Category: Pets of Tri-I

  • Pets of Tri-I: Working from Home with Pets

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    Gretchen M. Michelfeld With some adorable exceptions, most of us do not bring our pets to work. We were used to coming home at the end of a long day to a cat clamoring to be fed or a dog dancing ecstatically at our return. The sudden change in work culture throughout the Tri-Institutional community…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue, I interview Rudy, the dog who lives with Riccardo De Santis (Postdoc, Brivanlou lab, The Rockefeller University) and his wife, Dacia (Columbia University).  Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? Rudy: I have 5 human years.  PV: Is there a story behind your name? R: My parents wanted…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue, I interview Astérix, the guinea pig who lives with Amélie Cornil (Laboratory Administrator, Strickland lab, The Rockefeller University) and her husband, John. I hope I meet Astérix. Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? Astérix: I am 1 year old, and that’s 18 human years, so I’m still…

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    Pooja Viswanathan   For this issue, I interview Sumo, the dog who lives with Margaret Fabiszak (Freiwald Lab, The Rockefeller University) and her husband, James.   Photos courtesy of Fabiszak & Co. Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? S: Roughly in my 60s. We don’t know exactly! If anyone at the Tri-I can give me…

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    Pooja Viswanathan   For this issue, I interviewed Luna, the rat who lives with Brigid Maloney (Jarvis & Magnasco Labs, The Rockefeller University) and her partner, Brandon. I think rats make great pets and I wanted to meet Luna ever since I first heard about her from Brigid. Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue I interviewed Lord Bullingdon, the dog who lives with Mehrnoosh Oghbaie (Rout Lab, The Rockefeller University). Lord B is such a happy dog, and I love running into him when he’s out on walks. Photos Courtesy of Mehmoosh Oghbaje Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? L: I…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue, I interview Michelle, the dog who lives with Emma Garst (Hang Lab, The Rockefeller University). I love animals, please write me at pviswanath@mail.rockefeller.edu if you have pets! That’s the whole point of this. Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? Michelle: I’m going on four years old! I…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue, Natural Selections interviews House and Kima, the forever kittens who live with me (Freiwald lab, the Rockefeller University), and sometimes, with my partner, Scott Rennie. Pooja Viswanathan: How old are you? In human years? Kima: We don’t know exactly, but the humans guess about 1 in human years. In cat…

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    Pooja Viswanathan For this issue, Natural Selections interviews Fifi, the young cat who lives with first year graduate students here at The Rockefeller University, Sarah Cai, Lindsey Lopes, and Kathryn Eckartt. Fifi is extremely sweet and playful and I enjoyed our meeting. Please contact me if you have sweet, little nonhumans living with you. I’d…

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    Pooja Viswanathan   For this issue, Natural Selections interviews Malu, the dog who lives with Tiago Siebert Altavini (Gilbert Lab, The Rockefeller University) and Patricia Saletti. Malu speaks Portuguese and I only know 10 words of it, but her parents were willing and capable translators for our interview. I love animals, please write me at…