End-of-year lab cleanup The group assembled in the lab for a final tidy of 2022. The lab is ready for new students and new experiments in 2023!
Group Christmas Meal and Hoyeon's thesis submission It was great to have our group Christmas meal in Manchester which coincided with a celebration of Hoyeon’s thesis submission!
Group lunch After over 18 months, we had a first “all-group” meeting and lunch in person. It’s been a long time, but great to all finally be back in the same place!
PhD Viva: Arturo Arturo Alanis (the first PhD student of the group) had a successful PhD viva today. His thesis examiners were Dr Hannah Joyce (Cambridge) and Dr Jessica Boland (Manchester). Arturo has already secured a postdoctoral position to start in a few weeks; we’ll be sad to see him go, but
Hard work in the lab After a hard day of installing new laser shields, the group were looking forward to… another day of lab shield installation