A big year for the Datta lab – we gained a new lab manager (Allison), a new tech (Ally), and three new graduate students (Dan, Alex and Tari). In addition to getting real some scientific traction on a bunch of fronts (more about that to come!), the long-awaited lab expansion finally started (more about that to come!). To celebrate all of this and more we decamped to Citizen Public House for their traditional pig roast, before joining the Stevens lab and the Sabatini lab for drinks at Eastern Standard. We got cut off by the bartender, which, in retrospect, was probably deserved. We’ll leave off 2011 with perhaps the best rendition of any holiday song, ever – enjoy, and Happy Holidays to all!

The Datta lab, before the pork. And most of the drinking.

Our pig!!!