What a gorgeous work! And cover! Congrats!

Thank you @ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social for highlighting our work! #aging #vision #GreenlandShark

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age

Finally out! We studied the retinas of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, and found that the retinas remain remarkably healthy in animals around 150 years old. What is the mechanism? It may be a highly efficient DNA repair system. Enjoy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our lab is #hiring! Interested in #biologyofaging, #aging, #lipids, #AMD, #glaucoma, #NGS, #singlecell and in general molecular biology? Apply TODAY!!!! Indicate your interest in aging biology!!! Deadline for application to my lab - end of 2025! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09747

... And if you want to know more, here's the featured Article: Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins ($) doi.org/10.1038/s415...

This is so low. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

Up for a treat! @stimulatedraman.bsky.social presenting.

💲💲💲 This research would not have been possible without the support of several funding agencies, including #NIH National Eye Institute, @brightfocus.bsky.social, Thome Foundation, #RPB, the #NSF, and the Simons Foundation. Our collaborators also received support from #FNP and #NCN. Thank you!!! 💲💲💲

Our work is finally out! Learning from mechanism of #aging to presenting potential therapeutic strategy to slow down #age-related #vision loss! Very proud of my team including several undergrads and thankful for fantastic collaborations across the world! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Thank you @ash.hematology.org for supporting our research spearheaded by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social in the lab! Excited to have the opportunity to jump-start the next stage of our exploration into #bloodstemcell #aging with our collab & #lipidomics expert @drdorotask.bsky.social! #Fight4Hematology

I’ll take every bit of good news I can get. “Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health… in an Appropriations Committee vote that represents a clear rebuke of President Trump’s plan to dramatically reduce the agency’s spending.”

Fantastic work of @evgenykvon.bsky.social team. @gracebower.bsky.social did an amazing job. It was a pleasure to assist them even as little as we did. Hope for more collaborations in the future!!! Congratulations!!!!!

Even though cataract surgery is generally safe and effective, cataract is still a leading cause of blindness worldwide. We need to understand the optical and materials properties of the eye lens to make better replacement lenses. This budget would eliminate that, including my lab's work.

Senator Durbin noted that some (I believe Republican Senators) had indicated the US had been doing more than its share of biomedical research and it was time for other countries take a turn. I felt I had to interrupt to respond...

David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏 youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...

📣 TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE for trainees and young investigators! Deadline: May 26 Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium & Fast Track with the support of a travel grant! @iser.bsky.social @brightfocus.bsky.social 👉 iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org/abstract-sub...

Good morning!!! ☀️

The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity: 1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas… 2) enabled by Engineering Innovations… 3) based on Science Research in Universities… 4) funded by Grants from the US Government. It’s time more people understood this.

In #myfirstpost here, I'm excited to share the news that the Crews Lab's latest research on #immunesystem #aging is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social! This work is the culmination of a wonderful collaboration with @drdorotask.bsky.social Lab with major efforts by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social!

It was a great collaboration with @crewslab.bsky.social ! Complementary expertise, curiosity and unique mouse model. Congrats @silviavicenzi.bsky.social and looking forward to working together to decipher the mechanism! #aging #Bcells #PUFA #ELOVL2 @ucirvine.bsky.social

Third time’s overrated — fourth time’s where the magic happens! I just got awarded a BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research grant! Thank you @brightfocus.bsky.social for your support!!! #agingeye #glaucoma #epigeneticmemory

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

I had an amazing visit at #WilmerEyeInstitute! Great discussions and fantastic host, blueskyless Malia Edwards. See you all soon at @arvoinfo.bsky.social !!!

On my way to Baltimore!Doing research and meeting colleagues!! #Standingwithscience

Is age-related macular degeneration (AMD) a type of retinal aging or a disease? Is there a difference between aging and early AMD? You can read about what we think about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014483525000740 #AMD #aging #AgingEye

Oh wow

#proud to be #Polish 💙

After LOI submitted in November...... #Diversity #Research #support

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE in DSK laboratory. Studying Molecular Mechanism of Aging using eye as a model system. Looking for people with experience in epigenetics and transcriptomics. Apply until March 1st. #aging #AMD #glaucoma #epigenetics

We should speak up! Petition initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please sign and amplify: chng.it/8srHDmzpVk

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE in DSK laboratory. Studying Molecular Mechanism of Aging using eye as a model system. Looking for people with experience in epigenetics and transcriptomics. Apply until March 1st. #aging #AMD #glaucoma #epigenetics

Do you want to study MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF AGING? APPLY to work in my laboratory! Deadline March 1st. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09295

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER WANTED! If you want to work in the vibrant DSK laboratory using cutting edge methods and answering important scientific research questions APPLY!!! Deadline March 1st recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09295

Made some slides for scientists to talk about what's been happening & what we should do next. There are probably many people better qualified than me to talk about these issues. If that's you, please, please, please consider holding some virtual advocacy training sessions for researchers this week.

Nikes first Superbowl commercial in 27 years. What a way to pop back out 🔥

anybody got this when signing to eRA commons? 😱

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Senators to call: John Thune, SD (202) 224-2321 Bill Cassidy, LA (318) 448-7176 Lisa Murkowski, AK (202)-224-6665 Mike Crapo, ID (202) 224-6142 Mitch McConnell, KY (202) 224-2541 Susan Collins, ME (202) 224-2523 Thom Tillis, NC (704) 509-9087 Mike Rounds, SD (202) 224-5842

This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type. I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!

This is a disaster.

This is excellent!!!! I wish more infectious disease experts responded to anti-vaxxers like this guy did #GetVaccinated

Check out the first publication from the Kane lab @isbscience.org! RNAseq analysis of sex differences in aging across tissues - spoiler alert - there are lots of them! bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations and thans to @dantong-zhu.bsky.social, @judywbio.bsky.social & other authors.

Congratulations Newly Elected ISER Officer, Vice President, Americas Paloma Liton, PhD Duke University Durham, NC

An ongoing passion project of mine at work: making small info placards about women in STEM that hang in our campus biology building. Their stories give me strength & hope especially now when we face 4 years of darkness. Here is the 1st of many I'll be sharing. #WomeninSTEM #academicsky #skystorians