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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD

@icanhasmiranda.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor asking how retinal disease impacts visual signaling and circuitry. #NewPI

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Medical College of Wisconsin @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A 3D-printed retinal phantom is helping six Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy sites compare cell-level eye images in the NAC Attack phase III trial for retinitis pigmentosa. The payoff could be shorter trials and faster treatments. Read More: www.mcw.edu/departments/...
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beautiful photos! Thank you for capturing so many events
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Incredible weekend in Madison for the inaugural Midwest Retinal Neurobiology Workshop, focused on trainees and community building. All the trainees absolutely killed it, including Taylor Rau from my lab. Happy to have this group and major thanks to @annaintegrated.bsky.social for initiating.
Woman standing at a podium in front of a giant projector screen

Half eaten yellow cake with chocolate icing that says “Midwest retina” in the center
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have photo proof of tailgating with outfits equivalent to fall in WI, not FL 😅
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Joel Miesfeld @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
mcw.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... We are looking for someone with lab experience to join the team and help out with our studies of RGC genesis, survival and regeneration. Please share!
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Research Technologist II Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Summary The applicant will join the Miesfeld laboratory at the Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute and perform research tasks under the guidance of Dr. Joel B. Miesfeld. The research performed ...
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My office is a wind tunnel but at least the AQI is below 30!
Corsi Rosenthal Box: box fan with MERV 14 filters taped on 4 sides to create an air purifier.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
AQI is in the 600s outside and 200s in my lab. This is insane.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Congratulations! What an achievement!
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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Incredibly honored and grateful to have received the 2026 Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) from the @bwfund.bsky.social! 🎉 Huge thanks to my advisor Dr. Mrinalini Hoon at @uwmadison.bsky.social and to my peers for helping me prepare a successful application. Excited for the road ahead! 🙌🏾
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Science peeps, particularly trainees: When reviewing grants, it really, really helps if you have a Google Scholar page, an ORCID account, or a website that makes getting information about you, easy. Some sort of web presence. I'm begging you. Make it easier for study sections to give you money.
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ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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👇
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Woman with an N95 mask on an airplane
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Really lucky to have this group of new PIs to traverse academia together. Continuing the legacy of the tight knit, collaborative, and kind retina neurobiology community. #RetNeuroSRC @annaintegrated.bsky.social @juanonyme.bsky.social
Group of 3 women and 2 men sitting in chairs in a circle, smiling at the camera.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Roux said he doesn’t know what retinal neurobiology is but is willing to learn if I bring him to the FASEB conference. Apologies if my poster is coated in cat hair…
Small brown tabby laying in a suitcase
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026
Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
ScaLABrino does summer
Selfie with 6 people sitting at a picnic table
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Someone is exhausted and someone is back to work.
Foreground: confocal images of a retina on a laptop 
Background: dog asleep on a bed using a toy as a pillow
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Great day for Wisconsin Vision Walk! Thankful to Foundation Fighting Blindness for all they do to support patients and researchers!
Brown Labrador retriever dog sitting in front of a Wisconsin Vision Walk sign saying “The foundation funds leading edge research in areas such as genetics, gene therapy, retinal cell transplantation, neuroprotective and nutritional therapies.”
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Oof got another rejection this morning. But I’m batting 0.500 for grants submitted in Feb, so I’ll take that as a win.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I will at Dining in the Dark tonight!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New record: got a grant acceptance and rejection in the same day!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations @ninaluong.bsky.social! Packed house!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In exciting personal news, the lead water service line to my house is being replaced today! One of approximately 65,000 in the city of Milwaukee.
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I get it. It sucks to review grants that would be funded under normal circumstances. But we are shooting our profession and our colleagues in the foot by not serving.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Excellent graphical abstract!
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Let's talk about the surprising world of trout vision & what it says about how these aquatic hunters find prey. We start with a literal 'fish eye lens', which in trout is spherical, magnifies objects on the edge of their visual field by 3X. Like inverse telescopes, magnifying /peripheral/ vision.
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It should be a human right not to live amid raw sewage. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
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They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Official @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social Karaoke Crew that was too large to be allowed on stage for a group song. #arvo2026
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEXT YEAR!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I missed the beginning, but only an absolute pro can start their karaoke set recruiting IOVS editors and then crush I’ve Got Friends In Low Places. @aoiplab.bsky.social #arvo2026
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’m pretty sure @arvoinfo.bsky.social needs to create a traveling statue of @aoiplab.bsky.social. Absolute karaoke legend.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I was also at ARVO karaoke in Denver in 2015 and it was so fun to see some of the same people! Left is the 2015 UF group from when I was a grad student in Shannon Boye’s lab and John Ash’s lab. Right is 2026 with my former classmate Clayton Santiago, now assistant prof at Pitt with now RD Ash.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The staff @arvoinfo.bsky.social KILLED several songs! I’m so appreciative of everything they do to put on a fantastic annual conference and run the best organization on the planet! #arvo2026
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#ARVO2026 Karaoke was lit last night! I’m so happy to be part of the fun, supportive, silly @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social community: we had almost our whole contingent there and ready to sing!
Women from Medical College of Wisconsin on stage singing
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Really reading the literature has always given scientists in training a huge advantage. But these days, it seems like a superpower. So many people skim/AI summarize papers, but then you miss out on so much! It's like reading a description of a Van Gogh painting vs. staring at it for 2h.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I hate snow and am very displeased by this event, but it’s very fun seeing the joy in people who don’t routinely get snow!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026
horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We missed you!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Great scientists make great friends. #arvo2026 @suprajagv.bsky.social @wertlaboratory.bsky.social
Three young female scientists
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
PROUD PI! Taylor gave an amazing 1st conference talk, absolute pro. #arvo2026
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Why am I sitting through an all male session at ARVO in 2026? So disappointing.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Three generations at #arvo2026!
Three women
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Wert Laboratory (PI: Katherine Wert) @wertlaboratory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
TODAY (Sunday) come see Tiffany Yee and Ashley Rowe present their research in poster sessions this afternoon! Amazing work with retinal organoids and looking into steroidal sex hormones #ARVO2026 @arvoinfo.bsky.social
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It’s @aoiplab.bsky.social, @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social and company at #ARVO2026
A group of vision scientists smiling into the camera.
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Joel Miesfeld @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Off to #ARVO2026 with @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social and Ross!
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A cat watching a tv showing the Orion capsule with two parachutes about to land in the Pacific Ocean
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Daniel Kerschensteiner @kerschensteiner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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. 🧵
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We’re now at 17 new and competitive renewal R01s from the NEI FY26.
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Miranda Scalabrino, PhD @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Finally, neurological basis for Trinity’s very orange very dumb behaviors.
Orange cat standing only on back legs for some reason
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026
Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write
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