Catching up with Hong in Calgary at IUCr 2026! #ZhouLab
Loading milled parasite grids! π¦ βοΈπ¬#cryoET
Tom's first Krios session! βοΈπ¬
On our way to celebrate our latest paper! #HoLab #OutAndAbout
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Celebrating Messi's moving junction paper at Hav & Mar! π₯³#wins #HoLab #OutAndAbout
Analyzing gels with Daphne! #summer #undergrads
Hanyu screening on the Glacios! βοΈπ¬
Messi teaching Kay, Matteo and Anthony how to express and purify proteins! π₯#SummerUndergrads
Messi giving her teaser talk at the Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions GRC!! #HostParasiteGRC
Poster time! #messi #HostParasiteGRC2026
Messi fielding questions :) #HostParasiteGRC2026
Lots of questions! #HostParasiteGRC2026
Ready for the GRC! #messi #HostParasiteGRC2026
We π§‘ Frederico #orbiting #tom
Accepted!!! πππ#Cell #MJ #wins
Hanyu's first sucrose gradient! π§ͺ #cryoID
The best writing buddy πΎ #mighty
"Omigosh! This is very good!"π ~Messi #accepted
Daphne's first poster! @ VP&S Student Research Day! #HoLab #OutAndAbout
Pew Class of 2024! #PewBiomedicalScholars
Highlight of the week: meeting the person who invented Flag tags!π€― #Pew #Cheng-Ming Chiang
π©·#tom #messi #james
π #orbiting #tom #daphne
Daphne! #orbiting
Ho Lab Secret Santa 2025! πππ¦ #HoLab
Deciphering Hanyu's clue! π#HoLab #SecretSanta
Carolyn's Secret Santa gave her a tote bag... #HoLab #SecretSanta
"Obviously it has to be Messi!" ~Carolyn #HoLab #SecretSanta
ππ¦ #daphne #hanyu
π¦π¦π¦ #tom #daphne #hanyu
Snacks and notebooks time!
Trying out #squaretomo on our milled schizont lamella! #cryoET #FIB #james #hanyu
Counting down the days until Secret Santa! π#HoLab
Purification dayπ©΅ #messi
Hanyu's special group meeting on #LabsGiving! π§‘
Annual LabsGiving Potluck! #HoLab
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Practicing a little mind reading! #Dixit #HoLab #LabsGiving
Submission day! #messi #daphne #mighty
Sunshine and cuddles for submission day! πΎπ#Mighty #EmotionalSupportPawfficer
Happy birthday Carolyn!!! π₯³
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Demo! #orbiting #tom
A day at the bench #james
Cooking up some liposomes! #tom
Gadding about in Marseille with Sabrina before ParaFrap 2025! #Sab #parasitefriends #getlostinscience
Tom & Messi on the Glacios! π¦ βοΈπ¬
Trying out cryo-STET! #nysbc #james
Teaching Daphne how to make a blood smear π©Έ #TC-time
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πΎ #mighty #labmascot
Thank you Sabrina for flying to NYC for Messi's TRAC meeting!! π #Sab #ParasiteFriends #NYC
All the gels! #daphne
Messi presenting her PfATP4 structure at the 3DEM GRC!
Mini Ho Lab reunion! #3DEMGRC
π #messi #leonie #mimi
Messi & Leonie's first lobster.. once was enough.. #HoLab #OutAndAbout
Gel day! #carolyn #hanyu
Milling days with Mighty! πΎ #cryopup
Perfect lamella! π©΅π¦ βοΈπ¬
Ho Lab at NEAPS 2025! #HoLab #OutAndAbout
π #HoLab #OutAndAbout #NEAPS2025
π #HoLab #OutAndAbout #NEAPS2025
Vicki! #ParasiteFriends
TFW you make a big breakthrough in the lab! π#james
Messi presenting her PfATP4 structure for M&I Grad Recruitment! #FlashTalk
Ho Lab Secret Santa 2024! πππ
π¦ βοΈπ¬ #anna #james
LabsGiving 2024! ππ¦ #HoLab #LabsGiving
Messi getting ready for her TRAC meeting!
Twinning! π #James #Hanyu
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Another love at first sight! #Mighty #Zhening #twinning #cryopup
The best part! #iykyk #teamtomo #parasitesupclose
Okay but why is Hanyu's milling outfit so cuuute!?! π #cryomeow
Coffee with Liz before the St Jude Structure Symposium! #CryoFriends #getlostinscience
π #Mighty #cryopup
Krios doggo #Mighty
Everyone's favorite milling buddy! #Mighty #cryopup
Making sure we unload the lamella safely!
Milling buddy slash lap warmer :D
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cozy, lived in lab vibes π
Love at first sight! π§‘ #Mighty #Becca
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2023 NSF GRFP Awardees AMA Panel @ our 2024 6-week NSF GRFP Writing Workshop!
Mimi & Mike's science/food adventures: Ann Arbor edition!
Mimi & Mike's science/food adventures: Ann Arbor edition! #mike #is #an #amazing #cook
π #Mighty #Messi #Becca
Freezing parasites with Hanyu! :)
Summer 2024 Ho Lab Photo!
Din Tai Fung NYC! <3 #holabfooding
Ho Lab @ Din Tai Fung NYC <3
Dessert! #Becca
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cloning party! :D
Catching up with some of my favorite people between sessions #parasite #GRC #salveregina #getlostinscience
Good food, better company with these superwomen in parasitology at the Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions GRC 2024!
Lab doggo hard at work! π #mighty
NYC in the summer <3
Touring CSSB's state of the art convertible BSL2-BSL3 CryoEM facility in Hamburg!
Perfect morning in Hamburg βπ₯ #getlostinscience
Catching up with Ashley Vaughan (Messi's former PI!) after BioMalPar 2024!
When you meet one of your science crushes for the first time! πππ #thewaihongtham #BioMalPar2024
Exploring Heidelberg with one of my favorite humans before BioMalPar 2024! β€οΈ #Sab #Heidelberg #getlostinscience
#Sab #Heidelberg #getlostinscience
β€οΈ #sab #getlostinscience #heidelberg
Messi rocking her talk in the M&I Dept. RIP!
Messi biochemistrying! :)
Milling & canelΓ©s with Pushkar! <3
Our MD-PHD roton Pushkar Shinde freezing parasites on the manual plunger!
Bday CanelΓ©s for Mimi, by Carolyn!!! π
Mike & Mimi science/food adventures: South Indian Brekkie @ BPS 2024, Philly #mikecianfrocco #getlostinscience #philly
Ho Lab Secret Santa White Elephant 2024! ππ€π
Bon voyage, Leonie!!! You'll be missed! β€οΈ
Ho Lab Hummus Place Thanksgiving 2023 :) #itstradition
Celebrating Messi and Jing both passing their quals!!!
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Well-deserved lab outing, making neon art at Brooklyn Glass!
Lunch break!
How it started...
Leonie
Learning all about the science of blowing neon!
Jing
Xiyan
Messi
Carolyn
Waiting for the mercury to diffuse through our signs!
Heading home!
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The Alan Cowman! #scienceheroes
(Rain-)Geared up for Jing's practice talk for quals! #squad
Jing practicing for quals!
She passed!!
Official PhD candidates!!!
Celebrating Jing passing her quals by introducing Leonie, Messi and Jing to ice cream floats!
Team Root Beer (Leonie & Carolyn) vs Team Coke (Mimi, Jing & Messi)
Commemorating Messi and Jing's first MPM with lunch at Pie in the Sky before their presentations!
Messi's first talk at MPM!
She rocked it :)
Jing demonstrating creative secondary uses for cloth posters :P
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Jing's first time presenting a poster at MPM! She killed it :)
People lining up to see Jing's poster!
Jing walking Josh through her poster :)
Nothing to see here...
All done!
#Squad
YIPS RIPS Crew at MPM 2023!
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Some quality time with the vitrobot :)
Celebrating a finished manuscript with some hard-earned sushi!
...it was delicious :P
2023 Ho Lab Photo! (Hanyu, Xiyan, Ribo, Jing, Messi, Mimi, Carolyn & Leonie!)
Catching up with Liz in NYC!
Ho Lab co-writing sesh! #squad
All hands on deck to close out our first big story as a lab! #squad
Impromptu writing party on the floor :P
On the train to Baltimore for ACA 2023!
Messi and Leonie presenting their posters at ACA 2023!
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Messi and Leonie covertly supporting Jing at her poster!
Cast and crew of the ACA 2023 Advanced Topics in CryoEM and CryoET Workshop!
Emotional support pawficer on patrol!
Jing on a diplomatic mission in the neighboring lab :)
Milling Jing's beautiful frozen schizonts in the FIB-SEM!
Looking at milled schizont lamella on the Krios!
FIB-SEM buddies!
Messi rocking her first time presenting in Departmental RIP!
Jing and Leonie setting up tilt series on milled parasites!
Messi and Jing doing some polysome profiling!
Best birthday gift ever! <3
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Jing's gorgeous parasites in the FIB-SEM!
Mimi & Mike catchup in LA while attending the CryoEM Summit at UCLA!
The Plunge Team reunion in NYC!
Everyone pitching in to help Carolyn with a tricky Secret Santa clue! #squad
Ho Lab Secret Santa 2022!
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<3
Carrying on the Ho Lab Hummus Place Thanksgiving Tradition :)
Messi teaching Cosmo how to clip!
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Mighty saving a seat for Jing π
Data collection adventure in Boulder, CO!
This data collection adventure was powered by Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters in Westminster, CO β π
Boulder is gorgeous π
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Milling buddies π
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Mimi's chair at Pie in the Sky in Woods Hole π
Mighty's version of benchwork
Cooling down the FIB-SEM!
Messi loading grids to mill!
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Lunch break!
Clip & CLEM with Messi & Jing :)
Our Emotional Support Pawfficer making sure Messi stays warm while milling :)
All the tail wags :)
Messi & Mighty!
Mighty & Carolyn
Emotional Support Pawfficer on duty!
Welcome to the lab, Messi and Jing!
Bon voyage, David!
Jing freezing grids!
Elynn freezing grids!
Lab Lunch!
Ho Lab - Summer 2022
Ho Lab - Summer 2022
Ho Lab - Summer 2022
Hummus Place for Thanksgiving!
Two years in a row makes it a traditionβ¦.looking forward to many more! :)
Commemorating Mimi & Messi's first time ever taking a bus in NYC :)
David representing the Ho Lab in our first ever outing in the M&I RIPs!
Clipping iRBC grids for CLEM & FIB-SEM!
Messi's first time on the Vitrobot!
Lab Photos Op. 2
Fall 2021!
Lab Dinner!
Celebrating a summer full of cool results and exciting accomplishments!
The Ho Lab is officially in the P. falciparum CRISPRing business!
Lab Photos Op. 1
First time on the manual plunger
Looking like a pro!
CryoFIB Crew :)
First time milling parasites!
Best Christmas gift ever :)
Unpacking the Echo!
Trying out the Echo again
Trying out the Echo Revolve
Transformers microscope!
First lunch as a lab!
CryoET bootcamp!
Mighty!
Getting ready for NYC winters...