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J.-R. Roy (Gemini Observatory)
The Gemini North Telescope was used to obtain science data during the second half of 2000 and during the first semester of 2001. Two visitor instruments were used: HOKUPA'A/Quirc, the Adaptive Optics System built and operated by the Adaptive Optics Group of the University of Hawaii, and OSCIR, the mid-infrared camera built and operated by the University of Florida. Highlights of some of the results obtained by these instruments will be presented. For example, it will be shown that near-infrared photometry from adaptive optics images, using the Gemini North Telescope, is a powerful tool to explore the different stellar populations of the Galactic Center. Depending on the progress with commissioning the Near Infrared Imager (NIRI), some early results from this first facility instrument will be presented. A brief description of the instruments that will become available on both Gemini North and South during the coming year will be given.