We believe in audacious and team-focused science and are guided by the following core values:
Pursue major scientific questions with determination, focus, courage, and creativity.
Recognize that individual scientific success depends on the work of a cohesive team with shared scientific interests, mutual respect, trust, and open communication.
Promote a culture of enthusiasm, collaboration, innovation, leadership, resilience, and strong work ethic.
Ensure the highest quality and integrity in experimental design, execution, analyses, and reporting.
Balance grit and grace when tackling challenges and setbacks.
Strive to be open-minded, inclusive, and attentive to the talents and needs of others. (Check out this resource to learn more about the untapped talent and inequity in STEM).
Facilitate the development and advancement of every lab member.
Encourage each lab member to achieve their highest potential in the lab and beyond.
Value intellectual and technical contributions made by trainees, research staff, collaborators, and colleagues.
Instill a sense of adventure, wonder, and hope that springs eternal from biomedical research.
“See the good, be the good, share the good”
Stephanie’s defense celebration, 2025
Holiday lab lunch and gift exchange, 2024
Baseball at Yankee Stadium, 2024
Evening get-together, 2024
Lab lunch, 2024
Appel Institute Holiday Luncheon and Trivia, Nov 2023
Appel Postdoctoral Initiative members, 2023
Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat, ping-pong games, Oct 2023
Sweet night out in NYC, June 2023
Lab lunch and holiday gift exchange, Jan 2023
Botanical Gardens, May 2023
Botanical Gardens, May 2023
Lab outing in Central Park, 2022 (with several nonhuman honorary members joining the fun)
Lab lunch at Patsy’s, 2022
Intercampus Symposium on Aging and Neurodegeneration, Cornell-Ithaca, 2021
Unplanned Denim Jacket Day, 2020
WCM, 2021
Roosevelt Island, 2018