My lab is having a terrific summer so far. I’m not saying that to make a statement or massage my ego but I am happy to see progress. My two Dutch students (Daan and Lennart) made significant contributions to the projects. With Masayo in maternity leave, I was anxious about slowdowns in the lab. Lennart took some of Masayo duties in managing the day to day lab-life. I must say Lennart is doing a great job. As for myself, I’m stuck in front of my computers writing papers and grant proposals. However, I’m always pleased to discuss results, propose futur experiments, and explain projects anytime with my lab members. My office door is always open, and I like to keep it that way.

A photo of Lennart’s crystal photos of PRMT5, a 72Kda human argine-methyltransferase. This is one of the hits we obtained and we are currently optimizing the crystallization conditions.