by Stephanie Sang | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Coates Lab celebrated a virtual Burns Night, with guest appearances by Possum the Cat, and other assorted acts. With graveness, we read this year’s poem that was specifically written to reflect the times that we live in now. I have a meeting too With Mike...
by botoo | Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’ve been busy! Here’s a roundup of what we’ve been up to over the last little while. SVP was virtual this year, and Mike, Ben, and Abby gave talks on their research. Mike presented work that he and collaborators have been involved with in his...
by Stephanie Sang | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lab members from the Coates Lab were startled by the blurry appearance of Vish as he emerged from an alternate dimension. Unaware that he shimmered in and out of view, his self from this dimension soon joined the Zoom chat. Lab members could not decide who to address...
by Stephanie Sang | May 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ben Otoo delivered a sermon canonizing his beloved Whatcheeria at the Collections Club meeting on April 25. This club is comprised of volunteers at the Field Museum who work in the collections. Ben extolled the beauty of Whatcheeria, revered the sheer quantity of...
by Stephanie Sang | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Armed with a mug of coffee/tea each, the Coates Lab began its Tuesday Virtual Elevenses during shelter-in-place. Here, Ben is deep into retelling Chapter 3 of 48 of his fieldwork trip to Brazil while Mike futilely attempts to extract information about the actual...
by Stephanie Sang | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
As part of the Farewell to Tetsuto Tour, members of the Coates Lab attended Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera last week. Although there were technically not any fish involved, we took to heart the themes of unrequited love and betrayal (looking at you, microCT...
