SCIENTISTS HAVING FUN!

2025

Zane and Trey, press photoshoot for Zane’s Nature Aging paper (Jan 2025)

2024

Ideker Lab Retreat 2024 at Catalina Island

Xiaoyu Zhao and Dorothy Tsai (2024)

Honoring Xiaoyu Zhao and her growing family with a baby shower! Aug 2024

Sarah Wright and Dan Halmos enjoying a round of Photosynthesis during Game Night! (Jul 2024)

UCSD Israni Biomedical Research Facility watching the Solar Eclipse (April 2024)

Lab Holiday Party, Dec 2024

Joshua Tree Camping Trip (April 2024)

Celebrating Mark Kelly and and his family with a Baby Shower! (Apr 2024)

Nicole Mattson, Postdoc in Ideker Lab (2024)

Sunset fun in La Jolla, Spring 2024

Beach Bonfire at La Jolla Shores. 
Summer 2024

Dinner with a view and Kyla, Nicole, Leah, Dexter, Charlotte, Jillian. May 2024

JungHo Kong, Postdoc in Ideker Lab, working diligently on his paper (2024)

Peeking in on Ingoo and Dexter’s meeting 

Kate Licon in the wet lab

2023

Trey Ideker and Hojung Nam (Feb 2023)

POSE! (2023)

Leah, Scarlett, and Clara ready to snorkel in clear-blue waters (2023) 

Kei, Mayank, Charlotte and the rest of the Ideker Lab ready for dinner (2023)

Sungjoon Park sneaking some pictures of this baby fox but also respecting it’s space. (Catalina Island, 2023)

Scientist know how to sail boats too (Catalina Island, 2023)

Retreat supplies! Working hard to make sure our team is well fed (2023)

Patrick, Leah, and Charlotte preparing for the feast (2023)

Scientist hiking the trails of Catalina Island (2023)

Master piece in process (2023)

Leah, floating her troubles away (2023)

Holiday Party at Dr. Ideker’s home (Dec 2023)

2019

Tina Wang celebrating with friends, family, and doctoral committee after successfully defending her thesis on “Characterizing the Evolution of Epigenetic Clocks at Different Time Scales”. 
UC San Diego (May 8, 2019)

Manny’s last week in lab before heading to the University of Pittsburgh to begin Graduate School. L-R: Manny Michaca, Erica Silva, and Michael Chen (July 2019)

Lab outing to Julian, CA. Oct 2019 

Happy Hour on BRF2 Patio (Spring 2019).
L-R: Brian Tsui, Brett Settle, Aaron Gary, Simon Larsen, Tina Wang, Dan Carlin, Anton Kratz, Brent Kuenzi, and Chris Churas 

Likitha Aradhyula (Undergraduate student) & Veronica Silva (high school student volunteer) at work in the wet lab (July 2019)

Lab outing to Julian, CA. Oct 2019 

Chris Churas, Summer 2019 @ SOM2

Vlad Rynkov, Summer 2019 @ SOM2

Lab Dinner at Ding Tai Fung.  (L-R) Karen, Iris, Charlotte, Erica, Yue, and Jisoo (June 2019)

2018

Welcome, new Postdocs! Karen Mei & Adriana Pitea’s first day with Ideker Lab (Nov 2018)

Cruising around Catalina Island (July 2018)

Lab members enjoying cool refreshing drinks at Catalina Island (July 2018)

Lab members out in the sun enjoying the waves (July 2018)

Board Games at Catalina (July 2018)

Catalina Island Annual Retreat (July 2018)

2018 Holiday Party at Dr. Ideker’s home 

2017

Wei Zhang & Anne Carvunis, Postdocs in Ideker Lab (July 2017)

Dinner at Harbor Reef Restaurant (Summer 2017)

BBQ Feast at Two Harbors, Catalina (Summer 2017)

Catalina 2017 retreat good morning

Playing Catan on Catalina Island (Summer 2017)

Annual Lab Retreat at Catalina island, Break out sessions (Summer 2017)

2015

Annual Lab Retreat at Catalina Island (Summer 2015)

IDEKER GROUP PHOTOS FROM YEARS PAST...

July 2018 Joint-Lab Retreat with Ideker & Mesirov labs 
Ideker Lab 2015, Catalina
Ideker Lab 2012, Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla Shores
2019 Ideker Lab, Humphrey’s Half Moon Bay in San Diego
July 2017 Joint-Lab Retreat with Ideker, Carter, Krogan, & Mesirov labs 
Ideker Lab 2010, UCSD School of Engineering
Ideker Lab 2013, Catalina