Just received my deformable mirror from ALPAO! There's no turning back now.
#AOSLO @uwaterloo.ca
@roordalab.bsky.social
Obsessed with vision and optics. Opinions (have many but share few) are my own and most posts are from my labs at The University of Waterloo (Canada) and UC Berkeley (USA). Oh...and that's my retina in the profile picture.
Just received my deformable mirror from ALPAO! There's no turning back now.
#AOSLO @uwaterloo.ca
Also, trichromatic cone mosaics.
16.10.2025 21:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I always knew that Teresa Puthussery was a genius...this just confirms it!
#visionscience
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
My boss/mentor Teresa Puthussery won a MacArthur genius grant today! She shares the award with Oakland novelist Tommy Orange (read There There! It's awesome!), resource recovery chemist William Tarpeh, and 22 others. Congratulations Teresa! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
08.10.2025 17:58 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations @leahgjohnston.bsky.social for winning the @optica-fvm.bsky.social YIA!
Most #visionscience folks know that stabilized retinal images fade. Fewer know that stabilized, but flickering, images also fade. Even fewer know that the flicker-fading doesn't take place in the retina.
Seems that a small earthquake knocked our #AOSLO #AOOCT system out of alignment. It may be time to engage to the air suspension.... One of the perils of doing research at #ucberkeley.
www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Hannah works hard every on her PhD, doing very cool #visionscience every day in my lab at #UCBerkeley. But does she go home and put up her feet every night? Nope! She is speed-puzzling phenom, heading to the world championship later this month. Go Hannah!
www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
Apparently, you never include snacks with shipments to Canada. My colleague doesn't get them either.
16.08.2025 01:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hey @thorlabs.bsky.social, where are my snacks? Is it because I'm in π¨π¦?
15.08.2025 19:24 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π¨π¦ This sign calls to me every morning on my commute to @uwaterloo.ca. Question is: blow off work and head west to Lake Cowichan BC or east to Cappahayden NFLD? @transcanadatrail.bsky.social
www.tctrail.ca
My CV in ceramic.
08.08.2025 12:47 β π 15 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1When your bike ride takes you north of Waterloo.
#mennonitecountry
β¨Our newest eLife paper is out!β¨
π elifesciences.org/articles/98662
When retinal cells die, who cleans up?
Non-invasive imaging shows microgliaπ rush to help but donβt recruit neutrophils from the bloodstream. @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social
@elife.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday
Spotted this morning outside of the stunning Daniels Building at the University of Toronto, where I'm attending @iccp-conference.bsky.social. Nothing computational here, just a regular photo.
Super excited to see the hawk...but that rat is huuuge!
one more thing..... apply soon, but don't worry too much about the deadline of July 31.
We're flexible.
I just moved back here (after ~30 years in the US) so feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
17.07.2025 18:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Reasons to move to Univ of Waterloo
1. 12 mo salary
2. Multidisciplinary research environment
3. Top Canadian university in areas of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Comprehensive Research
4. Traditional pension plan
5. Universal Health Care
6. Stable sources of research funding (NSERC, CIHR)
6+6 = 12 reasons to move to Waterloo, Canada.
First 6.....
6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute.
lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA
see thread for the next 6.
Yep. When can you start?
05.07.2025 01:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. π¨π¦ And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more.
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Some things are new (the Instagram-worthy sign) and some things are old (the iconic Dana Porter Library, where I spent many hours as a physics undergrad in the late 80s). @uwaterloo.ca π¨π¦
03.07.2025 13:28 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Multiple faculty opportunities are open at the @uwaterloo.ca in π¨π¦ Canada π¨π¦ for someone wishing to launch their academic career in Vision Science.
I just moved here and I think you'll find that it's a great place to live, work, and thrive. Happy to tell you more if you're interested.
Final moments as a resident of the USA. Soon to reside again in the great and civilized country of Canada. @uwaterloo.ca here I come.
24.06.2025 15:03 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0While many of you may suffer FOMO for #OLO, we folks in the lab suffer FOMO for YOLO. That was the case until Stuart Semple graciously sent us some free bottles. What this all about? Check out
www.culturehustleusa.com/products/yol... to find out.
Thanks!!!
Alas, they no longer raise and lower the floor these days.
09.06.2025 20:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And, in case you don't know, the @lickobservatory.bsky.social which opened in 1888 was - and still remains - one of the biggest refracting telescopes in the world! As @elinorgates.bsky.social puts it, it's the 'telescopiest' big telescope you'll ever see. Today's big telescope all use mirrors.
09.06.2025 19:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks to @ucobservatories.bsky.social for the fun and informative 'insider' tour of the @lickobservatory.bsky.social for me, my former students and postdocs, and colleagues. Special thanks to @elinorgates.bsky.social, resident astronomer extraordinaire and ultimate tour guide for her time.
09.06.2025 19:10 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Close doesn't count when it comes to borders.
05.06.2025 19:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations on the big move. Is it too late to consider moving to Canada instead?
05.06.2025 18:36 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Mentors were Will Tuten and @joteromillan.bsky.social
25.05.2025 00:28 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0