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Diabetes and Islet Biology Lab - A story in pictures

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Some pictures are worth a thousand words - Here's a storyline of the images from lab members since move to Western Sydney University (and some from the past).

2025-26

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2026 PBL group - end of teaching 2026 Sem1
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Cake time - 2026 march
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Thanks to Reshmi, Mugdha, Madi & Wilson who helped me with TS1 MDP exams
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MDP TS1 exams done!
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Anand's MDRF visit at Chennai, India - New collaborative initiatives April, 2026
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SAB lab visit and team interactions at WSU, Campbelltown campus.
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SAB team site visit at WSU School of Medicine, Sydney.
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IDS meeting 2026 Brisbane with Prof. Ziegler
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IDS meeting - New and recent connections from EU
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Immunology of Diabetes Society meeting, Brisbane, April 2026
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Anand - Panel discussions on biomarker in diabetes at WHX, Dubai 2026
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Anand's talk at World Health Expo (WHX) Dubai, Feb 2026

2024-25

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Supreethi Kanta - Year 1 (2025) MD student presenting research work on RYR splicing @ ACUR
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Gabrielle presenting her work at the ACUR meeting
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Mya presenting her biomarker data in DR @ ANS in Hobart, Tasmania
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Hrishikesh - Delivering a talk @ PMFG 2025 meeting in Doha, Qatar
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Chasing biomarkers from retina to tears: Anand @TAS2025
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Mugdha @ 11th Thomas Ashworth Liquid Biopsy symp.
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Mugdha's talk at Campbelltown Hospital grand rounds
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Gabrielle - All done and going into hibernation!
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Alyssa & Mugdha: Finishing off Project C!
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Mya - On the home run for retinal immunostaining.
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Ho Pham - Setting up new toys!
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Pooja - Data handover with Wilson
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Meeting with Prof. Mohan - First ever EASD Global Impact Award recepient, Vienna
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Meeting with Vikash Chandra, Finland
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Meeting your PhD examiner :) Prof. Andrew Hattersley, Exeter
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New collaborations: Francesco, Guido and their teams @ EASD
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DDEA-DZD (Danish-German) networking dinner, Vienna
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Meeting collaborators - Dr. Ammira Akil, Sidra
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INNODIA session @ EASD, Vienna
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Travel to Vienna, Austria EASD - Thanks WSU for Hrishi's travel award
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With Prof. Pociot-future collaborative plans @ SDCC, Copenhagen
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Trolls walk with Louise, Ingrid, Taran and Anna
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Dinner with Prof. Dalgaard's lab group
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Anand & Hrishi - travel to RUC, Roskilde
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Prof. Patrick Catalano & Anand, Ebberup, Denmark
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Anand: Dessert with brain - Group 2 DDEA SS
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Anand: Dessert with brain - Group 1 DDEA SS
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Presentations from Anand & Hrishi, Denmark
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DDEA Summer school - bright as usual!
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Hrishi's presentation @ DDEA summer School
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Travel to Denmark (Thanks to DDEA for sponsoring Hrishi)
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Anand & Mugdha - talks at Rio Tinto Diabetes meeting Perth, August
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Ann Simpson & Bernie Tuch @ ADC, Gold Coast
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Meeting collaborators @ ADC - Prof. Ron Ma
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Four oral presentations from our team @ Australasian Diabetes Congress, Gold Coast
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Always fun teaching; with PBL groups @WSU SOM
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Our youngest intern this year - Lauren Kruse!
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Collaborative visit- Jessica Williamson, U Adelaide :)
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Aditya - Preparing for ADC; immunomodulation in T1D
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RHRI meeting, CSU Orange team presentation.
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Existing & new internships with Culturon!
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Team presentation @ENDIA meeting Melbourne 2025
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Goodbye clin coordinator :( - keep in touch Madhuri!
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Ashwini & Nilesh Oak, with Rajeev Jairam - new ideas!

2023-24

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Goodbye Meena! (Welcome Rishi) - Mass Spec team
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Summer time - freezer cleanup
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Gut reporter assays - early days :)
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scRNA-seq - linking a "NEAT"(-2) molecule to hypoxia
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Travel to Doha, Qatar
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Feb24: Science with Soccer: meeting@Doha Asia cup
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Travel to Denmark - NNF project worktrip
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An important molecule, esp. during grant writing!
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Travel to Madrid, Spain - EASD meeting talks
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Celebrating submission of a manuscript during travels
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Meeting friends, collaborators at EASD
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... and more collaborative discussions in planning!
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EASD presentations
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... and some classic touristy fun around Madrid
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Flight back to Copenhagen - Steno Mass Spec core
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Innovation week presentations - Isabelle!
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Innovation week presentations - Pooja!
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Pamela and Ho - its all in the gut (SCFAs)
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Aditya - the immuno-modulation story
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Madilyn's talk - behavioural side of weight gain in mice
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Hrishikesh - best presentation award!
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Lab presentations at the innovation week
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Cake time! Aditya and Wilson
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Louise's visit to WSU! More microRNA talks :)
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Australian Physiology Competetion @WSU
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Thank you - APC Judges, (staff, students, sponsors)!
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... and Cake!
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...and now cake, cookies, nuggets for mice
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Prepping for mice - keep the cheesecake coming!
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A lonely visitor walking towards the labs
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The Breakie study - first to turn up to test miRs
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Olink joins the other toys for targeted proteomics

2022-23

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Anand- Theme lead Biomarkers
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Mugdha - Theme lead Immunology and GDM
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Wilson - Theme lead Data analytics and lncRNAs
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The first results @ WSU
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Early days - EpMotion robot
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QiaCube-HT robot joins us again at WSU
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Travel to Denmark resumes
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Hello - old collaborator!
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Lab group 2022 - well, most of us
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old friends - visit anytime:)
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NAIDOC week July 2022
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A new grant from JDRF International kicks off!!
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Rural Health Research meet
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Louise:planing a symposium
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TOBOGM summit
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Anand's talk IADPSG 2022
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Meeting Bill & Sue
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Teamwork!
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...and some cake!
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DDA meeting
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DDA meeting - Islets
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Birthdays & cake
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...and graduation cakes
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Welcome & Goodbyes
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Louise: Diabetes meeting
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Ehsan: PhD submission!
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Vijit: Thesis confirmation
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Vijit: Graduation
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Mya - Graduation
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DDEA Biomarker Analytes Algorithms meeting
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Mugdha's talk: Copenhagen
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Pooja: Poster pitch @DDEA
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DDEA: Speakers dinner
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Anubhav, Ritta @ CPH meeting
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Collaborative meetings: Steno Diabetes Center CPH
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RUC visit: Mugdha, Louise & early career researcher:)
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Grant writing!
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Nyhavn
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Wilson awarded a JDRFI post-doctoral fellowship!
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GCMS commissioned :)
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Former students --> collaborators
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Cross-discipline collaborative insights
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New NIH R56 grant with Kirstie, Mugdha kicks off!
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GDM to T2D interesting talks @ ENDO2023, Chicago
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Anand's talk @ JDRF Australia CRN symposium
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WSU group @ JDRF Aus symposium (most of us..)
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07-2023: New industry partnership with past colleagues!
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Samples from Adelaide arrived @ WSU labs!
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Mugdha receives DFAT grant - welcome Rucha

2024

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Mahesh visiting WSU SOM
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Aditya & Hrishikesh (PhD students) starting Q4/23
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Amila Atic (visiting scholar) from Novo - RUC
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Anand : NNF grant and DDEA visiting fellowship
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EOY group lunch
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So many researchers to set up the Barbie?
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Jan 24: Hrishi's B'day cake
Random old clicks - in the lab and around :)
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Ryan & Wilson - post PhD!
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old visitors - Asma
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Hasinika, Liisa & mouse processing unit
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Indy!
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Old memories from NIH days with Dave Harlan
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Louise & Tobern
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Meeting old student/friend from NIH days - Chris!
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Mugdha: CUDOS talk
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Qatari collaborators: Ammira
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Dorte, Louise, Ranjan, Claudiane
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Jens' Danish potatoes
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Louise's lab bakeoff :)
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Anja visiting us in Sydney
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Sarang (and younger Wilson)
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Fahmida
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Lena's team & Wilson
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Wilson, Anand Stockholm 22
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Wilson in Stockholm
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Jim Johnson, Raghu Mirmira, Juliana Chan, QBB
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Caroline in Sydney
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Megan, Dorota - Doha
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Carmella, Flemming, Ranjan, Mugdha - CUDOS
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Louise, Megan, Torben, Ronald - CUDOS
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Anand, Ammira, Sue, Ranjan, Louise - Sidra
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Lab lunch out
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Congrats Ehsan!
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meeting or Soccer?
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CUDOS - Mugdha, Megan and everyone!
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.... more cake!
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QBB - Labcoats... Check!
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Not any lab animal model!
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Lab cons on sale when you needed them the most!