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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyone have any seen red autofluorescence in the agarose pad while imaging c. elegans

Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Awesome to see the location where Cassian Andor blastered Mon Mothma’s treacherous hover car driver in Valencia! #ISER2026

Outside of the science museum of the City of Arts and Science building València Spain, stand in for the Galactic Senate building in Andor

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Renewing my @arvoinfo.bsky.social membership and realizing I have now been at it for 25 years, not counting the previous decade of training, and, I mean, how did this happen?😬

A screenshot of a webpage with a pulldown menu and "Late career 25+ years" highlighted

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've got a new chapter out, Insights Into Retinal Remodeling In Retinal Degenerative Disease: bryanwjones.com/2026/07/insi...

A cartoon figure showing a vertical section through retina with the red, green, and blue cone pathways, the rod pathway and the Müller glia illustrated.

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Remembering the great Jerry Lutty, fantastic mentor to so many of us, pioneer in the study of the choroid, and warm and wonderful human being.

A photo of the great Jerry Lutty and three boxes of donuts to celebrate his birthday

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Does anybody ever go on a web site and click "Oh yeah, give me ALL the cookies!"

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Tipping etiquette/ golden rule question. I’m invited to give a talk and the sponsoring department pays a driver to lug me from airport to hotel. It’s usually like 20 minutes or something. Assume the department has it covered or tip (which probably has to be cash). If tip, how much?

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I wish I had a dollar for every time I corrected "stained" to "labeled"

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Retina folks, I had this baked potato and... I don't know... it reminds me of something

Baked potato split into quarters and suspiciously resembling a dissected eyeball

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Trying to find some protocols for cone isolation from frogs that don't involve transgenics or freezing. There is a surprising dearth of information out there for cone isolation? Seems to be mostly rods. Is anyone familiar with any simple-ish protocols? 🧪 👀 #xenopus

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@arvoinfo.bsky.social‬ @arvoinfo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Do not miss your opportunity to share your groundbreaking new #VisionResearch to a global audience at #ARVO2026 in Denver, Colo. (May 3 - 7)! Ensure your @arvoinfo.bsky.social membership is active for 2026 and submit your abstract(s) by Dec. 5 (5pm ET). bit.ly/4mJ2aRV #ophthalmology

Promotional banner for ARVO 2026, titled 'Achieving Precision Ophthalmology Through Innovative Vision Research,' featuring a mosaic of eye images in red and blue tones. Event dates May 3 - 7, Denver, Colo. Details on abstract submission deadlines and early registration included, with ARVO.org/AM website link at the bottom.

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I was born around the time of the release of the Sgt. Pepper's album. Then about 30 years ago my brother bought me this cap celebrating the 1967 NHL expansion (including my hometown St Louis Blues!) and with my birth year. Now suddenly this hat has found its moment in the Gen alpha Zeitgeist.

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Yo hoping to get some calibration. People who organize meetings, and you use an app, how much should that cost?

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

My AI Qualtrics survey answer: OK, I'm a dinosaur, but look. I am very concerned about how ChatGTP etc are going to affect classroom assignments. If the students are going to write their reports with AI, why should I have to use my actual brain to grade that stuff?...

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Thinking we should make some monoclonal antibodies so wondering what experiences people have had with different companies, as it's not going to be cheap so want to get our moneys worth?

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Raji Shyam @shyamraji.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

New paper from the lab! In collaboration with Patrice Tankam lab at Indiana University, we evaluated changes in the Descemet's membrane thickness in the double mutant FECD mice. Congrats to the co-first authors Hadiya Pattan and Subashree Murugan! iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

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Enabling In Vivo Longitudinal Evaluation of Descemet's Membrane Thickness in Wild-type and FECD Mice Using Self-Referenced Optical Coherence Microscopy | IOVS | ARVO Journals

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Vision Science Folks! Time is running out to nominate a worthy colleague for an @iser.bsky.social International Prize! Deadline for the Balasz, Bárány, and Kayser awards is September 8! Get nominatin'! iser.org/page/Awards_...

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Awards & Prizes - International Society for Eye Research ISER

The 2025 nomination period for the von Sallmann Prize will open October 1, 2025.

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

So the lab now has 7 big freezers (mostly tissue storage). When I had 4 they were named after the Beatles, but once I got past 4 I named them after kaiju in the Godzillaverse - Godzilla (obvs), Rodan, Mothra, etc. Well we got a new small one which we named Minilla and he is so disturbing.

Door of a -80C freezer with a placard labeled Minilla, the son of Godzilla from the Toho Godzilla universe, and with a picture of the same. He is pretty strange

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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Started using Fiji to estimate apartment sizes from Zillow images. Being a tall fella, you gotta prep for these things. I am told this is "On Brand"

A computer screen with a few windows open. A couple windows are of microscopy images, but another is of an apartment

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Amanda Carr @amandajcarr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It’s incredibly hard to express what Professor Pete Coffey meant to so many of us. The Macular Society has written a beautiful tribute to Pete and I'm honoured to have contributed a few words. Thank you, my friend, for so many happy days. www.macularsociety.org/about/media/...

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Tributes paid to pioneering eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey

Tributes have been paid to one of the world’s top eye researchers, Professor Pete Coffey, who has sadly passed away after a long illness.

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Nathan Clark @nclark.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

High altitude species have reduced olfactory receptor repertoires! The reduction has happened repeatedly throughout mammals. Why? We're not sure, but perhaps because there are fewer things to smell above the tree line! authors.elsevier.com/c/1lJxH3QW8S...

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Pranav Seth @thebuddhabird93.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Here is a cool post for #MicroscopyMonday. Here's a 3D visualization from my recent project using #SP8 confocal #microscopy. Red = DAPI nuclear staining Green = Photoreceptor transduction via AAV serotypes with reporter/ #biosensor genes This image shows successful targeting of photoreceptors.

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Dragos Rezeanu @dragosrevision.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

It’s been a weird, unproductive week at the lab and I’m feeling a little down. So here are 10 cool facts about vision:

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

On Sunday I will cycle 50 km to raise money to support research to prevent blindness. If you can, please sponsor me! fightingblindness.akaraisin.com/ui/MOVEFORSI...

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Raji Shyam @shyamraji.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Now that it is official, I am pleased to announce that the Shyam lab will relocate to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa, effective August 2025. I cannot remember ever being this excited about a new chapter in my professional life!

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Celtic Karla @celtickarla.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

For those using Notion. What are the pros and cons? Seems a lot of labs use Notion for lab and project management.

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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Happy to share our collaborative work showing a switch in integrin signaling in young versus old primary human trabecular meshwork cells. a5 integrin expression is lost in old cells, while avb5 becomes activated. iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

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Diane Bovenkamp, PhD @dianebovenkamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Don’t Miss Out! Submit your abstract before NEXT TUESDAY MAY 27th to ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium and be part of an inspiring research community. At least 30 TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS guaranteed. Can’t get it if you don’t apply! Submission: iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstrac…

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Paloma Liton @palomaliton.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📣 TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE for trainees and young investigators! Deadline: May 26 Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium & Fast Track with the support of a travel grant! @iser.bsky.social @brightfocus.bsky.social 👉 iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstract-sub...

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Abstract Submission – Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Vision science students/early-career faculty: Get yer @iser.bsky.social travel awards for the 5th ISER/ @brightfocus.bsky.social Foundation Glaucoma Symposium (October 8-11th at the Emory Conference Center and Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org

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Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium – Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium – Atlanta, October 2025

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

You know it's serious when I have to put this sign on the door

Sign on office door that says Doing tech support for Mom, stay away

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Anna Vlasits @annaintegrated.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It was great fun to write this review together with @katrinfranke.bsky.social and @serenariccitelli.bsky.social on behavior-specific computations in the moose retina.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Vision Science peeps: Travel awards are available for students and early-career faculty to attend the #RD2025 International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (September 15-119th at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague). I'll look forward to seeing you there. rdsymposium.com/travelawards/

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Travel Award – RD Meeting

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Pranav Seth @thebuddhabird93.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Sharing another beautiful image of a #Gallus gallus ( #chicken ) #retina, stained with various markers, taken by me for #FluorescenceFriday What better way to start a Friday. Retina is a beauty.

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Kenneth Sloan @kennethrsloan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Christine Curcio and Cynthia Owsley receive the Proctor medal at ARVO 2025

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Lavisha Parab @lavishaparab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Hi, pipette question, especially for people with tiny hands with little thumb/wrist strength Do you prefer either Acura or Rainin manual pipettes over eppendorf? And why? Thanks! I do a lot of microbiology, phage and evolution related experiments. #Mevosky

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

That rotating student who said I send too many emails may have had a point...

screenshot of an email program showing 100,474 emails have been sent by the account

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ISER @iser.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The deadline to submit your abstract for the ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium in Atlanta is May 26th! Share your research with the glaucoma community. Don't miss out! #glaucoma #research #deadline #ISER #BrightFocus #Atlanta iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstract-sub...

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Diane Bovenkamp, PhD @dianebovenkamp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Once again wishing everyone a #DAPIValentinesDay with a #FluorescenceFridat double whammy. Hoping for everyone to have peace, stability, happiness, safety and love.

Cell nucleus that is shaped like a heart labeled with a fluorescent DNA stain

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Rob Mullins (he/him) @choroidlab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Macrophages/dendritic cells/microglia -- is there a catch all phrase to cover all these cells to keep me from having to type so many words?

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Omar Quintero-Carmona, PhD @omqu.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hey there #cytoskeleton folks. Are there any actin-associated proteins that support the end on end fusion of #actin filaments onto other filaments? I don’t mean polymerization. I mean something more akin to splicing two bits of rope together.