Lab Outings

Memorable Lab outings.

2025

Photo of Mehak holding bunches of flowers in front of a noticeboard with "Congrats Dr Chauhan" printed out on pieces of paper
4 December 2025
Mehak passed her viva with minor corrections!! Congratulations!! Mehak is now the ultimate expert in biofilms in MRSA!
Photo of the lab group members sitting at a table in a restaurant with large windows off to the side.
April 2025
The whole lab went out for dinner for Wei's leaving party. We were very sorry to see Wei leave. He was a key member of the lab, produced very solid data and was always happy to help members of the lab.

2024

Photo of the lab group members sitting on chairs around tables with food and drink on them
December 2024
Sofia's post viva party! So many people showed up to congratulate her!
Photo of Sofia Esteban-Serna receiving a poster prize at the Microbiology Society conferences in Edinburgh
April 2024
Sofia Esteban-Serna won a poster prize at the Microbiology Society conferences in Edinburgh!
Photo of a bar with 4 different bottles of whisky on it and with a glass of each in front
March 2024
Stuart McKellar visited us in Edinburgh and we went to the Scottish Malt Whisky Society.
Photo of the lab group members sitting around a table in a restaurant with lots of wine glasses, and a cheese platter on it.
March 2024
Lab wine tasting event to celebrate Niki's thesis submission!
Photo of the lab group members sitting around a table in a restaurant with plates of food in front of them
March 2024
Dinner at the Greek in Leith!

2022

Photo of lab group members labelled with names and counties of origin: Back row, left to right, Ivayla Ivanova (Bulgaria), Mehak Chauhan (India), Pierson Bogar (USA), Sander Granneman (Netherlands), Front row left to right, Pedro Arede-Rei (Portugal), Hugh McCaughan (Northern Ireland), Liang-Cui Chu (China), Niki Christopouplou (Greece), Sofia Esteban-Serna (Spain), Wei Li (china)
May 2022
Party on the Kings Buildings Campus to celebrate our RBPome paper getting accepted in Nature Communications!
Selfie of 4 lab group members standing in a green space, smiling for the camera
May 2022
Selfies made that day!

2021

Photo of the lab group members seated outside on a picnic table with food and drinks
June 2021
The lab's first outing since the end of the many lockdowns!

2018

Photo of the lab group members posing for a photo whilst standing around a circular bar at the Scottish Malt Whisky Society
September 2018
Erika Urdaneta's leaving party at the Scottish Malt Whisky Society.

2017

Photo of the lab group member, seated and gathered around a table in the vaults, Leith
December 2017
Celebrating positive outcomes from MRCSRF and EMBO LTF fellowship applications.
Black and white photo of 3 lab group members outside a partially visible York cathedral
June 2017
Granneman lab retreat in York.

2015

Photo of the ab group members sat around a table with drinks on it.
March 2015
Granneman lab says goodbye to Christel Sirocchi.

2014

Photo of 3 lab group members playing a game of Sjoelen in the pub
December 2014
“Sjoelen” in the pub!

2013

Photo of the lab group sitting around a table in a café whilst on a lab outing to St Andrews
April 2013
Lab outing to Saint Andrews!

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