Lab Outings

  • Lab Retreat 2024

    We escaped the city and headed to State College, Pennsylvania.

  • Halloween 2023

    First Halloween in NYC! Costume contest! Pumpkin carving!

  • Lab members posing in a somewhat organized fashion for once in the house in the mountains for the annual retreat

    Lab Retreat 2022

    We headed out to the mountains yet again for our annual retreat

  • Logo designed by Matt Szucs and Rachel Jones to commemorate the 20th reunion

    Kieft Lab 20th Reunion

    From August 5th to 6th we gathered present and past lab members to celebrate 20 years of the Kieft lab

  • Lab members outside in matching Kieft Lab polo shirts with Daniel Eiler being forced to participate by holding his dinosaur balloon

    Daniel Eiler's Going Away Party June 2022

    Daniel Eiler is leaving us to go on to do bigger and better things. He graciously left the dinosaur balloon here.

  • Lab members eating at Sushi Katsu with large platters of sushi in front of them about to be demolished

    Sushi Katsu 2022

    We had so much sushi. Maybe too much sushi? Anyway, we got donuts afterwards.

  • Lab members outside Jeff's house

    Holiday Party 2021

    We gathered at Jeff’s house for our annual holiday party and Secret Santa gift exchange

  • Lab members outside the AirBnB house

    Lab Retreat 2021

    We rented a house on Lake Grandby to discuss our roles in the lab and community

  • Lab members and many dogs at the summit

    Lab Hike 2021

    We went for a beautiful hike at Three Sisters Park West Summit Trail

  • Lab members outside Jeff's house in matching Kieft Lab t-shirts

    Lab BBQ 2021

    Combination of celebrating Jeff’s BBQ-ing skills and Ben and Zoe’s going away party

  • Coors Field Stadium

    Coors Field Baseball Games

    We like to take an annual trip out to Coors Field to take in an afternoon baseball game. Occasionally it is not always documented…

  • David's house decorated for Halloween

    Halloween at David's

    We take this holiday seriously

  • Lab in a Zoom room opening presents... We tried to be festive

    Lab Secret Santa 2020

    Like everything else, our annual Secret Santa was a bit different this year

  • Kieft lab after the escape room all holding signs relating to whether their team won or lost. I still say the games were rigged.

    Escape Room 2018

    We decided to try to puzzle our way out of an escape room. Some of us made it. Others did not.

  • A large building in Birmingham, UK. I'm sure it's important somehow

    Microbiology Society 2018

    The meeting was held in Birmingham, UK where Zoe presented her research.

  • A scenic view of a river in Prague, Czech Republic

    RNA Society 2017

    This year the meeting was held in Prauge, Czech Republic

  • Mountains in Snowmass, CO. Because that's all we're known for apparently

    FASEB Machines on Genes 2014

    The meeting was held in Snowmass, CO

  • Lab members sitting around a table at the conference

    Ribosome Conference 2013

    Ribosomes in Napa Valley, CA