{"id":475,"date":"2026-01-08T00:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:23:24","slug":"happy-1st-birthday-from-the-nguyen-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We celebrated two milestones this week: our lab&#8217;s 1-year anniversary and Molly&#8217;s graduate work being accepted for publication at JCB! We celebrated with some yummy food and reflected on how far we&#8217;ve come since opening our doors, so many exciting discoveries in just one year. None of it would be possible without our wonderful team. Cheers to more discoveries, more papers, and more fun ahead in 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated two milestones this week: our lab&#8217;s 1-year anniversary and Molly&#8217;s graduate work being accepted for publication at JCB! We celebrated with some yummy food and reflected on how far we&#8217;ve come since opening our doors, so many exciting discoveries in just one year. None of it would be possible without our wonderful team. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We celebrated two milestones this week: our lab&#8217;s 1-year anniversary and Molly&#8217;s graduate work being accepted for publication at JCB! We celebrated with some yummy food and reflected on how far we&#8217;ve come since opening our doors, so many exciting discoveries in just one year. None of it would be possible without our wonderful team. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nguyen Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1774\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alegeza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alegeza\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alegeza\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/71025109c1a5b3fbd335d53616e5eb20\"},\"headline\":\"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\"},\"wordCount\":76,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\",\"name\":\"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png\",\"width\":1774,\"height\":1290},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/\",\"name\":\"Nguyen Lab\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nguyen Lab\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White.png\",\"width\":973,\"height\":1290,\"caption\":\"Nguyen Lab\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/71025109c1a5b3fbd335d53616e5eb20\",\"name\":\"alegeza\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc8b2236f8039104033a1c795f5493a6c6653b9c91f2e1f9085c145d75d4f423?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc8b2236f8039104033a1c795f5493a6c6653b9c91f2e1f9085c145d75d4f423?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"alegeza\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab","og_description":"We celebrated two milestones this week: our lab&#8217;s 1-year anniversary and Molly&#8217;s graduate work being accepted for publication at JCB! We celebrated with some yummy food and reflected on how far we&#8217;ve come since opening our doors, so many exciting discoveries in just one year. None of it would be possible without our wonderful team. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475","og_site_name":"Nguyen Lab","article_published_time":"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1774,"height":1290,"url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"alegeza","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alegeza","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475"},"author":{"name":"alegeza","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/71025109c1a5b3fbd335d53616e5eb20"},"headline":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!!","datePublished":"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475"},"wordCount":76,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475","url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475","name":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!! - Nguyen Lab","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png","datePublished":"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-08T00:23:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White_words.png","width":1774,"height":1290},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?p=475#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Happy 1st Birthday from the Nguyen Lab!!!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/","name":"Nguyen Lab","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#organization","name":"Nguyen Lab","url":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nguyen-Lab-Logo-_White.png","width":973,"height":1290,"caption":"Nguyen Lab"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/71025109c1a5b3fbd335d53616e5eb20","name":"alegeza","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc8b2236f8039104033a1c795f5493a6c6653b9c91f2e1f9085c145d75d4f423?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc8b2236f8039104033a1c795f5493a6c6653b9c91f2e1f9085c145d75d4f423?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"alegeza"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/nguyenlab.org"],"url":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nguyenlab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}