Congrats 👏 to Steffi Daniel, PhD, postdoc in HullemanLab, on being awarded $25,000 in OBI Sprouts Program funding for “Müller glia activation-induced neuroprotection in the retina” Steffi Noelle Daniel, Ph.D. UTSW O'Donnell Brain Institute 🥳

Congratulations to Ashley Rowe for being accepted to UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences!! So excited for her, she’s going to do amazing as a graduate student!

Very nice to hear from so many great minds in our department and to learn some very cool science! Looking forward to next month!

Late night manuscript writing means you get the nice nighttime lab views! 😴⌨️💻

Such an honor to be a part of this amazing exhibit! ⁦If/Then⁩ ⁦AAAS⁩ ⁦Smithsonian⁩ ⁦@UTSW_Ophth⁩

Every good dog walk includes friends, cute pups and a nice cocktail to finish off the night 🐕🍻

Hey #ARVO2022, if you’re interested in photoreceptors and disease (particularly neurodegeneration), come check out Ashley Rowe’s poster Tuesday from 10:30am-12:30pm. She’s amazing, and also happy to talk about retinal metabolism as well!

Sad to leave #ARVO2022, we’ve had so much fun seeing everyone and Ashley Rowe has now attended her first big conference!

Enjoyed a nice evening out to welcome Glen (UTSW SURF summer student) and Tyler (UTSW Medical Student) to the Wert lab UTSW Ophthalmology. We're excited to have both of them helping out on our research projects! Tiffany Yee Emily Nettesheim Ashley Rowe #GibbsAndCocoNeedTwitterAccounts

PI is out of the lab for one week.... what are my trainees doing? 🤣 Ashley Rowe

In Ashley Rowe's final 3 wks before grad school, in order to finish manuscript revisions, she performed: 1. Sectioning, staining and confocal imaging of 96 slides 2. Imaged and analyzed 34 western blot membranes 3. 26 scotopic/photopic ERGs Plus her regular experiments. Wow.

Yesterday was my last day working as a technician in Wert Laboratory. I can’t believe how fun the last 2 and a half years have been! Thank you Katherine for being the best mentor! Next step: UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Exciting news today that Ashley Rowe's second first author paper - and the lab's second paper - is now accepted! Also thanks to all of our excellent collaborators on the study! Stay tuned for more details

Group Photo!!! #GDDRetreat2023

The first year grad students are having fun at this years #GDDRetreat2023! ⁦GD&D⁩

Being a young (not sure I can say “new” anymore) PI has been tough, but I’ve ended up so fortunate to have amazing lab members. Their ideas and passion for scientific research has been such a positive these last three years!

Come check out our upcoming ULS Seminar @UTSWNews UTSW Ophthalmology utsouthwestern-edu.zoom.us/j/91023576061?… Passcode: 675828

Great GD&D seminar by Tiffany Yee followed by a celebration of the talk and Blessing’s birthday! #BiasedButIHaveTheBestLabTeam

CONGRATULATIONS to Emily Nettesheim for receiving Honorable Mention for her U.S. National Science Foundation fellowship application! UTSW Ophthalmology UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences GD&D

Congratulations to Ashley Rowe for receiving an ARVO Foundation Travel Award for the upcoming #ARVO2024 meeting! Way to go!