Life in the Lab
Cole lab celebrates Emely Larios (second from left) after her M.S. defense, October, 2025
Melissa Frasca celebrates a successful Ph.D. defense, April 2025
Celebrating newly minted Ph.D., Tolkappiyan (Tolka) Premkumar in June 2023
Dr. Cole celebrates her prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award with her lab
Dr. Cole and Dr. Rhea Kang, the first Cole Lab Ph.D. graduate in May 2019
Lab fun: "Dress Like Your Boss Day" along with costumes depicting the lab's homologous recombination model, male germ cells
Cole Laboratory, Summer 2019
Cole Lab at work and play
Early Days
Fun with Yunfu!
Science Park Laboratory
Lunch at Pockets in Smithville with summer interns
Maria tames the thermal cyclers
The boss keeping her pipetting skills intact
Graduate student Rhea Kang works with Dr. Cole
Bird's eye view of the lab
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