Our annual, end-of-Michaelmas OPIG celebrations took place this at the start of December in the MCR (Middle Common Room) at Lady Margaret Hall.

OPIGmas is a much-anticipated combination of pot luck, Secret Santa, and party games.

Perhaps Jay’s megaphone topped the list of gag gifts…

Olly C—one of OPIG’s most accomplished statisticians—will soon be moving to the Department of Chemistry to start his own group. Some kind Secret Santa Soul thought he needed a lab coat:

Charlotte brought a selection of delicious English champagnes:

Isaac works with transformers—can you tell? (and those in the know will recognize that familiar pattern on his wrapping paper…):

Fabian’s antibody sure looks like a lobster…

It seem’s Ruben’s Secret Santa thinks his recent preprint makes excellent wrapping paper:

Nele’s new timer might come in handy at Antibody Meetings (I hear…):

Lucy’s festive Santa Jaws T-shirt:

and Gemma’s Calma Llama (anybody seeing the immunoinformatics connections yet…?):

Henriette’s anticipation builds…

Yael’s delighted: 🙂

Jay’s megaphone about to be put to the test:

Arun’s about to learn from Ben Goldacre:

Ísak’s new hat coordinates perfectly with his ensemble:

Yours truly with new bird feeder, perfect for the winter garden (thank you, Secret Santa!):

Leo’s Secret Santa thought he needed his own personalized blonde hair dye:

Carlos with new apron (hamburger restaurant-themed, playing on an analogy he made during one of his recent OPIG talks):

Steph now has fragments of a different kind: her new jigsaw puzzle pieces:

Martin with his new deep learning-based-docking-inspired molecular puzzles (definitely not PoseBusters-valid!):

Ms. Q’s new notebook:

Matt’s propensity for punnery should be satisfied for about a week… 🙂

Eoin received a festive new mug:

Kate with her new toucan:

Sometimes pandas can be frustrating: Alexi now has an improved version:

Alex with his latest molecular models:

Alissa with her Christmas cracker:

Matteo must be crazy for cookies: 🙂

But then again, who isn’t?!

Thank you to Matteo for being our resident photographer!