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Ozel/Pillai Lab Pumpkin Carving

The Ozel & Pillai labs carved pumpkins!

12 November 2025

Several members of the Ozel & Pillai labs had never participated in the American tradition of carving jack-o-lanterns, so we teamed up and made some masterpieces together!

Our research members are adept at dissecting flies, but how are they at pumpkins?

Very creative pumpkin faces

Newest PI Arvind Pillai shows off his handiwork, well done Arvind!

Spooky!

Fahad stayed out too late and turned into a pumpkin it seems

Gino shows off his first pumpkin!

Perfect Jack-O-Lantern Neset!

Kenzie did a great job on her spooky pumpkin

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