Lab Memories

1982

University of Georgia. Arden Lea’s lab. Arden in a Hat, Mark Brown (standing),

Susan Paskewitz (being hugged by Danny Findley)

Georgia, Lab lunch

Sitting: Susan Paskewitz, Mark Brown, Alex Raikhel, Dany Klowden and Natasha Raikhel

Standing: Marc Klowden, Danny Fendley and Arden Lea

Raikhel Lab through the years:

1988

Alex's first lab at Michigan State University: left to right – Tochi Dhadialla, Noah Koller, Sarojini Bose, Alex Raikhel, Wen-Long Cho

Graduation of Alex's first Ph.D. student Wen-Long Cho

1993

The Vg receptor guy Tom Sappington

Left to right – Tom Sappington, Wen-Long Cho, Alex Raikhel, Neal Dittmer, Erik Chen,

Marianna Kapitskaya, Kirk Deitsch, Vladimir Kokoza

1995

The outing at the Grand Canyon. Eric Chen, Marianna Kapitskaya, Wen-Long Cho, Kirk Deitsch, Alex Raikhel, Neal Dittmer, Katya Snigerevskaya, Tom Sappington

Kelly and Kirk Deitsch, Marianna Kapitskaya at Alex's house lab party

1996 1999

Chef Neal and Wen-Long at the lab party

Geoff Artardo, Kook-Ho Cho, Jinsong Zhu, Neal Dittmer, Abdul Ahmed,

Chao Li, Vladimir Kokoza, G. Sun and Mao Li

Chao Li, Neal Dittmer, Jinsong Zhu and Jianxin Sun

Having fun: Geoff Attardo and Kook-Ho Cho

Cheers: Gambei, NA Zdorovie! G. Sun, Abdul Ahmed and Geoff Attardo

2000

David Martin, Alex Raikhel, Jinsong Zhu, Sheng-Fu Wang

Lab party at Alex’s house: Geoff Attardo, Mao Li, Sun, Iouri Lobkov, Sheng-Fu Wang,

Alex Raikhel, Chao Li, Vladimir Kokoza, Sang-Woon Shin, Guoqiang Sun

2001 2002

Alex Raikhel and Ken Miura at a sushi bar in Mie Japan

David Martin and Alex Raikhel in Faro, Portugal (European Meeting of Comparative Endocrinology)

2003 Alex’s lab at UCR:

First row: Kook-Ho Cho, Renyuan Wang, Vladimir Kokoza, Katya Snigerevskaya, Huang Mi Cheon, Alex Raikhel, Guoqiang Sun, Jong-Hwa Park, J. Wang, Jinsong Zhu;

Second row: Yu Jung Kim, Li Chen, Yuri Lobkov, Jenya Antonova, Geoff Attardo, Immo Hansen, Quang Peng

2009

Alex Raikhel and Chancellor Timothy White at a campus reception honoring Alex for his election to the

National Academy of Sciences, May 1, 2009.
Photo credit: Michael Elderman

Alex Raikhel (center) and UCR colleagues at a campus reception honoring Alex, May 1, 2009.

Photo credit: Michael Elderman.

Alex Raikhel at a campus reception honoring him for his election to the National Academy of Sciences, May 1, 2009.

Photo credit: Michael Elderman.

2010

Alex Raikhel signing the great book of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),

at the NAS induction ceremony, April 24, 2010. Photo credit: NAS.

Alex Raikhel and Ralph Cicerone, the president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),

at the NAS induction ceremony, April 24, 2010. Photo credit: NAS.

Warren MacDonald (left), Bart Bryant (center) and Alexander Raikhel examine results from their

experiments on female Aedes aegyptimosquitoes.
Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications.

Warren MacDonald (left), Bart Bryant and Alexander Raikhel (seated) take a look at an image of a female Aedes aegypti

Raikhel lab developed a method that deactivates a key microRNA esponsible for blood digestion and egg development.

Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications.

2012 Alex’s lab at UCR:

Stephanie Wang, Tusar Saha, Sang-Woon Shin, Bo Zhao, Zheng Zou, Alex Raikhel, Sourav Roy,

Ellie Cannell, Yanhua Liu, Jisu Ha, Shiping Liu, Lisa Johnson. James Kim, Keira Lucas, Warren Mcdonald

Celebrating NIH RO1 award for hormones: Ellie Cannell, Keira Lucas, Alex Raikhel, Tusar Saha, Sourav Roy, Zhen (Karl) Zou, Vladimir Kokoza, Sang-Woon Shin, Bo Zhao, Warren Mcdonald

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2013

Insect Hormone International Meeting, Minneapolis MN.

The moment of Alex's glory: The University of Minneapolis Football Stadium during my plenary lecture.

Insect Hormone International Meeting, Minneapolis MN. Jim Truman, Lynn Riddiford, Alex Raikhel and Tusar Saha

Insect Hormone International Meeting, Minneapolis MN. The boat ride on Mississippi: Rosa Barrio, Tusar Saha, Alex Raikhel, David Martin, Jose Maestro, Makaso Asahina

Tusar Saha's Ph. D. defense: Anupama Dahanukar, Alex Raikhel, Mutahir Farhan, Ellie Cannell, Jisu Ha, Sourav Roy, Tusar saha,

Bo Zhao, Eungseok Kim; sitting: Keira Lucas and Lisa Johnson

Shiping Liu, Keira Lucas and Sourav Roy at the ESA meeting in Austin Texas

ESA 2013 Austin Texas: Shiping Liu, Alex Raikhel, Immo Hansen,

Geoff Attardo, Hassan Asgari and Julián F. Hillyer

James Kim, Bo Zhao, Ellie Cannell, Keira Lucas, Eungseok Kim, Josh Ng,
Shiping Liu, Alex Raikhel, Jisu Ha, Sourav Roy and Brandon Phong

Saying Good-Bye to Shiping. Tusar Saha, Sourav Roy, Jisu Ha,

Shiping Liu, Lisa Johnson, Keira Lucas, Bo Zhao

2014

Alex and Jinsong Zhu (a former member) at the 10^th Juvenile Hormone conference in Tsukuba, Japan

Alex with Shin-Hong Shiao, a former member

Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox presenting a memento to Alex for delivering

the "62nd Faculty Research Lecture" at UCR

Celebrating NIH RO1 award for microRNAs:

Ted Karginov, Alex Raikhel, Chih-Cheng Tsai, Vladimir Kokoza, Xiufeng Zhang, Ellie Cannell, Lisa Johnson, Keira Lucas, Jianjun Wang, Wei Dou, Bo Zhao, Jisu Ha and Sourav Roy