ANR conference
Sorry it's been a while since my last post. (I can't believe that I'm starting my blogs the same way I start most of my emails!) The past four months (wow, has it been THAT long!?) were filled with nonstop activity that I guess I just got really behind updating this space. Well, better later than never right? ;)
Recently (okay, maybe more like a month ago...), I traveled to sunny California for the Advances in Neuroblastoma Conference at the Hilton Universal City. As a lab, we had a total of 4 posters and 1 presentation. The conference was amazing. Not only was the science great but it also made me realize how influential CHOP was in the area of neuroblastoma research. The CHOP abstracts easily outnumbered all others, several people wanted to collaborate with us, and many of the resources available to us were still in other people's wish list. I really felt so privileged and lucky to have had the opportunity to work for CHOP.
Here are some of my colleagues in front of one of our posters. From left to right, Xueyuan (who is like my older sister here in Philly), Kelly (Dr. Goldsmith), me and Kim (little Bryce's mom).
They fed us so well at this meeting! Look at how beautiful the lunch looked! I almost didn't want to eat it because I didn't want to destroy this piece of art. Here, Xueyuan, Mark (Dr. Fluchel) and I are getting some yummy desserts :)
Since the meeting was so close to Universal Studios, we bought a general admissions ticket that allowed multiple re-entries to the park, and enjoyed it in small chunks (2 hours here, 3 hours there... you know? when there were no interesting talks going on, ehemm...). We saw the cutest baby orangutan, and maybe Steven Spielberg (or someone trying to impersonate him. What do you guys think? Is it him?)
The meeting ended with a Gala Dinner at the Globe Theater, where we got treated like kings and queens. The theme was Hollywood and we got the red carpet entrance (just like the Everglow girls!). There was a live band, a Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and the guest speaker was John Dykstra (the special effects supervisor for the original Star Wars movies and Spiderman).
Here we are enjoying our red carpet moment with fellow colleagues from CHOP (left to right: Jay, my boss Mike (Dr. Hogarty), me, Xueyuan, Ruth, and Mark).
Inside the Globe Theater, we got to meet the stars (top: Karen, Lucy, Marilyn. Bottom: me, Xueyuan, and Ruth :)
The ANR conference was a lot of fun, but paled in comparison to the rest of my week in California. I'll tell you guys about that in the next few posts :)
Recently (okay, maybe more like a month ago...), I traveled to sunny California for the Advances in Neuroblastoma Conference at the Hilton Universal City. As a lab, we had a total of 4 posters and 1 presentation. The conference was amazing. Not only was the science great but it also made me realize how influential CHOP was in the area of neuroblastoma research. The CHOP abstracts easily outnumbered all others, several people wanted to collaborate with us, and many of the resources available to us were still in other people's wish list. I really felt so privileged and lucky to have had the opportunity to work for CHOP.
Here are some of my colleagues in front of one of our posters. From left to right, Xueyuan (who is like my older sister here in Philly), Kelly (Dr. Goldsmith), me and Kim (little Bryce's mom).
They fed us so well at this meeting! Look at how beautiful the lunch looked! I almost didn't want to eat it because I didn't want to destroy this piece of art. Here, Xueyuan, Mark (Dr. Fluchel) and I are getting some yummy desserts :)
Since the meeting was so close to Universal Studios, we bought a general admissions ticket that allowed multiple re-entries to the park, and enjoyed it in small chunks (2 hours here, 3 hours there... you know? when there were no interesting talks going on, ehemm...). We saw the cutest baby orangutan, and maybe Steven Spielberg (or someone trying to impersonate him. What do you guys think? Is it him?)
The meeting ended with a Gala Dinner at the Globe Theater, where we got treated like kings and queens. The theme was Hollywood and we got the red carpet entrance (just like the Everglow girls!). There was a live band, a Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and the guest speaker was John Dykstra (the special effects supervisor for the original Star Wars movies and Spiderman).
Here we are enjoying our red carpet moment with fellow colleagues from CHOP (left to right: Jay, my boss Mike (Dr. Hogarty), me, Xueyuan, Ruth, and Mark). Inside the Globe Theater, we got to meet the stars (top: Karen, Lucy, Marilyn. Bottom: me, Xueyuan, and Ruth :)
The ANR conference was a lot of fun, but paled in comparison to the rest of my week in California. I'll tell you guys about that in the next few posts :)
posted by Agueda | 2:05 AM
6 Comments:
YAY! updates! =]
how come you don't update your xanga?
stopped by to see if you had updated and what a pleasant surprise to see that you did : )
hope you're having a good week so far. let's meet up sometime for lunch!
let me know when you are free : )
Raquel has gone to oregon and left me and alice alone..!!!!!! boohoo.
haha
Glad to hear that sunny cali. was fun.
STEVEN SPIELBERG!!!!!????? you guys saw him????? that's unbelievable... i think it's an impersonater.... or maybe not.... hm. i'm confusing myself.
what is neuroblastoma research?
fun fun fun :) luv to hear more from ya~ wk
hey!!!
today's dec. 17, 2006. the person above me, tina, basically summed up wat i was gonna say bout not updating. haha. yea. i still check this site about once every week or so jus in case you update it. so yea. maybe that might give you an incentive to post again? =]
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