Congratulations to Hendrikje Nienborg (Hendrikje Nienborg) for receiving tenure at NEI (NIH Intramural NIH)! In 2019, Hendrikje established a group that studies visual decision-making. More about her work here: go.nih.gov/6LbirYx

From Augusta University and Polaris Dawn: a plan to investigate the role of cerebrospinal fluid in vision issues that affect astronauts in space. MCG and 20+ collaborating institutions including Translational Research Institute for Space Health U.S. Air Force Academy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Details: bit.ly/4cE0zaU

News from ARPA-H (ARPA-H): $6.85 million award to Penn for the Safe and Explainable #AI-enabled Decision Making for Personalized Treatment project. To design & implement AI systems for disease management. Rajeev Alur Penn Computer and Information Science Penn Engineering More: bit.ly/3TpVfl5

From University of Houston: a new research grant from the NEI to look into glucose metabolism in the front and the back of the eye for early signs of diabetic retinopathy. #NEIfunded UH Research Rachel Redfern, PI Wendy Harrison Details: bit.ly/3yyKVQr

Sights while walking between buildings at NIH... Several deer were standing directly in front of Building 1!

From Universität Augsburg (Germany): macrophages inside the eye (mouse study) may develop in the vitreous during embryonic development, rather than developing in the blood & moving to the eye later in life. Peter Wieghofer @BMC Journal of Neuroinflammation: bit.ly/3XfMZpO

From Argonne National Lab: a new code package to show radar meteorology data in a colorblind-friendly manner. American Meteorological Society paper: bit.ly/3AuWtVh

Here's a story from NBC News Candice Nguyen about people who are blind being denied service by rideshare services because of guide dogs: nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…

#ICYMI: Over the past 10 years, vision-related projects have comprised a substantial portion (20-30%) of the NIH BRAIN portfolio. Here’s my blog post about the NEI perspective on some of these contributions and why they’re important. bit.ly/3Z9Dvhh

From University of Minnesota: researchers led by John Hulleman discovered a new pathway to prevent #AMD (mouse model) by reducing the production of glycoprotein fibulin-3. #NEIfunded UMN Medical School HullemanLab JCI insight paper: bit.ly/3MrBMfJ

From Wayne State University and UCLA: a summary of the natural history of #mpox, its modes of transmission, and its clinical course with special attention to the virus' effects on the eye. Ashok Kumar David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA CNSI at UCLA Elsevier The Ocular Surface: bit.ly/3MseE0A

Rachel Wong (UW Biological Structure) will present her work on retinal neural circuits as the recipient of the 2024 Joram Piatigorsky Basic Science Award! Wednesday, 12:30-2:45pm ET at the NIH campus Details and address: bit.ly/3AK01mZ

From TU Dresden (Germany): regenerated photoreceptors in zebrafish are fully functional for vision. Very exciting! Elsevier Developmental Cell: bit.ly/4cPDRwT

New study: up to 19% of cases of #dementia could be associated with visual impairment. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health U-M Kellogg Eye Center Alison Huang PhD Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center Hopkins Nursing U-M IHPI Duke Geriatrics JAMA Ophthalmology paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

From Science China Press (China): horizontal transfer of mitochondria to neural progenitors could help restore function for mitochondrial disorders like Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) bit.ly/4e8fg7z