News

June 2026 

4th annual lab retreat! Chalk talks, shipwrecks, and lab meals in beautiful Point Reyes. 

lab at mead tasting
Inverness shipwreck
people in a kitchen
Picture of the Point Reyes wilderness, high grass in the front with trees and the hills in the background. Sun is showing
people eating
Keith in front of a big dinner

March 2026 

Big congrats to Sam and Cole for receiving the F31 graduate fellowship. 🎉🥳

September 2025

Celebrating the labs 3rd birthday ! 

two cakes
ruth with cake
Cole with cake

August 2025

3rd annual lab retreat at Point Reyes station. Cooking, bird watching, and data analysis 

Lab sitting watching Keith present
cow in a valley
Point Reyes at sunset
Lab sitting at a table smiling at the camera about to eat dinner
Lab at table working diligently
Sam Anthony and Cole in the kitchen

June 2025

Outdoor journal club!! enjoying the rooftop views of SF! 

people sitting on a rooftop at a table

October 2024

2nd annual lab retreat 

 

Picture of lambastes on a cloudy hike

April 2024

Cole, Ruth and Keith all passed quals! 

Pink cake with green frosting that says "congrats Keith, Ruth and Cole"

 

March 2024

Ruimin and Keith present posters at BayViro!

February 2024

Epistasis journal club (gorgeous boardwork by Ruth).

epistasis

December 2023

Lab holiday party, White Elephant gift exchange, and Samin Nosrat's Big Lasagna.

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October 2023 

Angela and Keith travel to UC Santa Cruz (Keith's alma mater!) to recruit students to UCSF programs.

September 2023 

Ruth presents at PROM supergroup!

Cole presents a poster at the ImmunoX retreat!

 

August 2023 -- First Phillips Lab retreat!

Successful first retreat in the red woods of Occidental, CA -- great chalk talks + food, and a nice hike at Point Reyes!

 

May 2023 -- Keith presents a poster at the iMicro retreat!