I have the best lab 😃 I love how supportive they are for everyone. Also, these were delicious
Wert Laboratory
@WertLaboratory
PI for a group of scientists interested in #Retina #Photoreceptors #StemCells #GeneEditing #InheritedRetinalDystrophies #Ophthalmology -Tweets are my own
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It’s @docdeeodphd ready for Halloween by wandering the lab halls with a container of human tears….the ghost tale is that it’s the tears of all the medical residents….🎃💀👻
Check out our review article for all things PRDM13 by lab alumni @emilyrnett @utsweye
Review artticle by Emily R. Nettesheim & Katherine J. Wert from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center describes PRDM13 transcriptional regulation in vertebrate retinal development and disease.
doi.org/10.1167/iovs.6…View quoted post on X
Thrilled to share our recent publication from a collaboration with @ufretlab, where we examined biological sex differences in a model of retinal degenerative disease link.springer.com/article/10.118… @utsweye @BiologySexDiff
link.springer.com Female sex accelerates retinal neurodegeneration in Herc3-deficient mice Biology of Sex Differences - Retinal degeneration involves mechanisms common to other neurodegenerative diseases, including mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and impaired proteostasis via... Okay #ISER2026 @iserworld, representing the cone photoreceptors: blue, green and red opsins. Who wore it better? The @_BrightFocus WISER dinner cards or the UTSW Ophthalmology faculty? @utsweye @docdeeodphd
