Jun 2025
Jan 2025
What’s virus research without plaque assays?
Bittersweet lab lunch…
Saying goodbye to postdoc Sophie,
as she heads back to Germany. We’ll miss you, Sophie!
June 2025
Lab Summer BBQ
June 2025
Sending off Lara
March 28th, 2025
She will begin her PhD program in Europe in 2025. We’ll miss you!
Lab Hockey Outing
NJ Devils vs. Vancouver Canucks
Mar 2025
Celebrating Lara’s successful defense of her Master’s thesis!
March 14, 2025
Lab Holiday Party
December 2024:
starting with the Annual White Elephant
AUG 1 (RNA Day) 2024:
cake competition, with baking and design by the talented Lara
it’s sfRNA-themed of course!
AUG 1 (RNA Day) 2024:
featuring poster presentations from Jayden and Tony in the lab; congrats to Tony on winning an award!
Summer fun at Sarah’s
Piñata and water balloons were featured…
Jun 2024
Lab Retreat
Catskill, NY • April 2024
Happy birthday Jack!
April 2024
Lab lunch for Lena’s birthday
March 2024
Happy Birthday Sophie!
Feb 2024
2023 lab holiday party!
We went skating in Bryant Park’s winter village and indulged in some mulled wine and an unlimited hot pot dinner. 10/10 would recommend all of the above!
Lab lunch to send off Master student Sebastian, who is returning to Germany to complete his graduate studies. Farewell, Sebastian!
October 2023
Early fall hangs on Sophie’s rooftop!
October 2023
2023 undergraduate symposium
Let’s go Jayden!
Jack attends the 2023 Einstein RNA symposium
Jack ventured to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to present his research on coronavirus Nsp1!
Steckelberg and Sternberg labs conduct a summer science camp at a NY middle school
EMBO meeting 2023:
Eukaryotic RNA turnover and viral biology
Brno, Czech Republic
Lena and Jeanine went to share research at an international conference focused on RNA turnover in the beautiful Czech Republic, and they visited Vienna along the way. Pilsner Urquell was the (unofficial) sponsor. Many new friends were made, and Jeanine was a poster prize winner! Fun fact: Brno was home to Gregor Mendel, and the conference included a tour of his museum and a gala in its courtyard.
The lab is visited by Dr. Juan Alfonzo, who was Jeanine’s undergraduate mentor. Jeanine hosted Juan via the student hosted seminar series in our department. It was so fun having him here and having the mentors unite!
The lab celebrates its first PhD candidacy success!
Jeanine passed her qualifying exam, so we of course had to celebrate. Friends joined us in Riverside park.
