Nafisa Nuzhat and Siqi Tang in the Wert lab are incredible scientists!

At today's Works-in-Progress Series (WIPS), Tiffany Yee, graduate student researcher in the Wert Lab, presented research investigating how genetic changes can influence the formation of retinal cells ...

Female sex and the APOEε4 allele are top risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Microglia play a role in the pathogenesis of AD, yet how sex and APOE genotype affect microglia remain poorly unders...

Reprogramming resident glia into neurons holds great therapeutic promise for neurodegenerative diseases across the central nervous system, yet thes...

Amacrine cells (ACs) comprise a heterogeneous class of inhibitory neurons in the vertebrate retina, exhibiting morphological and functional complexity rivaling that of cortical interneurons. Here, we ...

This preprint shows that PRDM3 and PRDM16 are mainly associated with nucleosome-containing chromatin in zebrafish neural crest cells.

This or that – Wert Lab edition! 🔬 From early birds vs. night owls to making figures vs. writing papers, everyone's got their own style in the lab. Which one are you? 👀 #UTSWOphthalmology #Ophthalm...

What fuels a passion for research? 🔬💡 Members of the Wert Lab recently shared what excites them most about their work – and their answers reflect a deep commitment to discovery and impact. Their res...

Lab is fun… with them 💙 Behind every breakthrough in ophthalmology research is a team that makes the work meaningful. #UTSWOphthalmology #Research

Allow us to reintroduce the Wert Lab, led by Principal Investigator Katherine Wert! 👋 This incredible group studies the neuronal cells of the retina, particularly the photoreceptor cells, and how the...

Doxycycline is a widely used tetracycline antibiotic, which has become critical in biomedical research for use with tetracycline-inducible transgenic …

The Trump administration’s proposal aims to improve transparency in federal funding, but critics fear the proposed rules would politicize research

We're proud to share that Emily Nettesheim, Ph.D., will be presenting at ARVO 2026 within the retinal cell type development, function, and dysfunction session. Her abstract titled "Acute PRDM13 over...