2009 Symposium
Sergio Covarrubias and Amador Goodridge selling T-shirts	Showing off the 2009 design: a microbial "10" to showcase our 10th Anniversary!	Coffee is a must for these events!!	Setting up posters in the morning
A gathering before the sessions starts	At the registration table. To the right is our Symposium leader, Shawna Reed	Symposium attendees were eager to hear the first talk of the morning	A lively discussion (probably about microbial ecology!) during the break
Our first Keynote speaker, Dr. Brendan Bohannan starts his talk	It was a perfect day for an outdoors poster session!
Betsy Hutchison selling T-shirts
Kamal Gandhi gives us a history of the Symposium!		Coffee break after the first session	Justin Richner and Christine Sun having a fierce arm-flailing conversation
Dr. Creg Darby talks about worm snot	Dr. Creg Darby talks to the grad students at the post-symposium dinner	Ahhh...delicious food!	Justin (left), Renu (in the blue), and Sergio (right) were happy that their months of symposium work is done...for now.

2008 Symposium
Turning the trash cans into Symposium qualified receptacles. Genious!	Erin Niccio (left) and Chelsea Witte (right) selling T-shirts.	Shannon Greene (left) and Renu Kumar (right).	The weather was beautiful so we had our poster session outdoors.
Julianna Cho (left) and Molly Sharlac (right).	Shawna Reed (Symposium Co-chair) at the registration table.	Shawna pretends to concentrate.	Kelly Wrighton (Symposium Chair) is ready for another great Symposium!
Kamal Gandhi (left) and Yvonne Sun (right).	The Symposium organizers and helpers gather for a post-symposium party.

2007 Symposium
Annette Angus (left) and Juan Fernando Villa-Romero (right) at the registration table.	The two Sun's. Christine Sun (left) and Yvonne Sun (right) at the registration table.	Symposium Chair Cameron Thrash giving a talk.	Poster session, with students from the Plant group coming for support.
Poster session. Prof. Steve Lindow talking to students.	Poster session. Lots of people!	Poster session. Undergraduate Spencer Diamond explaining his poster.	Poster session. Rebecca Daly explaining her poster.
Stephen Smith pointing at something on his poster.	Professorial support!! John Taylor (left), Tom Bruns (middle) and Steve Lindow (right).	Lunching outdoors.	Kelly Wrighton (Treasurer/Symposium Vice-chair) and Yvonne Sun.
Sarah Placella and Yvonne Sun.	Christian Ibarra (left), Annette Angus (middle) and Karl Erhard (right) representing Plant students.	Madelaine Bartlett (front) from the Plant group. In the back, Erin Nuccio (left) and Nhu Nguyen(right).	Jennifer Kerekes (left) and Annette Angus (right).
Justin Richner (left) and Annette Angus (right).	Christian Ibarra (left) and Christine Sun (right).	Nhu Nguyen (right) buying a Symposium T-shirt from Juan Fernando.	Annette flashing funds made from selling T-shirts. This goes into funding the next Symposium of course.
Organizers and helpers gather for a post-symposium party.	Kali Lader explaining something serious.	Kali Lader (top), Kevin Hockett (left), Nhu Nguyen (middle), and Shawna Reed (right).	Shawna and Justin are happy that the Symposium was a success.
Kevin and Shawna melodramatically toasting to a successful Symposium.