Lab fun

Photos from lab social events, outings and trips.

van Ooijen & Crosby labs

2025

Group picture of lab members in the van Ooijen and Crosby labs mid 2025

2024

Group members from van Ooijen lab and Crosby lab gathered for a group photo

Trip to the Hermitage in Dunkeld

hermitage dunkeld
hermitage dunkeld 2

2025 First Annual Cellular and Molecular Chronobiology Beach Barbecue

priya opening wine
after dark

PhD student Irene's circadian-inspired sculptures

PhD student Irene's circadian-inspired sculptures on a long table beside sketches of the circle with people standing close by.

2025 celebrating Selen's achievement

Photo of the group members outdoors standing with raised glasses by a picnic table
Celebrating Selen's achievement in getting the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh studentship to start her PhD in October 2025.

Sent to Coventry (aka Clock Club)

sent to coventry
sent to coventry 2

2024 GvO lab social - pottery painting !

Photo from a lab social pottery painting day out, showing group members with their painted pottery

2019 Christmas lunch

Members of the Spoel and van Ooijen labs sit around a table having Christmas lunch

Dutch week, at 2019 G.09 Lab Bake-Off

A photo of two cakes, tarts with fruit on top, on a table with containers and drinks behind

Spooky...

Lab members in the lab with various Halloween costumes

Out at the Fringe festival

Group members from van Ooijen lab at the Fringe festival standing by a table outdoors with food and drinks

Lab hike from Peebles, 2019

Lab group members pose for a photo at the top of a hill

Christmas lunch 2018

Photo of the lab group members, with drinks, smiling for the camera

Lab trips, 2018

Photo of Spoeal and van Ooijen lab members posing for a photo in front of a hilly landscape
Lab group members pose for a photo in front of boats in a harbour

Fun times

Lab group members pose for a photo crouched outside on grass, in front of trees
Lab group members in an office sitting, smiling for the camera with drinks

At the IMPS symposium

Photo of the lab group members smiling for a group photo with drinks in hands

Christmas 2017

Photo of the lab group members in a pub, gathered for a group photo, they smile and many have Christmas hats

Evelyn's leaving

Photo of the lab group members in a pub gathered round a table with drinks

Random moment in the office? Some time in early 2017

Photo of the lab group members seated in an office gathered together for a group photo

2017 lab trip to the Isle of May

Photo of a puffin stood on a rock with fish in its beak
Photo of the lab group members holding fish and chip cartons in a town with cobbled streets
Image of the lab group standing on grass in front of cliffs and rocks

Louise's PhD viva night

Photo of a polystyrene box filled with ice and bottles on a countertop
Photo of lab members in an office standing chatting
Photo of Loise with Gerben and 2 in a room in front of a shelf and a window

Christmas market 2016

Gerben and a ab group member on a fairground ride
Gerben and a lab group member on a fairground ride
Photo of the big wheel at Edinburgh's Christmas market with the Edinburgh skyline behind

SRBR 2016 Florida

Gerben and a lab group member both wearing sunglasses outside a building surrounded by trees
Gerben being held up horizontally by a group of people in front of research posters

Skittles at The Sheep Heid Inn, 2016

A lab group member standing in front of a bowling lane
The lab group bowling at The Sheep Heid Inn
Group photo of the lab members outside the Sheep's Heid smiling for the camera

With Ned, Rachel, and John at SRBR 2014, Montana

Photo of Gerben with Ned, Rachel, and John on a ski lift in Montana

Punting for Millar lab reunion, Cambridge 2013

Photo of 2 lab members on a punt, one at down the other using an oar
Photo of lab group members on a punt in front of a historic building

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