Fantastic talk by former @meyerlab PhD student KC (Kang-Chieh) Huang at the #RReSTORe symposium!

Posters for #ARVO2024 arrive today and they look great! Can’t wait to show them off next week!

⚠️For PhDs who are thinking about jumping ship and diving into industry:

Industry isn't necessarily better than academia.

I have straddled both worlds. Here are 5 MYTHS about academia vs. industry:

Way to celebrate a Friday 💖🥰 Houston Methodist #HMRI

Excited to have successfully defended my PhD thesis yesterday! Truly thankful for my mentor Meyer Lab as I would not have got to this point without your support! Thank you to everyone in the lab for the celebration you all put together afterwards and for the amazing gifts!

The full Meyer Lab celebrating the successful PhD defense of DOCTOR Jade Harkin!

Please join us today as Jade Harkin Jade Harkin (@MeyerLab) presents her thesis defense seminar.

It’s thesis defense Thursday! So excited for @harkinjade to show off her awesome research and put the exclamation mark on a stellar PhD! For those not IU School of Medicine , you’ll have to wait a bit longer for the manuscripts to be officially published, but it will be worth the wait!

So happy, proud, and excited for Jade Harkin to defend her PhD dissertation on thursday! Such an amazing scientist with a truly impressive record. As a custom, I typically lead into the defense with a slideshow of memories, and here is a sampling:
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute IUSM Neuroscience Stem Cell Research Group

Congratulations to Meyer lab memeber Shruti Patil for being awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in glaucoma from BrightFocus Foundation! Very excited to see her work to advance her exciting experimental ideas! Stay tuned!

Very proud to share that Jade Harkin was the recipient not only of the IUPUI Elite 50, but was also selected as one of the Premeir 10 graduate and professional students. Way to go, Jade!

View of the eclipse here in the #PathOfTotality in Indiana

Great visit to The Jackson Laboratory today, including dinner with Gareth Howell and Martin Pera - thanks for the invite and hospitality!

Very excited for Cátia Gomes! Highly deserved recognition!

New paper alert! Proud to be associated with this resource from The National Institute on Aging (NIA), NCRAD, Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Andrew Saykin
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In 2023, IU School of Medicine investigators received over $243 million in NIH research funding — bringing the school’s national NIH funding ranking to No. 13 among all public medical schools: bit.ly/3T7OXH1

Great time catching up with former PhD students Kirstin VanderWall (Kirstin VanderWall) and Clarisse Fligor! How has it been 4 years since they graduated already???

Very proud to share that Jade Harkin has been selected for honorable mention as an IUPUI 2024 Chancellor’s Scholar Award, including the top nomination IU School of Medicine!

Great to see Bruce Lamb lead the way for Stark Neurosciences Research Institute in this video from Indiana University
#GoTeamStark

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Heading to DC representing IU School of Medicine Indiana University at the ARVO meeting planning committee and National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research/NAEVR advocacy day