Dr. Sara Thomasy (she/hers)

Excited to share this collaborative work with @sarathomasy.bsky.social- spearheaded by Raneesh Ramarapu and William Stoehr- where we visualized the unique spatial localization of tubulin isotopes in neural crest-derived corneal tissues during development. 🤩

Promotional graphic for abstract submission from January 5 to February 6 for ARVO: Imaging in the Eye session on May 2 in Denver, Colorado. Includes a website link and features a vivid image of a human eye illustration in blue tones.

Get your abstracts in for @arvoinfo.bsky.social's #Imaging in the Eye session held on All-Access Saturday (May 2; Denver, Colo.). Seeking original research on new imaging techniques/applications to #ClinicalOphthalmology/ #VisionResearch/ #Biomedicine. Submit by Feb. 7 https://bit.ly/44TkeTo

Congratulations to Anil Chekuri, PhD (Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston) for receiving the 2026 Bert M. Glaser, MD, Award for Innovative Research given by the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research. The image features a professional headshot of Anil Chekuri against a blue and white geometric background.

@arvoinfo.bsky.social Foundation congratulates Anil Kumar Chekuri, PhD (Mass Eye and Ear)—2026 recipient of the Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in #Retina. Learn more about his outstanding contributions to gene therapy for #RetinalDegeneration: https://bit.ly/3NqPOSL
#VisionResearch

I’m delighted to share a milestone: my first first-author paper has been published in the Journal of Vision!

Guided by my advisor, Miguel Eckstein, we study gaze following in dynamic scenes as a goal-directed visual decision process rather than a reflex.

📄 jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

Hands-on Vision Science Practical Vision Science - Learning Through Experimentation

Also, in case anyone else is looking for vision science or perception demos, Ben Balas has collected a bunch of great resources. sites.google.com/view/hands-o...

Initiation of a global consortium to study the progression of age-related macular degeneration: RIMR AMD consortium report # 1 - PubMed The RIMR AMD Consortium represents a novel model for global collaboration in AMD research, enabling the pooling and analysis of heterogeneous imaging data while addressing privacy, regulatory, and…

A global first in AMD research: the RIMR AMD Consortium unites 100k+ longitudinal OCT scans across continents, unlocking scalable AI-ready insights into disease progression.
#AMD #Retina #Ophthalmology #OCT #AIinHealthcare #BigData #VisionScience #MedTech buff.ly/qQNCKQ5

Right back at you! It was a wonderful conversation spanning science and life. You were the first person on Twitter to promote my postdoc advertisement and I feel grateful for our collaboration and friendship.

This guy gets it:

Congratulations to Raneesh on a successful poster presentation and for representing @sarathomasy.bsky.social’s group and my group so well! We are very proud!

DVM-PhD candidate Raneesh Ramarapu will be representing COVSL and @RogersLabUCD well @ASCBiology this year - check out his awesome work! @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social

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@arvoinfo.bsky.social member Patrice Hicks, PhD, MPH (@umich.edu) sheds light on the impact of environment/social risk factors on #VisionHealth and access to eye-care, plus the cost for patients of underfunding public health #research. Read more on ARVOBlog: https://bit.ly/4oSErkc
#SeeWhatMatters

Revisiting some older material and this paper came up again during a discussion about viral tools in avian retina. Our study was part of the Rising Stars in Avian Physiology collection and showed that AAV2 9 can reliably reach and transduce avian photoreceptors.
More in thread below..

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In this edition of Spotlight, we focus on He Zhao, a Tenure Track Fellow in the Department of Eye and Vision Sciences, who tells us what a typical day looks like, what part of his work surprises him, and what he is excited about in the next year.

🔗 bit.ly/3K6K3bt

Three individuals posing with their certificates at The College of Optometrists Diploma Ceremony, each wearing ceremonial robes and smiling.

🎓 This year’s Research Excellence Awards were presented at our #DiplomaCeremony, recognising leading work in optometry, optics and vision science.

👏 Congratulations to this year’s recipients! Learn more about their work here ➡️ https://coptom.uk/3K7fpyw

#EyesOnDiploma #Research

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Junior researchers: Apply for @arvoinfo.bsky.social's Early Career Mentorship Program for a golden opportunity to get the guidance you need from an ARVO mentor tailored to your interests. Submit by Dec. 1: https://bit.ly/42XnSdM

Great opportunity for prospective grad students in integrative pathobiology. Info on how to register for virtual open house on October 30 below.

Prospective students, join us for our virtual open house on Oct 30 from 12-1 pm PST to get all your questions answered, register here: ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The hope is to be able to treat or cure autoimmune diseases, provide more effective cancer treatments and prevent serious complications after stem cell transplants.

Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

It was Goodall's trailblazing research on the personalities and social interactions of the chimpanzees she so closely studied that changed the way we view our connection to the animal kingdom.

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Thom Stark at the lectern talking about The role of double cones (PR5,6) in frogs

It’s Thom Stark talking about the role of double cones (PR5,6) in frogs at #Visionarium2025

Johan Pahlberg talking about his work in The origin of dark continuous noise in rod photoreceptors at the lectern.

It’s @pahlberglab.bsky.social talking about his work in the origin of dark continuous noise in rod photoreceptors at #Visionarium2025

Vision scientist Julia Fadjukov speaking at the lectern about her work in amacrine cells.

It’s Julia Fadjukov speaking about her work Toward a Unified Typology of Mouse Amacrine Cells: Electrophysiology, Transcriptomics, and Large-Scale EM at #Visionarium2025

Bastien Clémot at the lectern talking about insect vision.

It’s Bastien Clémot talking about his work in 3D reconstruction of insects’ movements to explore compensation for
visual noise at #Visionarium2025

Eric Warrant at lectern talking about moth migration.

It’s Eric Warrant talking about Australian Bogong moths use the stars and the Earth’s magnetic field as compasses for long-distance navigation at night at #Visionarium2025

Cedric Van den Berg talking about polarized light in invertebrates.

It’s @vancedberg.bsky.social at #Visionarium2025 talking about Polarization vision in marine Invertebrates.

Yakir Gagnon talking about his software

It’s Yakir Gagnon talking about his work integrating Software Engineering and Sensory Ecology: Tools for
Understanding Animal Orientation at #Visionarium2025

Vision scientist Nora Nevala talking about retinal pigment epithelium.

It’s Noora Nevala talking at #Visionarium2025 about live zebrafish as a model to study photoreceptor phagocytosis by RPE

William Lunt talking about cephalopod vision.

It’s William Lunt talking at #Visionarium2025 about cephalopod’s guide to hide and seek: intensity contrast drives background choice in cephalopods