🎉🥳 Thanks, @iser.bsky.social! How about we set up a session on sex differences and sex hormone signaling in the retina for 2028? I’ve seen some incredible scientists at #ISER2026 working in this field
Supraja Varadarajan
@suprajagv.bsky.social
Developmental neurobiologist, Vision scientist, Axon lover. Asst. Professor at UTSW, she/her https://varadarajanlab.org
Great way to end #ISER2026, with a Valencian beach sunset and the amazing company of incredible scientists @suprajagv.bsky.social @annaintegrated.bsky.social
One of the highlights of conferences is meeting friends from different stages of your career! @shyamraji.bsky.social
If you missed these 4 talks by @wertlaboratory.bsky.social @annaintegrated.bsky.social @axonreg2lab.bsky.social and Laura Campello be sure to find them and talk to them about their awesome science! And another plug for the newly minted Campello Lab and Schaeffer Labs. #iser2026 #womeninscience
Check out the first paper from the Todd Lab on how reprogramming in the retina is affected in aging. Congratulations @levi-todd.bsky.social!
Levi Todd@levi-todd.bsky.social · 2w agoFirst 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/...
Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help
1st McKinley Lab grad student’s 1st preprint! @claireang.bsky.social studied how the uterus safely excises massive amounts of tissue during menstruation and pregnancy. Come for her GORGEOUS images, stay for her incredible discoveries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ @akelleher1017.bsky.social
Claire Ang@claireang.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to share my new preprint from the McKinley lab, where we explored regenerative mechanisms across menstruation and pregnancy! We thought specialized glands would regenerate everything. We were wrong. But the real mechanism turned out to be way cooler :) 🧪🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Coming out of my social media slumber to share what a great time we've had hosting @meyerlab.bsky.social at UTSW, and learning about his fascinating research on Glaucoma, and neuron-glia interactions in neurodegeneration!
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines. Learn more about these exceptional scientists: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Thrilled to join the Rita Allen Scholars community (ritaallen.org/stories/2025...) and grateful for the support! Glad to (re)discover many inspirational colleagues as current and former award in pain scholars.
Announcing The 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars - Rita Allen Foundation
Investing in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems
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Thrilled to announce that my lab has been awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award! Now the lab has a *funded* opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in studying neurodevelopmental disorders in the retina. More info here! www.vlasitslab.org/joinus
Come join the vibrant Neuroscience community at UT Southwestern! Apply for tenure-track positions between the Neuroscience Department and the O'Donnell Brain Institute: apply.interfolio.com/158889 More info: nature.com/naturecareer... Reach out if you have questions! #UTSW @futurepislack.bsky.social
Our latest work is out!! Short thread below. www.cell.com/developmenta...
Identification of a non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway triggered by light in the developing mouse retina
Housset et al. show that basal bodies of cone photoreceptors in the mouse retina are planar polarized in a light-dependent manner by the action of transducin and G-protein-signaling modulator protein ...
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A summary thread of our Cell Reports paper published last week. In brief, we found a novel activity for netrin1 in the developing spinal cord: it acts as a boundary, to limit Bmp signaling to the dorsal most spinal cord. 1/9 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Netrin1 patterns the dorsal spinal cord through modulation of Bmp signaling
We have identified an unexpected role for netrin1, a canonical axonal guidance cue, as a suppressor of bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) signaling in t…
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Where does the retina go in the brain and how does it get there? Check out new review I wrote with the brilliant Daniel Kerschensteiner. bit.ly/3GxadP2
APPLY! You cannot go wrong!
Leading Edge Fellows Program@leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 3y agoApplications for the 2024 Leading Edge cohort are open! Due Feb 1. Leading Edge provides community, training, and visibility for postdocs pursuing academic careers. Year-round online career dev + in-person symposium at Janelia in June www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Varadarajan Lab is hiring at all levels (research technicians, grad students, postdocs)! Learn more about us at varadarajanlab.org If you are interested in working with us and are at SfN later this week, email me and let's meet at #SfN23 .
Open rank faculty position in Microbiome & Neurodegeneration is now open at ASU. Come join our collaborative, interdisciplinary research community! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37531324...
Professor (all ranks) Microbiome and Neurodegenerative Diseases - Tempe, Arizona
Arizona State University (ASU) invite applications for Professor (all ranks) in the area of Microbiome in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia. My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Supporting nonlinear careers to diversify science
Those who follow non-linear career trajectories often face disadvantages in academia. This Perspective looks at why individuals might choose non-linear careers and how these benefit diversity in scien...
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Faculty search (tenure-track position) in Integrative Immunobiology at Duke in a terrific, expanding department (Raphael Valdivia, chair). Informational webinar on September 20, with applications due mid-October. immunobiology.duke.edu/join-us
With fall here, just want to post my offer for 1-1 mentoring. I've talked to undergrads, tenured faculty, and everything in between. Career, science, whatever—email me and we'll find a time. Esp. happy to talk with people from diverse backgrounds. Done ~100 so far, so don't be shy!
Our review on retinal development is now out in TIGS, with a neurogenesis landscape cover image. www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Anyone else run in this problem recently? #neuroscience
Meike van der Heijden@meikeesther.bsky.social · 3y agoTIL; JAX will not grant permission to transfer mice if they are available from JAX. Anyone having experience with this? Does this mean researchers lose agency of mouse lines as soon as they are deposited to JAX? And recommendations?
Long-term collaboration with @bwjones.bsky.social, myself, and the groups of Sheldon Rowan and Allen Taylor out today!
Unbalanced redox status network as an early pathological event in congenital cataracts
The lens proteome undergoes dramatic composition changes during development and maturation. A defective developmental process leads to congenital cata…
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I gave away mine here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... courtesy of @vancleve.bsky.social
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