Vitreoretinal Myeloid Cell Heterogeneity: Diverse Roles in Homeostasis, Immune Surveillance, and Pathophysiology Abstract. The retina is a central nervous system tissue with immune-privileged status, protected by the blood-retina barrier and maintained by specialized

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Vitreoretinal Myeloid Cell Heterogeneity: Diverse Roles in Homeostasis, Immune Surveillance, and Pathophysiology url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Ready for year 4 of MD-PhD with the best cohort

Had a great time presenting my work on retinal perivascular macrophages and immune cell extravasation at the #ARVO2025 meeting in Salt Lake City!

Great to be in Salt Lake City for #ARVO2025

🚨 New paper using data from a sickle cell retinopathy database I helped make at Boston Children's!

Retinal Imaging Biomarkers and Correlation to Systemic Disease Activity in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease - Ophthalmology Science www.ophthalmologyscience.org/article/S266...

Great morning to Shamrock Shuffle ☘️

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️🇮🇪

Lakefront packed this afternoon. 66° and beautiful before St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Pie day in lab: maple pecan, chocolate cream, and grasshopper. Tasted a lot better than they look!

I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.

This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.

This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...

Snowy day in Chicago but still got out to protest against cuts to science funding! #StandUpForScience

Weekend in NYC in four photos

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

I can’t wait to go back to med school and have ‘Divine Intervention’ on my Spotify wrapped

Beautiful day for a run on the lakefront

Preparing a lesson for high schoolers on cow eye dissections and trying to show them the other side of the size spectrum

Never be ashamed of your sweet treat 🔥

If only my anxiety would allow for that

A beautiful coffee with a large dome lid, showing to all that the drinker enjoys whipped cream

Hey blueskiers, does anyone else get embarrassed walking around with a domed lid on their coffee? Feels childish and makes me not want to order whipped cream.

Curious how others feel 🧐