Here comes the cake, the centerpiece of the seminar/party.

Before the seminar on Oct. 18 2012. L-to-R: Lee Chow, Suren Tatulian, Michael Taylor, Tuhina Banerjee, Bo Chen, Jeff Bulson, Jason Matos, Joselyn Morales, Florencio Hernandez, Carlos Diaz, Kathleen Nemec, Adrian Tatulian, Jonathan Soto, Francisco Morales (Picture taken by Dmitry Kolpashchikov).

First left: Dmitry Kolpashchikov (UCF Chemistry Dept.)

Seminar to start in a few moments.

Joselyn starts the seminar with a movie on the role of the amyloid-b peptide in Alzheimer’s disease. Second left: Ahlam Al-Rawi

The neurons are on the screen, still healthy.

Amyloid plaques of Ab peptide and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein are formed, while Kathleen is serving cake.

Joselyn is explaining the methods of vesicle content release measurements she used in her experiments.

Joselyn describes her data on membrane permeabilization by the Ab peptide.

Jason changes gears from Ab function to its structure in lipid membranes.

Jason is so excited about the data he forgets he has a laser pointer in his right hand.

Questions and answers

The presenters receive affable applause, job well done!