I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
Resident tissue #macrophages (RTM) are now recognized as integral regulators of tissue physiology, not transient immune sentinels. one fundamental question remains unresolved: why do some populations achieve lifelong self-maintenance, while others are replaced under steady-state conditions? 🧵1/11
Mariko Bennett
The strong collective response of the science community to the proposed OMB rule has demonstrated the broad unity that’s possible when we all work together. We'd do well to apply this same level of activation to the larger assaults on science and democracy. My new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
Congratulations to @mfsd2a.bsky.social and co-authors for this fantastic paper showing elevations in intraocular pressure compromises the blood-retina barrier. Incredible work and opens up a whole new investigative line for glaucoma! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Vlasits Lab is hiring a technician because our current technician was accepted into a PhD program!
This position combines lab management and experiments. If you are interested in gaining experience with #retina research in Chicago, please apply.
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The scientific community is fighting a proposed change to research funding. Let's keep this momentum going to take on more attacks on science.
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Glaucoma is a common cause of vision loss. Here the authors show that elevated intraocular pressure disrupts the blood retinal barrier (BRB) and contributes to retinal ganglion cell death in mouse gla...
