Shuman – we couldn’t be more excited for you two! (May 2024)

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Welcoming our newest graduate student, Gabrielle! We’re so happy to have you! (April 2024)

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Congratulations Dr. Shuman! We are so proud of you! (February 2024)

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Baby Shuman (our newest recruit) catching up with Tim on his recent discoveries! (February 2024)

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Surprise!! Happy birthday to our fearless leader, Tim! (February 2024)

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Thanks for rotating with us Gabrielle and Hallie!! – Taco Mama lunch (February 2024)

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MPT Retreat – Henry Horton State Park (November 2023)

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Congrats Dr. Tran on your open defense!! (November 2023)

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Congrats Jennie for winning the 3MT competition!! (November 2023)

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Happy Halloween! – Can you spot the 8 Dr. McClains? (October 2023)

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Congrats Chiamaka for passing your qualifying exam!! (September 2023)

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Cover Lab at MEGAMicrobe – Gower Elementary (September 2023)

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Congrats on your research talk award at the VIRAL Symposium, Chiamaka! (April 2023)

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Cover Lab at the annual VI4 Symposium (April 2023)

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Thanks for rotating with us Madeline! (Jan 2023)

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Lab Holiday Party (Dec. 2022)

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Congrats on your VI4 mini-sabbatical award, Kaeli and Sirena!  – University of Michigan (October 2022)

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Congrats to our new Ph.D. Candidate, Kaeli! – Ruby Sunshine Breakfast               (October 2022)

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MegaMicrobe! (September 2022)

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Bridal Shower for Kaeli & Mandy! (August 2022)

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Georgia’s Last Day as an RA Celebration (August 2022)

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Lab Olympics Happy Hour (July 2022) – Bronze Metal

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ASM Microbe Conference, Washington D.C. (June 2022)

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It’s boba time! (April 2022)

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Dragon Park Lunch – Welcome to our lab Sergio & Chiamaka! (April 2022)

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Georgia will be pursuing her PhD at Vanderbilt this fall!  (April 2022)

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                       Congrats Dr. Harvey on your defense!                               (December 2021)

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Lab cookie-making party! (December 2021)

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Jennie doing an in-person presentation at VUMChealth Translational Research Forum (Nov. 2021)

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Welcome to the family Kona! (October 2021)

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 Congrats on your new job Neha! -We are going to miss you!                (September 2021)

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Congrats to our new Ph.D. Candidate, Mandy! – Ruby Sunshine Breakfast               (September 2021)

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Congrats to our new Ph.D. Candidate, Sirena! – Pancake Pantry Breakfast (August 2021)

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Dragon Park Lunch – Welcome to our lab Kaeli! (May 2021)

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Lab hiking trip! (Jan 2021)

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Dr. Lin, what an unconventional way to celebrate on passing your open defense via virtual! (Nov 2020)

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Dr. Lin, Congratulations on passing your closed defense! (Oct 2020)

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What an unprecedented time to have a farewell party for Dr. Caston!  We wish you success on your new chapter of life. (May 2020)

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A big welcome to Mandy and Sirena joining our lab! (May 2020)

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It’s with much pride that we present to you Dr. Rhonda Caston!                     Open Defense (March 2020)

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Dr. Rhonda Caston, Congratulations on passing your closed defense! (Feb 2020)

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Door decoration contest  (Dec 2019)

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I.D. Holiday lunch  (Dec 2019)

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Come and check out our awesome Gingerbread House at the lab door (credits to Lorena and Jennie)!  (Dec 2019)

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Lorena presenting her interesting research at Tennessee-Kentucky ASM Conference! (Nov 2019)

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We had a blast at ASM Microbe presenting our research and catching up with old colleagues! (June 2019)

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Welcoming our Newest Lab Members, Jeff and Georgia! (June 2019)

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Congrats Dr. Nora on your Defense!! (Apr 2019)

We are so excited and wish you the best with all of your future endeavors!

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Congrats to Neha and Sai along with their awesome team members winning the best business module presentation (Apr 2019)

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Presenting our research at the VI4 Symposium (Apr 2019)

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Anne’s farewell party! Wish you the best on your next journey 🙂 (Feb 2019)

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Miranda giving a fantastic piano recital at Blair School of Music (Feb 2019)

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Happy Holidays! Congrats to the Cover Lab (Lorena’s fine painting) for winning 1st place at ID Inaugural Decorating Contest.   (December 2018)

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                 Lab lunch to celebrate the end of 2nd rotation and                                  end of the year! (Dec 2018)

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Sai presenting a poster at Cancer Biology Retreat (Nov 16 2018)

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Lunch to celebrate the end of first rotation! (Oct 2018)

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Miranda presenting a poster at Undergraduate Research Symposium (September 2018)

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Graduate student poster session (August 2018)

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We were so lucky to have an amazing group of summer students.  (August 2018)

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 Summer students – Mandy, Nora, and Miranda, presenting their summer projects! Great job!   (August 2018)

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Lab lunch to welcome our new summer students Miranda, Nora, and Mandy   (June 2018)

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ASM Microbe Conference in Atlanta, GA (June 2018)

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Annual Vanderbilt Career Symposium  (June 2018)

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 Couldn’t ask for more: an afternoon of fresh air and good food at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Employee Picnic  (May 2018)

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Cover lab members at Digestive Disease Research Center (DDRC) Retreat (April 2018)

Congratulations to Nora and Rhonda for winning first and second place Poster Presentation awards!

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Cover lab members at Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4) Symposium (April 2018)

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Happy Pi(e) Day! Thanks to Nora for organizing this event. (March 14, 2018)

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Big congrats to Amber who has successfully defended and officially becomes Dr. Amber.  (Jan, 2018)amber-1

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Congratulations to Amber (Oops, I should say Dr. Amber) who has passed her closed defense! (Dec, 2017)

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Enjoying feast at PMI Holiday party!! 🙂 (Dec, 2017)

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Celebratory qual passage dinner at Amber’s apartment (Nov, 2017)

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Had a great day at LST|CON learning about the life science industry in TN (Nov, 2017)

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Congratulations to Sai & Lorena for passing your Qualifying Exams!           (Nov, 2017)

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Rhonda had a wonderful time recruiting for Vandy at ABRCMS! (Nov, 2017)

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Rhonda enjoying lobsters at Cold Spring Harbor with alum Carrie!             (Sep, 2017)

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Congratulations to Dr. Frick-Cheng! You’ll be missed dearly! (May, 2017)

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Infection and Immunology symposium, here we come! (Apr, 2017) 

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We love watching the seasons change on our beautiful campus! (2016)

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Rhonda and Amber at ASM Microbe 2016! (Jul, 2016)

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Congratulations to Dr. Brad Voss! (May, 2016)

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On the way to celebrate Brad’s defense! (May, 2016)

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Cover Lab at poster sessions at Vanderbilt Symposium! (Apr, 2016)

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