Excited & honored to be awarded a New Investigator BrightFocus Foundation Foundation Macular Degeneration Research award combining my PhD training in innate immunity Sarah Doyle and postdoc in choroid biology & iPSC modeling @ChoroidLab Budd A. Tucker to study choroidal macrophages in AMD.

Congratulations, Dr. Budd Tucker! #ARVO2023 ARVO Budd A. Tucker

Thanks to open source data from Christine Curcio’s (Christine A. Curcio PhD) landmark 1990 photoreceptor topography paper… We can use modern computational methods to model #retina cell loss by OCT. nature.com/articles/s4159… 👀 Beautiful work by the brilliant S. Scott Whitmore + RIM Lab team!

Outstanding presentation by tour de force Jeremy Chang, MS MD on the crosstalk between MITF and TFE3 in driving melanoma metastases at UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientific Retreat ! First podium presentation of work from the Kenny lab Colin Kenny ! Congrats! 👏🏾👏🏾

Just online at Journal of Glaucoma - Our analysis of thrombspondin mutations in a cohort of primary congenital glaucoma patients from Iowa. Have a look! journals.lww.com/glaucomajourna…

Our Senior Footballers are into the All-Ireland Final in two weeks time 👕💪 #UpTheDubs

Great to see this banner back on Fairview Bridge ahead of a big weekend 💙 #UpTheDubs

This macrophage tattoo is made of macrophages! Have you ever wondered why tattoos are permanent? In tattooing, ink is injected into the skin. Some of this ink is expelled with the epidermis o, but the rest remains in the dermis for life. 🧵1/10

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in Ireland. In 10ThingstoKnowAbout About #AgeingWell Kathriona Devereux meets Sarah Doyle & Matthew Campbell to discuss research developing treatments for #AMD We are now Research Ireland Trinity College Dublin #LoveIrishResearch

Happy International day for Women and Girls in Science! I couldn’t agree more, solving problems and contributing to our understanding of human disease is an exciting job 👩🏻‍🔬 🧬

Fascinating symposium led by BrightFocus Foundation AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy on eye-brain relationships: particularly in aging, #AMD, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease. Love if this can stimulate more collaboration across the fields of aging, neuroscience, imaging, and vision. #ADPD2024

Cells destroy donated mitochondria to build blood vessels go.nature.com/3JKdM64

Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response go.nature.com/3y9hO5o

Looking forward to presenting data on cytokine secretion from iPSC derived choroidal endothelial cells today at #ARVO2024. Poster B0237

Last week I had the opportunity to celebrate the graduation of my first undergraduate research assistant. Thanks for all you do it the lab Samantha! ⁦⁦

Great to see the first preprint from the Colin Kenny available today. Proud of all the hard work my husband has put into growing his research program University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

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🔬 As research continues, many people with macular degeneration want to know if stem cell therapy will offer a solution to their vision loss. Visit bit.ly/3X6gZVh to learn about the progress made so far and the challenges that remain ahead.

We observed elevated levels of G-CSF in AMD human donor RPE-Choroid tissue and identified C-reactive protein as an AMD associated stressor responsible for increased G-CSF levels.

Excited to begin a new adventure as an Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology Ted Abel UIowaNeuroPharm. Grateful to my mentors Robert Mullins, Budd A. Tucker Sarah Doyle for training and supporting me. Looking forward to studying choroidal immunology.