By: Aaron Wirsing
Starting last year, and culminating this June, we embarked on the unenviable task of cleaning up Winkenwerder 110 (the home of the Predator Ecology Lab). For the uninitiated, 'Wink' 110 has spent probably the last five decades accumulating research gear, specimens, dust, grime, and memories without any concerted effort on the part of its occupants (including those who used the space before us) to get things organized. Thus, before we initiated the cleanup, it was quite the mess...and not very conducive to working on research.
Here, we are pictured celebrating the completion of the last major task - cleaning out and sterilizing the chest freezer and two refrigerators, all of which are now ready to be surplussed. Frances was thoughtful enough to bring us fresh strawberries as much needed fuel (yum!), and Sarah surprised everyone by baking a lamington, Australia's iconic sponge cake, for us all to enjoy. Sidebar - I am a huge fan of laminations, have travelled all over Australia seeking them out, and have written about this delicacy in a previous post. You are a legend, Sarah!
What will we all do now that the lab is (mostly) cleaned up???
Starting last year, and culminating this June, we embarked on the unenviable task of cleaning up Winkenwerder 110 (the home of the Predator Ecology Lab). For the uninitiated, 'Wink' 110 has spent probably the last five decades accumulating research gear, specimens, dust, grime, and memories without any concerted effort on the part of its occupants (including those who used the space before us) to get things organized. Thus, before we initiated the cleanup, it was quite the mess...and not very conducive to working on research.
Here, we are pictured celebrating the completion of the last major task - cleaning out and sterilizing the chest freezer and two refrigerators, all of which are now ready to be surplussed. Frances was thoughtful enough to bring us fresh strawberries as much needed fuel (yum!), and Sarah surprised everyone by baking a lamington, Australia's iconic sponge cake, for us all to enjoy. Sidebar - I am a huge fan of laminations, have travelled all over Australia seeking them out, and have written about this delicacy in a previous post. You are a legend, Sarah!
What will we all do now that the lab is (mostly) cleaned up???
 Photo: Aaron Wirsing |  Photo: Sarah Colosimo |
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