5 minutes compressed into 1 = mouse reacts to looming dot by persistant freezing for almost 4 full minutes. How do they determine when it's safe to move again? #LoomingDot #VisualNeuroscience

Don't miss the Telias Lab Summer Journal Club, 8/21 at 2pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link) Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration cvs.rochester.edu/events/index.h… Flaum Eye Institute

Introducing the bionic azobenzene cell, AKA "Photocell", capable of modulating the viscosity of its internal membrane systems with light. I am still amazed how many photolipids cells can gobble up and accommodate. A wonderful collaboration with Howard Riezman, Suihan Feng,

Join us for the third and final talk of the Summer Series: Dr. Supraja Varadarajan, PhD, from UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern Ophthalmology UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute speaking about mechanisms of regeneration in the optic nerve. This Thursday, 2 PM EDT. CVSUoR Flaum Eye Institute

Grateful for the NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE #NEI that supports this work. Eye directed research is critical to help us develop understanding and therapies that preserve vision Michael F. Chiang, MD

Congrats to Wert Laboratory and grad students Emily Nettesheim, Tiffany Yee, and Ashley Rowe on their latest paper exploring the molecular mechanisms behind retinal degeneration.

#cvstoday August 21 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link) Telias Lab Summer Journal Club: Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration cvs.rochester.edu/events/index.h… Flaum Eye Institute

If you missed our third and final lecture of the summer, you can watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=tpmJJh…

What can you do to improve your microscopy images? I often receive questions regarding how to take better images, so let’s start with the basics: improve your sample preparation! No microscope can make a miracle if your samples don’t look great! Things I don’t do anymore: (1/5)

Join us in #Copenhagen at the International Society of #Presbyopia Meeting September 11. Outstanding line-up of speakers; Cutting edge #science & #innovation, new #technologies & shaping the future of presbyopia clinical management; #opthalmology; 🔗presbyopia-international.com

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Shinya Yamanaka! He was recognized for discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming, the process that instructs specialized adult cells to form early #stemcells. ow.ly/A37q50FTB7b

Wow!!! Congrats to Tel Aviv University on a true groundbreaking step! This is absolutely amazing! בהצלחה רבה!

In this week’s episode of the Eye on the Cure podcast, Dr. George Magrath, CEO of Opus Genetics, joins host Ben Shaberman to discuss the company’s journey and exciting progress in advancing gene therapies for multiple inherited retinal diseases — including those caused by

Increasing the projection field of a DMD with modular objectives expands the repertoire of stimulations and retinal surface that can be studied under the microscope for extracellular e-phys recordings. Thank you M_Vinas

Expedición Sub200 Uruguay. Explorando el mar uruguayo.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan

Many of us risk future avoidable sight loss because we don’t know how to look after our eyes properly. Check if you could be doing more to reduce your risk with this quick quiz. visionmatters.org.uk/looking-after-… #VisionMatters #EyeWeek #FrEyeDay

I've noticed a common phenomenon. Let's call it the boomerang effect. Lament the rise of an opinion or policy without noticing how your preferred policies helped cause it. Vaccination rates down - because you wrecked the reputation of vaccines during the pandemic by over

#NIHfunded projection-resolved OCT angiography reveals quantifiable choriocapillaris flow deficits in diabetic retinopathy, offering a new approach to detect and track microvascular changes in vivo. OHSU Casey Eye Yali Jia IOVS Journal paper: brnw.ch/21wWeDB

Wow, what a treat from @opticaworldwide #FallVisionMeeting organizers to showcase research images & Tillyer Award photo at the Minnesota Golden Gophers Stadium U of MN Press MarcosLab_UR VioBioLab CVSUoR Institute of Optics Instituto de Óptica (CSIC) Flaum Eye Institute University of Rochester