A new paper came out this week from our lab in @devbiol.bsky.social. This was work I started as a post-doc with @kevinmawright.bsky.social. Here, we investigated the role of Gbx2 and Robo receptors in dendrite stratification of amacrine cells in the retina. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our lab is recruiting! If you are interested in learning about retinal ganglion cell resilience and regeneration please see the Research Assistant I position listing below. We are looking for a candidate with experience in either mouse research or stem cell culture. jobs.bcm.edu/job/Research...

🚨 New preprint 👀! Led by Sohini Rebba in the lab, a collaboration with @clark-lab-retina.bsky.social & @macdonaldlab.bsky.social to improve the reference transcriptome for our studies of the killifish retina. 🐟

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 4w ago

Long read sequencing of retinal RNA improves killifish transcriptome annotation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.02.748420v1

Our @sfstatebio.bsky.social is offering an exciting opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Physiology beginning August 2027. We have a great community of colleagues and trainees from a variety of backgrounds. Link: careers.pageuppeople.com/873/sf/en-us... #STEMJobs

First paper entirely from our lab is out in the wild! We tested if reprogramming still works in the aged CNS and found the aged retina blocks neurogenesis both intrinsically in Müller glia and through exacerbated inflammation. Then point at some ways to overcome this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I’m excited to share the newest publication from the lab where we charactize the zebrafish Atoh7 retinal lineage in wild type and Atoh7 mutants, discover an Atoh7 negative RGC population, and find lineage positive cells in the CNS outside of the optic tectum. iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

Excited to release the newest preprint from the lab into the wild. Super proud of @ninaluong.bsky.social, who did 99% of the experiments in this beast of a paper. Want to know more about some novel RGC subtypes? Buckle up! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9

A pooled genetic approach provides multimodal access to uncharacterized retinal ganglion cell subtypes

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the sole output neurons of the retina, responsible for transmitting visual information to the brain. Recent transcriptomic studies have revealed extensive molecular d...

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Excited about our new manuscript @elife.bsky.social: Engulfment by brain macrophages in a short-lived vertebrate doi.org/10.7554/eLif...! Huge congratulations to Rahul Nagvekar and the team!! ✨⭐🍾🐟 We generated a genetic model to identify engulfing macrophages in the #killifish aging brain!

My Department is HIRING! If you're excited about building an innovative research program and joining a collaborative community of scientists, we'd love to hear from you. Come be my colleague! #AcademicJobs #BasicScience #FacultySearch#AcademicJobs More details here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07708

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Preprint for the first manuscript of the Angueyra Lab is out! We delve deep into cell-fate decisions during photoreceptor development and discover that the 𝘵𝘣𝘹2 paralogues play multiple roles to control the fate of the five photoreceptor subtypes in zebrafish.

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Transcriptional regulation by Tbx2 paralogs creates diversity within photoreceptor subtypes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.20.739565v1

The first work of the #FalconeLab is finally out!!! 🤩 A story of #astrocytes from evolution to disease. Thanks everyone who made this possible! Varicose projection astrocytes: Conserved reactive cells in brain pathology | #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @towsonu.bsky.social

JOB ALERT 🚨 The Mumm Lab @jhu.edu (mummlab.wordpress.com) is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to lead a new fishy project focused on identifying cues driving retinal regeneration, in collaboration with @jamesthierer.bsky.social. More details in the reply below ⬇️ #ZebrafishJobs 🧪

Excited to share our new paper! This work explores how Sonic hedgehog signaling helps coordinate retinal patterning and neurogenesis, including regulation of both cell cycle exit and progenitor competence during mammalian eye development journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Roles of sonic hedgehog signaling in retinal patterning and neurogenesis during mammalian eye development

Summary: Temporal disruption of sonic hedgehog signaling reveals stage-specific roles in eye cup patterning and in regulating proliferation, progenitor competence and fate specification during retinal...

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My paper is finally out in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🐟🐭🧠 Thankful to the contributors and @annamolofskylab.bsky.social for the support! How does the developing brain clear millions of dying neurons? Read below, if interested. #zebrafish #neuroscience #microglia #devbio @zebrafishrock.bsky.social 1/5

I will be at ARVO and have a poster 3006 - 0256, May 5th at 1:15. Hope to connect with you all vision people!

Our new paper is out! 🎉 Let-7 doesn’t act through a single pathway: it controls neocortical neuron fate and migration via distinct downstream mechanisms, with RBX2 dedicated to migration. A new layer of post-transcriptional control shaping cortical development www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited to see my PhD work is now published @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ! In this study, we used human retinal organoids to investigate how cell death occurs and affects the development and survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the projection neurons in the eye /1 www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Blocking apoptosis promotes survival and alters developmental dynamics of human retinal ganglion cells in retinal organoids

Zhang et al. found that two waves of apoptosis occur in developing human retinas and retinal organoids, affecting RPCs and RGCs, respectively. Retinal organoids undergo an additional wave of necrosis ...

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It's #FluorescenceFriday and these retinal astrocytes understood the assignment: branching, glowing, and casually laying down the blueprint for the retinal vasculature #Retina #ConfocalMicroscopy

The Vlasits Lab is hiring a technician because our current technician was accepted into a PhD program! This position combines lab management and experiments. If you are interested in gaining experience with #retina research in Chicago, please apply. vlasitslab.org uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Our Commentary on the very nice recent paper from the @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social lab is finally out. A nice way to get a quick summary before diving into the full paper! Hope you like it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New study led by Ning Shen w/ @phruzycki.bsky.social: a genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screen in a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model identifies genes whose loss accelerates photoreceptor death. Overexpressing two, UFD1 and UXT, preserves photoreceptors, retinal function, and vision. 🧵

“The atoh7:iCre;ubi:Switch transgene combination successfully recapitulated the onset of endogenous atoh7 expression… We determined 79% of total RGCs in the wild type retina come from atoh7+ progenitor cells, a greater number than reported in the mouse retina” New from @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social 🐟

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lineage tracing reveals atoh7 positive and negative retinal ganglion cell populations in the zebrafish retina https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.19.712911v1

I’m hiring a research tech to join my lab! Anyone interested can reach out to me for more information. This is a good opportunity for someone looking to expand their research skills prior to graduate school. mcw.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Two Scientists walk into a bar and they meet with Deepak Lamba!! www.gene.com/stories/the-...

The Wild World of Eyeballs

Featuring Deepak Lamba, Director and Distinguished Scientist, Ophthalmology, and Susie Crowell, Senior Director, Project Team Leader.

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Resident tissue #macrophages (RTM) are now recognized as integral regulators of tissue physiology, not transient immune sentinels. one fundamental question remains unresolved: why do some populations achieve lifelong self-maintenance, while others are replaced under steady-state conditions? 🧵1/11

Join us in Toronto, July 13–16 for the International Conference on Neurogenesis and Repair. Featuring keynote Dr. Jeffrey Macklis (Harvard), 13 short‑talk slots, poster sessions, and many trainee travel awards Details + registration: event.fourwaves.com/neurogenesis... Hope to see you there!

Neurogenesis and Repair 2026

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The 2026 Visual System Development GRC and GRS are fast approaching. Jeremy Kay, Kristen Kwan, Robert Johnston, and I have built an exciting program that we hope you will enjoy. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting this summer in beautiful Maine. Register and RT!

New preprint from the group on the evolution of retinal cell types. Check the summary by Dario @dariotommasini.bsky.social !

Dario Tommasini@dariotommasini.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Inhibitory neurons are among the most transcriptomically diverse class of neurons in the CNS, with some brain regions having 60+ distinct cell types. Do humans share the same repertoire as rodents? Birds? Fish? 1/13

I'm excited to share our PNAS paper from 1st author Kasia Hussey. We study how the foveola, the high acuity region of the retina, is patterned by RA and TH. We were surprised to find that cone subtypes appear to convert fates. Our studies are important for AMD sufferers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A cell fate specification and transition mechanism for human foveolar cone subtype patterning | PNAS

In the central region of the human retina, the high-acuity foveola is notable for its dense packing of green (M) and red (L) cones and absence of b...

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Happy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Oriented cell divisions induce basal progenitors and regulate neural expansion across tissues and species

A fundamental role for division orientation in progenitor output driving cortical and retinal growth is revealed.

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