Having fun with the LRCN



Life in the Language, Reading and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab isn't just about science and research.  We also like to have fun and celebrate the milestones our lab members cross!  Our most recent updates can be found below.



2025

Behind the scenes of the 2025 lab photoshoot!

group selfie

(From left to right: Hailey Suttorp, Deanne Wah, Niki Sinha, Macey Kupfer, Sarah Hollywood)

 

Congratulations to Hailey for successfully defending her Master's thesis!

Hailey with the Goblet of Knowledge

 

The LRCN lab went on a field trip to pick strawberries, and got rained on in the process. Here the (slightly soggy) lab shows off their haul.

LRCN lab with their strawberry haul

(From left to right: Sarah Hollywood, Marc Joanisse, Niki Sinha, Hailey Suttorp, Deanne Wah, Kevin Kim, Josh Budge)

 

PhD candidates Deanne Wah (left) and Niki Sinha (right) found the perfect restaurant for their supervisor in Edmonton, AB during a conference trip.

(Deanne Wah (left) and Niki Sinha (right) outside of a restaurant in Edmonton Alberta called The Marc)


2024

Behind the scenes before taking the official lab photo

Joanisse Lab in an elevator taking a group photo

(From left to right: Joshua Budge, Hailey Suttorp, Deanne Wah, Niki Sinha, Joe Nidel, & Marc Joanisse)

 

Some of the lab enjoying celebratory dosas after Niki and Deanne won an infograph contest

Niki, Deanne and Hailey celebrating infograph contest success

(From left to right: Niki Sinha, Deanne Wah, & Hailey Suttorp)


2023

Here, a few lab members were enjoying some downtime during a conference in Vancouver!

Enjoying Vancouver

(From left to right: Christine Moreau, Deanne Wah, Leah Brainin)

Vancouver - Bridge Crossing

(From front to back: Deanne Wah, Christine Moreau)

 

The lab also spent some time adventuring during a conference in San Francisco!

Panoramic view of SanFran

(From front to back: Deanne Wah, Christine Moreau, Hailey Suttorp)

Sliding into LRCN like

(From left to right: Christine Moreau, Deanne Wah, Hailey Suttorp)


2019

Dr. Nicolette Armstrong will be welcoming a new addition to her family in early 2020! 

Baby Shower

(Dr. Nicolette Armstrong holds a Western University baby onesie)


LRCN celebrates the holidays at Los Lobos!

LRCN celebrating the holidays at Los Lobos!

(From left to right: Chenglin Lou, Leah Brainin, Dr. Marc Joanisse, Dr. Nicolette Armstrong, Dr. Felix Desmeules-Trudel, Dr. Lien Peters, Jiangtian Li, Joe Nidel and Christine Moreau) 

Dr. Joanisse enjoys his Christmas present: a Darth Vader apron

(Dr. Marc Joanisse enjoys his Christmas present from the lab.)  


This year (2019), three graduate students successfully defended their theses.  Congratulations Christine Moreau, Joe Nidel and Leah Brainin! Time for the Western University tradition: The Goblet of Knowledge!

Christine Moreau celebrates defending her Masters thesis

(Christine Moreau)

Joe Nidel celebrates a successful Masters thesis defense

(Joe Nidel)

Leah Brainin celebrates successfully defending her Masters thesis

(Leah Brainin)


  2018

Congratulations to Dr. Nicolette Armstrong on successfully defending her dissertation!  As is Western custom, the Goblet of Knowledge has been bestowed.

Dr. Nicolette Armstrong celebrates a successful dissertation defense

(From left to right: Dr. Marc Joanisse, Dr. Nicolette Armstrong, and Dr. Lisa Archibald)