The annual Pharmacology Graduate Program Retreat is held each spring at a site outside of New York City and features talks by 3rd and 5th year graduate students and a poster session for other students and postdocs. The 2004 retreat was held on March 4-5 at Arden House in Harriman, NY. Justin Potuzak presented a talk on the diversity-oriented synthesis of spiroketal libraries for use in chemical biology and drug discovery research.
Photos courtesy Prof. Lorraine Gudas
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The group gathers in the conference hall for student presentations
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Program Co-Chairmen David Scheinberg and Lorraine Gudas fill the group in on the weekend’s events
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The grand staircase at Arden House
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Dan Macks chimes in with the Pharmacology graduate students
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Justin Potuzak prepares to clean out the competition, including Pharmacology faculty members Profs. Chuck Inturrisi and Lonny Levin
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Profs. Rich Kolesnick and Lorraine Gudas tear up the dance floor
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Derek tries to avoid stepping on Cristina Fernandez’s (Gudas Lab) feet!