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Anna La Torre

@latorrelab.bsky.social
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DevBiol, retinas, miRNAs, stem cells & more. latorrelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu

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Mitochondrial Neuropathology @quintanalab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s #MitoWeek, the week of our favourite organelles. Their likely origin (from bacteria that began cooperating with early cells) reminds us of the power of teamwork, just like in our lab, where every piece contributes to advancing our understanding of mitochondrial diseases🔬💚
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’ve spent much of my career studying the eye, but having a dear friend diagnosed with an inherited retinal disease has made this work feel much more personal. Please consider helping us reach our VisionWalk goal, every donation big or small counts: give.fightingblindness.org/fundraiser/7...
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Washington VisionWalk 2026
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Even in the scorching heat, the #Ripollès is beautiful. There’s no place like home
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There’s still time to APPLY! Our Department is hiring. We don’t have a secret agenda or a specific research topic in mind. We’re just looking for someone doing cool science, asking interesting questions, and who would be a great fit for our community. More details here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07708
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Assistant/Associate Professor- Cell Biology & Human Anatomy
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@iser.bsky.social was fantastic! Great venue, inspiring science, and the best people! A special treat was to celebrate Carol Mason’s incredible legacy #ScienceHeroes
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Aging is also not good for Müller glia reprogramming. Honestly? same. Congratulations @levi-todd.bsky.social and team!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So ready for #ISER2026!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A beautiful and very necessary study! Congratulations @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social and team!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This story blows my mind: www.cell.com/cell-genomic.... Congratulations @mydennis.bsky.social!!
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Single-library chromosome-scale diploid assemblies of vole genomes resolve a species-specific duplication implicated in pair bonding
Abuelanin et al. combine PacBio HiFi with low-coverage CiFi proximity-ligation reads in a single library and sequencing run to generate contiguous, near-telomere-to-telomere, accurately phased diploid...
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This was SUCH a fantastic meeting! Big shoes to fill!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My colleagues are SO cool! @accorsi-alice.bsky.social just gave an amazing talk at the #VisualDevelopmentGRC! 🐌
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So cool! Congratulations, @isabelalmudi.bsky.social @jordisolana.bsky.social and team!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thrilled about this! @blockintheback.bsky.social has a rare gift for building communities, lifting others, and making science better in the process. A truly fitting appointment!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My Department is HIRING! If you're excited about building an innovative research program and joining a collaborative community of scientists, we'd love to hear from you. Come be my colleague! #AcademicJobs #BasicScience #FacultySearch#AcademicJobs More details here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07708
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Assistant/Associate Professor- Cell Biology & Human Anatomy
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Lassen Peak has a giant eye-shaped rock formation! #VulcansEye #LassenNationalPark
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Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy @ucd-cbha.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We're very proud of our (very soon to be) graduates! Congratulations, Miranda, Joseph, and Olivia! #UCDavisCommencement
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A career highlight: being voted "Mentor of the Year" by our graduate students. I'm genuinely touched by this recognition and grateful to work with such an exceptional group of trainees every day ❤️
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
and we got the cover!!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Excited to share our new paper! This work explores how Sonic hedgehog signaling helps coordinate retinal patterning and neurogenesis, including regulation of both cell cycle exit and progenitor competence during mammalian eye development journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Roles of sonic hedgehog signaling in retinal patterning and neurogenesis during mammalian eye development
Summary: Temporal disruption of sonic hedgehog signaling reveals stage-specific roles in eye cup patterning and in regulating proliferation, progenitor competence and fate specification during retinal...
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Did you know that @intlsocdiff.bsky.social is offering travel awards up to $1000 for non ISD meetings in 2026? Membership fee for students is $0 and only $50 for regular members! If you have an accepted abstract to present at a meeting- please apply! www.isdifferentiation.org/Membership/P...
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Eric Cartman Says One Thousand Dollars
Alt: Eric Cartman Says One Thousand Dollars
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#ARVO2026 was fantastic! I’m really honored to have been elected to the AMPC and STOKED to serve alongside one of my favorite scientist (and human), @blockintheback.bsky.social
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@ucd-cbha.bsky.social was very well represented at #ARVO2026!
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Revathi Balasubramanian @ladyglaucoma.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
For me, this signals the start of fun science at #ARVO ❤️
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Happy #SantJordi to everyone! In Catalonia, today is a day for roses and books, but it's more than that, it's a stubborn, beautiful way of keeping our culture alive. Feliç Sant Jordi!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our new paper is out! 🎉 Let-7 doesn’t act through a single pathway: it controls neocortical neuron fate and migration via distinct downstream mechanisms, with RBX2 dedicated to migration. A new layer of post-transcriptional control shaping cortical development www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Happy #PicnicDay! @ucdavis.bsky.social
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It's #FluorescenceFriday and these retinal astrocytes understood the assignment: branching, glowing, and casually laying down the blueprint for the retinal vasculature #Retina #ConfocalMicroscopy
Confocal microscopy image of retinal astrocytes
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Today on the animals with fascinating eyes news of the day: Anableps anableps, a four-eyed fish (they really have 2 eyes, but still): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Damn it. NIH ends continuous submission policy for reviewers on study sections. Can still use 2 week late submission deadline but continuous submission was one of the only good things about being on regular study sections. Reviews are a huge amount of work. It will be harder to get reviewers. BAD
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a fantastic meeting for all the neurogenesis aficionados! Happening July 13-16 in Toronto, don’t miss it!! event.fourwaves.com/neurogenesis...
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Neurogenesis and Repair 2026
Join Neurogenesis and Repair 2026, July 13-16, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Two Scientists walk into a bar and they meet with Deepak Lamba!! www.gene.com/stories/the-...
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The Wild World of Eyeballs
Featuring Deepak Lamba, Director and Distinguished Scientist, Ophthalmology, and Susie Crowell, Senior Director, Project Team Leader.
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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Looking through old photos and found this beauty. Frog rods, labelled with GFP under a XOP promoter (inner segment, orange) and wheat germ agglutinin (outer segments, cyan). I love how you can see the holes where the mitochondria are packed near the top of the inner segment (the ellipsoid zone). 🧪🐸
Frog photoreceptors showing a blue outer segment and a bright orange inner segment. Near the top of the orange inner segment is an area with small holes, where mitochondria are packed in very tightly to support the metabolic needs of outer segment synthesis. This area is called the ellipsoid.
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New paper out! 🚨 We show that Ndufs4 loss triggers retinal neurodegeneration through a phased process. A new window into neuroimmune mechanisms in mitochondrial disease: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cell-intrinsic vulnerability and immune activation cooperate to drive degeneration in a mitochondrial complex I deficiency model of optic neuropathy - Journal of Neuroinflammation
Journal of Neuroinflammation - Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central hallmark of many optic neuropathies, yet the mechanisms linking intrinsic metabolic stress to retinal ganglion cell (RGC)...
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Bob Johnston @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Love eyes? Love awesome science? Love fantastic colleagues? Join us in Maine on August 9-14 for the GRC Visual System Development Conference! It's one of the best!
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Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I am very excited to share the first Accorsi lab publication: a collection of detailed protocols to maintain an apple snail 🐌 colony and generate stable mutant lines. The video is coming soon @ JoVE! We hope this will be a valuable resource for the community. app.jove.com/t/69267/the-...
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The Golden Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata: From Zygotes to Stable Mutant Lines
University of California, Davis. This study developed a workflow for the generation and maintenance of stable mutant lines for the freshwater apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata. The protocols include ...
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Bob Johnston @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm excited to share our PNAS paper from 1st author Kasia Hussey. We study how the foveola, the high acuity region of the retina, is patterned by RA and TH. We were surprised to find that cone subtypes appear to convert fates. Our studies are important for AMD sufferers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A cell fate specification and transition mechanism for human foveolar cone subtype patterning | PNAS
In the central region of the human retina, the high-acuity foveola is notable for its dense packing of green (M) and red (L) cones and absence of b...
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Postdoctoral Scientist - Zhang Lab
Primary Work Address: One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the discovery and s...
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I love it when cool science reaches the mainstream media. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s....
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The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Check out this beautiful new story from @michelcayouette.bsky.social lab!!! We got to play a small part along the way. So thrilled to see this out in the world!
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcast...
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2 First-Gen Scientists on Curiosity, Community and Discovery
Megan Dennis, associate professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Siobhan Brady, professor in the Department of Plant Biology and the Genome Center, are more than an just office neighbors ...
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Kai Caspar @nomascus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Birds have a thick retina devoid of blood vessels - so how do they ensure sufficient oxygen availability? They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten. Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten - Nature
While the photoreceptor outer segments in the bird outer retina have access to oxygen, the inner retina operates under chronic anoxia, supported by anaerobic glycolysis in the retinal neurons.
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Congratulations to @xinduan.bsky.social on another beautiful story! I'm very lucky to collaborate with you! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41532830/
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Thankful for my lab and for my community, I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to do science and life with. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Just a heads up: I just got a phishing attempt pretending to be from the #VisualSystemDevelopment #GRC. It looked pretty convincing at first glance, so be careful!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The lab made it to #SfN25!
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Joel Miesfeld @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Are you or do you know a current undergraduate student who wants to pursue research? Our Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) application is now open! (reposting from the MCW Grad school X account) Apply here: admissions.mcw.edu/register/sum...
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our latest paper is out! While the circadian photoentrainment circuit has been extensively studied, the mechanisms regulating its development remain poorly understood. Here we show that retinal Müller glia play a key role in this process. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit
Circadian photoentrainment depends on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which convey environmental light information to th…
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Fantastic new paper from @pierre-mattar.bsky.social lab!
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly
defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join
our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell
Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our
department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular,
cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health
and disease. The candidate should have an active research program
that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of-
the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our
expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in
gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected
to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research
for students, trainees, and the community across various life and
professional experiences.
• Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in
physiology or a related field.
• Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or
functional anatomy to professional or graduate students.
• Experience with grant writing.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills, and a demonstrated ability to work
cooperatively and collegially within a diverse
community.Sunrise at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Sunrise in Davis CA
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Grateful to the Glaucoma Research Foundation (Glaucoma.org) for bringing the Catalyst for a Cure teams together to discuss strategies for neurodegenerative disorders: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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