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Ben Sivyer

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UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Congrats to YiRong Peng, Greg Field, & Alex Huk on $8.9M BRAIN Initiative U01 from NINDS & NEI to build precision viral tools targeting specific retinal cell types. Combines genetics, viral engineering, retinal physiology, & visual processing, aimed at therapeutic potential for retinal degeneration.

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Ben Sivyer @bensivyer.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Will be landing in Innsbruck in a bit over an hour. Any Optic Nerve Meeting attendees going to be in Innsbruck this afternoon with a spare seat up to Obergurgl?

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Andrea Loreto @andrea-loreto.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Our latest review with @doctorpaf.bsky.social! We discuss the breadth of therapeutic potential for the neurodegenerative enzyme SARM1. -Challenges for SARM1 inhibition for neuroprotection -Roles in non-neuronal cells -SARM1 activation for selective peripheral neuroablation dlvr.it/TNnCBh

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Ben Sivyer @bensivyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We’re hiring! Join the Sivyer Lab at The University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodegeneration within the Snow Vision Accelerator, a $50M initiative tackling glaucoma and optic nerve disease. iPSCs, electrophysiology, drug discovery, and gene therapy.

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Ben Sivyer @bensivyer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

www.snowmedical.org.au/vision-accel... Today marks the official beginning of the Snow Vision Accelerator, a ten year investment by the SMRF that will enable us to protect the optic nerve in glaucoma. A huge thank you to SMRF and the Snow Family. #SVA #SMRF #USYD #glaucoma #opticnerve #MIPS

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The good news for today, scientifically speaking for vision research is that the NEI appears to have survived the budget reconciliation process in the House. And the NIH budget was not decreased. This still has to go to the Senate, but the National Eye Institute still lives in the House bill...

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Daisy Shu @eyedaisyshu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Honoured to be a Silver Fellow of @arvoinfo.bsky.social It’s been so rewarding being involved in ARVO! Excited to sink my teeth into the next annual meeting in Denver! #ARVO2025

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

With all the chaos and destruction of academic research going on in the US right now, it feels a little weird to post this. But.... New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

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PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development

Neurons are subject to extensive developmental regulation to ensure precise subtype-specific morphologies that are intimately tied to their function. Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) in the mammalian r...

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