And now (a much-improved) version -- thank you, reviewers! -- is published in Glia -- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Müller Glia–Vasculature Interactions in the Developing Retina

Retinal vascular layers form normally despite loss of cholinergic retinal waves. Müller glial processes contact endothelial tip cells early and form Aquaporin-4-enriched endfeet. Glial endfoot c...

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Marla Feller@mfeller.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Posting on behalf of (soon-to-be) Dr. Samira Monshietehadi (not on Bluesky) -- "I’m very excited to announce that my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show how Müller glia engage with growing retina vasculature in an activity-independent manner."(1/11)

Spring 2026 PhD grads: miller.berkeley.edu postdoc fellowship at UC Berkeley is calling. If you want the freedom to pursue your most ambitious ideas, this is for you. And if you are interested in development, neural circuits, or anything retina, I'm happy to sponsor your nomination. Email me!

The Neuroscience Department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Asst Professor in Computational Neuro. All areas of computational/theoretical neuro are welcome. Deadline Oct 30. Join our neuroscience community! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05446 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #NeuroJobs

Assistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Interesting read in the New Yorker (and shameless self-promotion:)

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · last wk.

A new color called olo can be described as the “greenest green.” It can never be captured by a camera, but its development tells us a lot about how vision works. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

what an incredible achievement and resource for retina researchers. We use it, we love it — it is a game changer for all of us who love retinal circuits. Kudos.

Journey from Eye to Galaxy for National Space Day

ALT: Journey from Eye to Galaxy for National Space Day

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Jan Lause@janlause.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet Eyewire II: a new connectomic resource for the mouse retina. ~1 mm² of retina at nanometer resolution, with synapses and circuits of ca. 100,000 neurons, plus visual responses from the ~400 neurons shown in the video! Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... Data: eyewire.ai 🧠📈 🧠💻🧪 #VisionScience

Eyewire II is a great research project from @philipp.hertie.ai's lab and international collaborators! Read @janlause.bsky.social's thread to find out more👇

Jan Lause@janlause.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet Eyewire II: a new connectomic resource for the mouse retina. ~1 mm² of retina at nanometer resolution, with synapses and circuits of ca. 100,000 neurons, plus visual responses from the ~400 neurons shown in the video! Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... Data: eyewire.ai 🧠📈 🧠💻🧪 #VisionScience

Feller lab reunion at #FASEB #retina meeting. What a thrill to have old and young generations together atni e fantastic meeting

It’s the very cool @katrinfranke.bsky.social speaking about her work from retina to cortex at the #FASEB Retinal Research Conference.

It’s @hirokiasari.bsky.social presenting his computational work on neural circuits at #FASEB Retinal Research Conference.

It’s the incomparable @bevilconway.bsky.social from the NIH/NEI speaking at #FASEB Retinal Research Conference.

It’s @teuler.bsky.social talking about his work with Eyewire II at #FASEB Retinal Research Conference.

It’s @kerschensteiner.bsky.social at the #FASEB Retinal Research Conference talking about his work in understanding motion detection in retina.

It’s Rachana Deven Somaiya from @mfeller.bsky.social’s lab giving her first ever #FASEB Retina Conference talk.

Amazing job opportunity at Brandeis - we are looking for a new manager of our Light Microscopy Facility! Cool instruments, a great community to work with, lots of opportunities for growth - please circulate! brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobs/j...

Light Microscopy Facility Manager

The main purpose of this job is to bring cutting-edge light microscopy research approaches to Brandeis researchers and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Brandeis light microscopy facility. The ...

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Hey New Jersey people- Early voting starts May 26. The primary is June 2. Vote for Sam Wang!!

Thanks Liqun Luo for speaking at UC Berkeley’s first Neuroscience Dept graduation under chair @danfeldman.bsky.social Students loved hearing life lessons from the author of their favorite textbook. (The loudest applause was definitely for the textbook itself! 📚)

in Sacramento with biologists from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social drumming up support from SB 895. Lets save CA science

hello @arvoinfo.bsky.social - check at our poster on role of glia in retina vasculature development from (almost) Dr. Samira Monshetehadi at board 0099 this AM. And then recruit her for a job at your company!

From photoreceptors to visual processing — #Webvision is your open-access deep dive into how we see. Now hosted at our Department, continuing its mission to make vision science accessible to all. Start exploring → www.webvision.pitt.edu #Ophthalmology #Neuroscience

Incredible study - is there anything this lab can’t do? congrats to the team!

Daniel Kerschensteiner@kerschensteiner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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. 🧵

New publication: Inner-Retinal Changes In AMD: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives. A fun project with Matt Trinh, Michael Kalloniatis, myself, Glenn Yiu, Enrico Borrelli, and Lisa Nivison-Smith bryanwjones.com/2026/03/inne...

Bogus autism treatments suck the oxygen out of the room for treatments that can help families. I’m running for Congress to help save democracy, but I’m also going to use democracy to save science.

Here's the link to the online OA version: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An enteric neuron ionotropic receptor regulates salt stress resistance - Nature

The I3 pharyngeal enteric neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans detects high-salt conditions, and the GLR-9 ionotropic salt receptor expressed specifically in I3 regulates genes related...

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New paper out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social 🎉 What determines contextual modulation in V1? Why does the visual surround sometimes facilitate and sometimes suppress a neuron's response to its preferred stimulus?

mad neuroscientists marching in Berkeley

A neuroscientist in the House!….let’s help make this happen. Thank you @samwang.bsky.social for stepping up

Sam Wang@samwang.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Calling all neuroscientists: please come to a virtual Rally For Neuroscience! Saturday 11am ET/8am Pacific. I'm hosting it not just as a candidate but as a scientist. Learn how it's happening & how we can defend ourselves! Sign up: note this is a *free* event! secure.actblue.com/donate/samzo...

Posting on behalf of (soon-to-be) Dr. Samira Monshietehadi (not on Bluesky) -- "I’m very excited to announce that my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show how Müller glia engage with growing retina vasculature in an activity-independent manner."(1/11)

Bay Area friends, I'm coming out this weekend! Meet up with me in the Stanford/Silicon Valley area. We have a great event on Saturday. Please come! RSVP for details: secure.actblue.com/donate/wange... In a hotly contested primary in NJ-12, help send a scientist and democracy reformer to Congress!