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! |