#FluorescenceFriday Strand and branch pericytes surround the vessels of the retina👁️🔬 color=depth @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

Meet Dr. Sara Patterson, a researcher at Flaum who is participating in the Emerging Vision Scientist Program. Her lab studies how the eye communicates with the brain. This groundbreaking work is paving the way for new treatments to restore vision. #VisionResearch #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth

Thank you, Rep. Morelle, for visiting the Flaum Eye Institute to discuss and see firsthand how NEI-funded research improves patient care and drives innovation in ophthalmology. We are grateful for your support and recognition of the important role federally funded research plays.

She did it! Very proud to announce: the newly minted Dr. Fei Shang, PhD in Neuroscience. Vascular insights... to what gives us sight! @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social

🧠Today🔬 PhD Thesis defense by Schallek Lab student Fei Shang! 1pm K-207 conference room, URMC. Come to learn about how vessels nourish the eye.👁️ @cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!

#FluorescenceFriday NEUTROPHILS are rare immune cells flowing within trillions of blood cells of the body. Using #AdaptiveOptics cameras, we directly image fluorescent neutrophils in the vessels of the eye doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

You don't have to be a scientist to think lasers are cool😎 But the 👨‍🔬 in @schalleklab.bsky.social have cool lasers 👇Lab mngr Derek Power led research using the adaptive optics camera, a laser engine, & found how immune cells in the eye respond differently when the retina is injured 👉 bit.ly/4fB7y7P

Love this... Here's a chunk of mine in peer-reviewed form 😉 @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

EXCITATION At the heart of our adaptive optics camera is a laser engine. A beam of light scans the retina to image the eye with single cell resolution. @cvsuor.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday #AOSLO @urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

👇3D look at adaptive optics imaging table in the @schalleklab.bsky.social This tool allowed researchers to discover that microglia, not neutrophils, a type of white blood cells, respond to photoreceptor damage in the retina Read more: bit.ly/4mmmPvx #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

✨Our newest eLife paper is out!✨ 👉 elifesciences.org/articles/98662 When retinal cells die, who cleans up? Non-invasive imaging shows microglia👇 rush to help but don’t recruit neutrophils from the bloodstream. @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

#URochesterResearch by @schalleklab found that when photoreceptor cells in the retina are damaged, the brain’s immune cells respond, and neutrophils are not recruited to help despite passing through nearby blood vessels via eLife 👉 elifesciences.org/articles/98662 @cvsuor.bsky.social

Thrilled to have been selected for the @cvsuor.bsky.social pilot award with additional support from @flaumeye.bsky.social. Our collaboration with Wojtovich lab will study mitochondria survival and anatomy in the diabetic retina. @urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

Dynamic Sholl analysis is a way to characterize the complexity cell process remodeling over time. Here SchallekLab is using it to show microglia dynamism in the living eye using #adaptiveoptics #Optica @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social bit.ly/4kMNErh

💡FIREFLIES💡 were alive last night. Long-exposure reveals secrets of their patterning. Bioluminescence is one of the most captivating forms of signaling for life on our planet. @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social @thisisroc.bsky.social

The #AdaptiveOptics in the #eye Course kicked off yesterday @cvsuor.bsky.social with 6 intensive hours on #AO for #RetinalImaging & #VisualSimulation w @schalleklab.bsky.social & @marcoslabur.bsky.social. More today with out engineers on #HowtoBuild on; #RochesterOptics @urengineering.bsky.social

Time-lapse of the stars above Rochester. In times when it seems like much is falling apart... I find it useful to re-orient and look upward. Take a moment to remember, the world spins on. @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

22degree Moon Halo A vivid shot from Feb Physical basis unknown. Optical theories posit that hexagonal crystals with refractive index n=1.309 may deviate moonbeams to create a 22deg ring via Snell's Law AKA: moon ring winter halo @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Jupiter Bowl: as an outlet for creativity and deepen my roots in woodworking, I began wood turning this past winter. This one -a spalted maple- has a striking resemblance to the stormy skies of Jupiter @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Vessels of the brain🧠 are enveloped by alpha-smooth muscle actin that have a rubber-band like appearance. These bands contract or dilate based on the neural load. @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

In an ocean of CFP... be the GFP 🧪🔬⚗️ #FluorescenceFriday #ARVO2025 edition @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @arvoinfo.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

Bittersweet: last night @arvoinfo.bsky.social #ARVO2025 #SaltLakeCity @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

Today at #ARVO2025 Fei Shang Poster A0318 @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Seen at #ARVO2025: Segmented Deformable Mirror in the Hyatt Regency #AdaptiveOptics Now for that computer coupling... @roordalab.bsky.social @aoiplab.bsky.social #JerryNelson @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @arvoinfo.bsky.social

TODAY at #ARVO2025 Presentation by Derek Power 1-3pm Poster B0155 Imaging monocytes and neutrophils in the living eye. @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @arvoinfo.bsky.social

TODAY at #ARVO2025 Presentation by @cvsuor.bsky.social Jin Huh Monday: 9:45 in Ballroom F Imaging systemic delivery and clearance of white blood cells in the living eye! @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @arvoinfo.bsky.social

@cvsuor.bsky.social booth in full swing. Stop by at 1018, to meet faculty, engineers, trainees, industrial Associates, programs… @urochestersmd.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social #ARVO2025

...For those that celebrate... -May the 4th be with you- @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance (ARIA) has >50 members spanning Neuroscience, Physiology, Optics and Biomedical Engineering Photo from '25 -our 13th yr! look for us @arvoinfo.bsky.social >18 presentations @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social

8 lasers, 6 cameras, and a bunch of optics on a 1x2 meter table produce some exquisite images of the eye👁️ ! Come check out what we've been up to @arvoinfo.bsky.social this year, May 4-8th in #SaltLakeCity @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

Final preparations underway as SchallekLab prepares for @arvoinfo.bsky.social 2025! Lab members Power, Huh and Dholakia proofing final versions of their presentations for #SaltLakeCity @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

@cvsuor.bsky.social will be @arvoinfo.bsky.social exhibit Booth #1018. Visit us to learn on #Research, #Training, #TechnologyDevelopments, & #IndustrialAssociate Programs at #CenterforVisualScience @urochestersmd.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social #NEI #VisionResearch #Ophthalmology #ARVO2025

#FluorescenceFriday the beautiful geometry of the capillaries of the retina👁️ Colors=depth. @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @bpodaily.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Trainees work on their presentations and elevator pitches for @arvoinfo.bsky.social coming up next week #SaltLakeCity! Session hosted by @cvsuor.bsky.social a great way to dial-in science communication! @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Pro-level figures in there. Destined to be a classic!

Thank you @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social 👁️trainees for the "'24-'25 student choice" speaker designation! Lots to share tomorrow in #milwaukee @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

#FluorescenceFriday Sometimes white blood cells get stuck in tiny vessels of the body. Here we show labeled white blood cells pause in the vessels of the eye👁️ @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @bpodaily.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social

What a thrill to have Christine Curcio join us @cvsuor.bsky.social A 1982 graduate of the Neurobiology and Anatomy program @urneuroscience.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social Dr. Curcio is this years @arvoinfo.bsky.social Proctor Award Recipient. @flaumeye.bsky.social

!Today! April 9 at 3pm, Rm 2-6408, K207 The incomparable Christine Curcio, UAB Boynton Colloquium: Metabolic and functional assessment of the high-risk macula lutea for AMD outcomes www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/boynt... @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

iphone pixels under a microscope while we dont usually see these microscopic pixels... they drive the visual experience for the user @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Petal of a flower? A leaf? No... the vascular network of the retina! A roadmap of super-highways and local roads to bring your vision vital resources. Data: Fei Shang SchallekLab @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

#FluorescenceFriday Unlike a microscope, an ophthalmoscope contends with the movement of the sample! Microscopic imaging in the eye thus must correct motion so that we can details of single cells. @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Wow, great seeing these two all-stars together! @ladyglaucoma.bsky.social @colinchulab.bsky.social each good friends of @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social

OUTSTANDING!

A special trip to #Iceland this past October, finally saw the amazing #northernlights #auroraborealis Time lapse is over 2 hours in the town Hverageroi overlooking the volcanic geothermal vents above the Varma river. @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

This beauty is a ganglion cell imaged in the living eye. Humans have ~1.2 MILLION ganglion cells per eye. Each cell sends a single cable to the optic nerve... then to the brain! #FluorescentFriday @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Outstanding Achievement! Collaborative science at its best! Adaptive optics system designed @urochester.bsky.social now duplicated and running at @ucleye.bsky.social Colin and Bruno have been outstanding partners. Very proud. @colinchulab.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

Our lab is building a camera that measures the speed of millions of blood cells/second in the eye. It uses invisible far red-shifted light. Goal: evaluate health through the clarity of the eye elifesciences.org/articles/45077 @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social