I am excited to be at #arvo2025 with several members of my lab. Our theme this year is new, unpublished projects. I find all of these especially exciting because they are mostly (1) departures from our past work and (2) intellectually driven by trainees. Chronologically:

You know you are a retinal neuroscientist when you see this shower floor and your first thought is, "I wonder what the voronoi domain regularity index is for those black tiles?" Here is my favorite paper on this topic from Benjamin Reese's lab: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32026463/

A sampling of the great sings I saw at #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social Chicago today. Thanks to all the organizers and participants.

I know many of us are out in the streets today fighting for the future of science funding in the US. Here's to hope - and something to look forward to this summer - our MBL Visual Neuroscience Course! Please apply! Deadline approaching. Financial Aid is available. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Heading to standupforscience2025.org/chicago-il/

Hey, visual neuroscientists 👋 Interested in hands-on training in modern techniques and building a lifelong network of colleagues and friends? Look no further! 🧠 Apply for the MBL's Visual Neuroscience course by March 19: bit.ly/4kn48HH #ScienceStartsHere

What is your university’s policy about endowed chairs for faculty? I just discovered that mine (at the medical school at least) is essentially institutionalized embezzlement. The moment I received my endowed chair, my home department’s contribution to my salary went from 15% to 0 (the other 85%

I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!