Huge thanks to all the authors, and of course the National Eye Institute for funding this important consortium!

link:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6088369

This coordinated approach transforms isolated findings into comprehensive mechanistic frameworks, demonstrating how technological convergence combined with collaborative science accelerates discovery and establishes foundations for understanding ocular surface circuitry in health and disease.

The roadmap progresses through 3 phases: standardizing methodological foundations; achieving technological convergence through multi-modal synthesis; and advancing clinical translation via cross-species harmonization, therapeutic target identification, and patient characterization strategies.

Thru a multi-institutional collaboration, the consortium roadmap systematically integrates four complementary pillars: retrograde labeling; omics technologies; animal models; and research models and human clinical imaging.

Not microglia specific tho

Many congratulations to you Shai !

Thank you Miranda. I enjoyed your talk as well. Such a cool niche , and important one too, your lab has carved out!

Thank you. And congratulations on your new appointment. Looking forward to learning more from your lab about Fuch’s!

So glad to see everyone!

Congrats to Sejiro and team including Eden Jacobs!