I am hoping a break from the grindstone will reinvigorate me and I will get back to the fun retinal biologist I used to be 👁️ I have no plans to leave academic but we will see what happens….

I will have a much needed rest, and focus on publishing some of the awesome science I have done over the last few years (but haven’t had time to write up!). I know many academics are feeling the same way right now. Things have changed in academia and it’s not as fun as it used to be.

And one of just my lab

Will you be at FASEB this year? Need to discuss RPE cells with you!

Nice melanopsin driven constriction to a bright stimulus in an rd/rd (rodless coneless) mouse.

For retinal people, this is of interest and we find it works well: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25283775/

Very interesting! We should probably talk, I have a student working on Parkinson’s…

Really?! That’s awesome. Did you get it? Lane Brown and Samer Hattar are working DAC->ipRGC modulation at the moment in the mouse.

Dopaminergic amacrines and ipRGCs (M1s specifically) - and look how much they are wrapped up in each other 😍 #accessoryONsublayer

Obligatory Australian spider pic: #huntsman #notdeadly but #incrediblyterrifying