The annual Pharmacology Program Retreat is held each spring at a site outside of New York City and features talks by 3rd and 5th year graduate students and a poster session for other students and postdocs. The 2006 retreat was held on May 19-20 at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY. Justin Potuzak won the award for best talk with his presentation on the diversity-oriented synthesis of spiroketals.
The Mountain House overlooks beautiful Lake Mohonk on Shawangunk Ridge in the Hudson River Valley
Justin Potuzak warms up for his award-winning talk by cleaning up at the poker table on Prof. Luca Cartegni, Prof. Lonny Levin, Jimmy Rotolo, and Prof. Francis Lee.
Prof. Rich Kolesnick discusses the finer points of pharmacology with Derek and WMC graduate student Jeanne Farrell.
WMC graduate student Carrie Garceau tells Derek a good joke about the first-years.
