Dr. Sara Thomasy (she/hers)
@sarathomasy.bsky.social
A veterinary ophthalmologist @ucdavis, 👁 scientist, & mom looking to make the 🌎 clearer for people & animals. Co-director of CMSTP T32 for DVMs getting their PhD. Views are my own. 🐴🦜🥰
https://covsl.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
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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
#SeeWhatMatters
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@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
#SeeWhatMatters
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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..
More in thread below..
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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..
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
🔗 bit.ly/3K6K3bt
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🎓 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
👏 Congratulations to this year’s recipients! Learn more about their work here ➡️ https://coptom.uk/3K7fpyw
#EyesOnDiploma #Research
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🎓 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
👏 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
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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
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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...
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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...
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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...
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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.
October 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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.
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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.
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...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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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Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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It’s Thom Stark talking about the role of double cones (PR5,6) in frogs at #Visionarium2025
September 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It’s Thom Stark talking about the role of double cones (PR5,6) in frogs at #Visionarium2025
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It’s @pahlberglab.bsky.social talking about his work in the origin of dark continuous noise in rod photoreceptors at #Visionarium2025
September 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s @pahlberglab.bsky.social talking about his work in the origin of dark continuous noise in rod photoreceptors at #Visionarium2025
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It’s Julia Fadjukov speaking about her work Toward a Unified Typology of Mouse Amacrine Cells: Electrophysiology, Transcriptomics, and Large-Scale EM at #Visionarium2025
September 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It’s Julia Fadjukov speaking about her work Toward a Unified Typology of Mouse Amacrine Cells: Electrophysiology, Transcriptomics, and Large-Scale EM at #Visionarium2025
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It’s Bastien Clémot talking about his work in 3D reconstruction of insects’ movements to explore compensation for
visual noise at #Visionarium2025
visual noise at #Visionarium2025
September 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s Bastien Clémot talking about his work in 3D reconstruction of insects’ movements to explore compensation for
visual noise at #Visionarium2025
visual noise at #Visionarium2025
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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
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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
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It’s @vancedberg.bsky.social at #Visionarium2025 talking about Polarization vision in marine Invertebrates.
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s @vancedberg.bsky.social at #Visionarium2025 talking about Polarization vision in marine Invertebrates.
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It’s Yakir Gagnon talking about his work integrating Software Engineering and Sensory Ecology: Tools for
Understanding Animal Orientation at #Visionarium2025
Understanding Animal Orientation at #Visionarium2025
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s Yakir Gagnon talking about his work integrating Software Engineering and Sensory Ecology: Tools for
Understanding Animal Orientation at #Visionarium2025
Understanding Animal Orientation at #Visionarium2025
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It’s Noora Nevala talking at #Visionarium2025 about live zebrafish as a model to study photoreceptor phagocytosis by RPE
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’s Noora Nevala talking at #Visionarium2025 about live zebrafish as a model to study photoreceptor phagocytosis by RPE
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It’s William Lunt talking at #Visionarium2025 about cephalopod’s guide to hide and seek: intensity contrast drives background choice in cephalopods
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s William Lunt talking at #Visionarium2025 about cephalopod’s guide to hide and seek: intensity contrast drives background choice in cephalopods
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September 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
We had an amazing @GGIPstudents symposium with keynote @quinascience.bsky.social and @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social associate dean of research and graduate education Danika Bannasch.
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We had an amazing @GGIPstudents symposium with keynote @quinascience.bsky.social and @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social associate dean of research and graduate education Danika Bannasch.
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Gave a talk @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social and one of my former @ucibiosci.bsky.social students was there! I love seeing my students continue in their education. Highlight of my day.
September 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Gave a talk @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social and one of my former @ucibiosci.bsky.social students was there! I love seeing my students continue in their education. Highlight of my day.
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Aaron is an expert on immigration policy and issues
Take this seriously
Take this seriously
September 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Aaron is an expert on immigration policy and issues
Take this seriously
Take this seriously
Super excited to contribute to this wonderful work from the Yiu lab @ucd_eyecenter and @CNPRCresearch looking at how systemic lipids and glucose affect drusen progression in a 🐒 model. doi.org/10.1167/iovs...
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Super excited to contribute to this wonderful work from the Yiu lab @ucd_eyecenter and @CNPRCresearch looking at how systemic lipids and glucose affect drusen progression in a 🐒 model. doi.org/10.1167/iovs...
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@ucdavis.bsky.social had a great representation at the BAVRD!
September 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@ucdavis.bsky.social had a great representation at the BAVRD!