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A symposium ("Synaptic Transmission") featured as speakers three of Bill's colleagues (past & present) and four of his former trainees, followed by dinner. A pig roast at the cabin the next day was held for the entire department. After that, speakers stayed on for two more days of hiking, relaxing, and conversation, thanks to Jen & Em's hosting generosity in their new cabins.
The entire enterprise was made possible thanks to the organizational skills and hard work by Assistant Professor Achim Klug and Business Services Professional Robby Rigby. 152 images  2. Bert Sakmann and Bill worked together in London as postdocs in 1970. Bert also hosted Bill's sabbatical year inHeidelberg in 1993-94.  3. The venue for the symposium was in the round, with 4 screens circling the room  4.  5. Erwin Neher (Goettingen) and Bert were one of the greatest scientific duos in the history of physiology and biophysics. They received the Nobel Prize in 1991.  6. Lucia Tabares (Seville) and Bill have collaborated since 2005.  7. Bill spoke briefly at the end of the day, reviewing a bit of his career.  8. Bill & Joan in London in 1970  9. Comments made by Bill's London mentor (Sir Bernard Katz) on Bill's first manuscript. The first paragraph is transcribed. Later paragraphs were not so laudatory...  10. Bert arrived a day early, and met our four grandchildren: Clara, Thalia Zach, and Matilda  11. After the symposium, the speakers had dinner at a local Italian restaurant.  12.  13.  14. All the speakers: Corey Smith (Cleveland), Lucia Tabares (Seville), Bill, Erwin Neher (Goettingen), Silvio Rizzoli (Goettingen), Sue Kinnamon (Denver), David Richards (Cincinnati), Bert Sakmann (Munich), Ling-Gang Wu (Bethesda)  15. Bill (center) with former students (Corey & Silvio) and former postdocs (David & Ling-Gang)  16. Saturday, the cabin was decked with flags of countries of the speakers  17.  18.  19.  20. Zach pushes Matilda in the swing  21.  22. Bert, Erwin, and Eva Neher  23.  24. Zippy was in the center of things all day  25. Honora Caldwell, Sue Kinnamon, John Caldwell, Tom Finger, Angie Ribera. To everyone's great relief earlier in the week, Angie had been appointed Bill's permanent successor as Chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics  26. Achim & Caroline, Joe, Jennifer, Anna, and Otto  27. Erwin, Bert, Bill  28. Corey, Mateo and Mateo's dad Gartz  29. Lev & Gidon Felsen, Michelle Tellez & Myko, Nathan and Sarah Felsen  30. Bert, Michelle, Anna  31. Matilda  32. Caroline  33. Joan, Honora, John, Corey  34. Michael Hoke & Emmy Betz  35. Guillermo Alvarez de Toledo, Bill, Lucia Tabares holding the large and heavy present brought from Seville  36. Clara and Zach open the tube  37. Candles! Giant candles! Five of them!  38. The candles are used in procesions in Seville, and Bill remarked once that he would like to have one. Now Marshall is making holders for them. Scenes from the real Semana Santa in Seville are on the right   39. The pig has been cooking inside for hours  40. Max Rapoport (left) and friend who supplied to the cooker  41.  42. Food was served all afternoon and evening  43. Michelle, Myko, and Max  44. Silvio and Chong Shen (former postdoc)  45. Erwin, Bert, Guillermo, Lucia  46. Jen, Dan, Achim & Jill Klug  47.  48. Zach, Guilllermo, and Jen play Crazy Eights  49. Eva, Bert, Erwin  50. Caliope, daughter of Jesse & Abby  51. Jesse and younger daughter Lillith  52. Kennedy-Tucker family: Chandra, Matt, twins Corrine and Lenore  53. Stiners: David, Sam, Karen, Rob (Director of Finance Administration for the department)  55. Corrine Kennedy  56. Lenore Kennedy  57. Nathan Schoppa and Doug Robertson  58.  59.  60.  61. Jen, Achim & Jill  62. Sarah and Lev  63. Terri Fadul and Bill  64. most Felsens: Sarah, Lev, Gidon (Nathan was off in the F150)  65. Abby and Lillith, who had her first overnight campout  66.  67. Robert Swartz (his wife Sharon (Joan's sister) was off in France attending the birth of their first grandchild - Aiden Pascal Robert Quartier)  68. At the beaver ponds: Chandra Tucker, Matt Kennedy, Lenore & Corrine  69. At the bench (Victoria & Radu Moldovan on the bench)  70. Corrine & Lenore sign the journal  71. Nik Buchholz and Bill  72. Matilda with flamenco dress  73. Master class  74. new mode of swinging  75. cousins  76. Jill and Caro Klug  77. Abby & Lillith and Angela Restrepo  78.  79. Thalia, Caliope, Lillith in the F150  80.  81.  82.  83.  84.  85.  86.  87. Ted Doykos, John Thompson, Jennifer Stratford, Anna Dondzillo  88.  89.  90. Doug, Angie, Tom, Sue, Tony, Terri  91.  92. Bert & Anna  93. Chong  94. Hans & Peggy Neville, Joan, all professors emeriti  95. Moldovan family: Radu, Victoria, and Daniela  96. Martin, Caliope, and Mateo  97.  98.  99. Mateo, Caliope, and Martin  100.  101. Lucia with David, Jeanette, and Quinn RIchards  102.  103.  104. Thalia, Victoria, Clara, Iliana, Zach  105.  106. Lucia, Angela & Diego Restrepo, Guillermo  107. Hans, Angela, Doug, Peggy, Angie  108. Maisy and Zippy  109. Fire circle: Thalia, Emmy, Michael, Matilda sing "Let it Go"  110.  111. Ben and Deb Whitmore (our nephew & niece) provided the music  112.  113. Doug & Angie  114.  115. Eva  116. Bill & Thalia  117. Over the years Erwin has inspired and propelled Bill's projects in different ways....  118.  119. Romanians all: Silvio and the Moldovans: Daniela and Radu  120.  121.  122.  123. Sunday we drove over the hill to Boulder Creek and hiked to Boulder Lake and the falls above  124.  125.  126.  127. Gore Range Trail bridge over Boulder Creek  128. Fairy slipper, our only orchid  129. Boulder Lake - cloudy when we arrived...  130.  131.  132.  133. the falls  134.  135. ... and clear when we left  136. photographing a few wild flowers  137.  138. saying goodbye to Corey  139. Green Mountain dam (Erwin (who has his own hydroelectric mill) calculated: 100 m fall x 30 cubic meters per second x 10 = 30,000 KW power)  140.  141. Pioneer museum: in the schoolhouse. Hot Sulfur Springs  142. Joan & Eva at the Pioneer Museum  143. Top of Ute Pass - Gore Range in the distance  144.  145.  146. Hummingbirds land on fingers  148.  149.  150.  150a. Beaver-chewed log (click here to see more)  151. Lucia, Bill, and Erwin discuss science after dinner  152. Lucia, Clara, and Bella at the Liptzin's house in Denver, shortly before Lucia & Guillermo left to return home, which unfortunately took 50 hours!  |