Greatly enjoyed attending this brilliant symposium organised by ⁦Ryan MacDonald⁩. Much discussion and exchange still ongoing when I left an hour after the end. The retina is amazing and still yielding new mechanisms

“The retina through the life course”. An amazing symposium by incredibly talented scientists. Thank you for coming to UCL Institute of Ophthalmology before the #GRCVisualSystems. Great day. Brian Clark Kristen Kwan @NCLNoel LaTorre LAB Robert Hindges Joel Miesfeld @Pierre_Mattar_ Takeshi Yoshimatsu

Thanks to all attendees, discussion leaders, and speakers for making the 2024 Visual System Development GRC a fantastic experience. I loved working with Valerie Wallace and Jeremy Kay this year. Can't wait to organize the 2026 GRC with Jeremy Kay Bob Johnston and Kristen Kwan!

Are you an undergraduate student doing summer research in Wisconsin? Share your science at the WiSER Conference - October 4-6, 2024. Priority deadline to register is August 15th. We'll even help with your hotel room if you need it. wiser-consortium.org/conference

Congrats to Tim Lee (Apte Lab) and Jade Enright (Clark lab) on their @WustlDOVS Winston Award Fellowships! Fantastic research updates by all. Thank you to the Winston family for their generous donations in support of our trainees!

Today I had the honor of presenting my research at the Wisconsin Ophthalmology Research Day and was awarded Best Poster Presentation which I am extremely happy about! Thank you again to MCW for hosting WORD!

Congratulations to Alex, Darby, and Antonia for a successful day at WORD! Alex with his first poster, Darby being selected for a talk, and Antonia Antonia Amidon for winning the best poster award!

Rachel Wong (UW Biological Structure) will present her work on retinal neural circuits as the recipient of the 2024 Joram Piatigorsky Basic Science Award! Wednesday, 12:30-2:45pm ET at the NIH campus Details and address: bit.ly/3AK01mZ

Don’t miss out! Be sure to register by tonight. Please Retweet this loud and wide! Let’s make sure every WI scientist knows about this opportunity

New insights into the functions of human-duplicated gene SRGAP2 (famously linked to neotenic traits) in this new preprint from @meganydennis’s lab, using zebrafish models biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Methods chapter about the application of scRNA-seq in mouse retinal regeneration. First paper in Brian Clark lab! The best is yet to come! link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

We are pleased to share that Dr. Brian Clark, PhD has been awarded his first R01 Grant from the NIH for his groundbreaking research, "Regulation of Retinal Development by RNA Molecules" #researchers #EyeHealth #washu ophthalmology.wustl.edu/dr-clark-recei…

First paper from our new lab! We found that invasion of peripheral immune cells into the retina make it harder for glia to regenerate neurons. SfN Journals Upstate Research NEI jneurosci.org/content/early/…

Today! It all starts today! We're honored to have Dr. Sean Carroll as our Keynote Speaker for this inaugural year. Events start at 5PM #WiSER2024

Day 1: Keynote Address by the renowned Dr. Sean Carroll followed by poster session 1 with lots of food! Spread the word - let’s get some publicity for this inaugural year #WiSER2024

Join us on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 4:00pm-6:00pm CT to learn more about MCW’s various biomedical PhD programs! Register here: admissions.mcw.edu/register/biome… #academictwitter #research, #phd, #academia

The MCW Research Training Program (T32) in Vision Science has been approved for another five-year term by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The goal of the NIH T32 program is to prepare qualified trainees for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related

Join us on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 5:00pm-6:15pm CST to learn more about MCW’s public health graduate degree and certificate programs! Register: lnkd.in/grpTTwUi #PublicHealth #HealthEducation

Join us on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 4:00pm-6:00pm CT to learn more about MCW’s various biomedical PhD programs! Register here: admissions.mcw.edu/register/biome… #Research #PhD #academia

On July 17, the department of ophthalmology hosted the 2025 Vision Science Retreat, “Building Connection from Within.” The event highlighted keynotes from Dr. Maureen E. Neitz, the Ray H. Hill Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington and Dr. Robert