Cell paper

Dale has had a super-important paper accepted! It's in Cell, which is as prestigious as it gets in his field. He's been working on it for years. The publication brings an extraordinary close to his NIH research and puts him on excellent footing for what comes next. Yay!

The title of the paper, for your information, is "Mitochondria supply membranes for autophagosome biogenesis during starvation." (It won't be published for months yet; the cover at right is for the current issue.)

Major milestone

Dale turned in his dissertation today!  Yahoo!  It's been two weeks of four-hour nights of sleep for him, but it was looking very good today, and it's DONE.  (Unless there are revisions, but never mind that.)  Dale has actually been holding up very well.  Now he has a week to prepare his defense (Oct 1); then a few days to pack, and off we go!  Two PhDs into the sunset!  And two kids, and a cat, and a large truck.