The annual Pharmacology Graduate Program Retreat is held each spring outside of New York City and features talks by 3rd and 5th year students and a poster session for other students and postdocs. The 2008 retreat was held on May 2-3 at the Skytop Lodge & Resort in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. Members of the Tan Lab presented their chemical biology research on diversity-oriented synthesis and rational drug design. The scientific meeting was complemented by a wide range of activities, including the annual student/faculty basketball game, golf, fishing, croquet, archery, and trap shooting!
Photos courtesy Prof. Lorraine Gudas, Marie Aiello, and Henry Balingcognan
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The Skytop Lodge is huge – this photo shows about a quarter of it!
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Guodong Liu mans his poster on the diversity-oriented synthesis of benzannulated spiroketals for chemical biology and drug discovery research…
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…after which Guodong heads for the bar!
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Renato Bauer and Felix Kopp discuss their posters on diversity-oriented synthesis with Eric Chea (Gin Lab)
![Chris Yanran, diversity oriented synthesis, rational drug design, and chemical biology research](/sites/default/files/node/4284/images/461632.jpg)
Chris Stratton listens as first-year pharmacology student Yanran Wang presents her work
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First-years Brittany Carson, Will Harkcom, Christina Crump, Julie Pickett, and Tony Davis enjoy some croquet after the morning session.
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Tan Lab rotation students Julie and Tony discuss the finer points of the game.
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Prof. Yueming Li and Derek are getting old quickly!
![Skeet, diversity oriented synthesis, rational drug design, and chemical biology research](/sites/default/files/node/4284/images/408406.jpg)
Yueming, new faculty member Prof. Minkui Luo, and Derek can still shoot straight, though!
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Derek reviews the day with Freddy Escorcia (Scheinberg Lab), Judy Mesicek (Kolesnick Lab), and Carrie Garceau (Gross Lab).
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The Pharmacology Faculty always enjoy this annual event!