Events

Postdoctoral fellow Liz de la Cruz published a poignant essay in Journal of Cell Science’s May issue: Diversity as the fuel of my scientific career. Dr. de la Cruz is a Weill Neurohub postdoctoral fellow working with Research Assistant Professor Oscar Vivas.

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Dr. Rachel Wong is the recipient of the 2022 Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). This achievement award honors outstanding research in the basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology.  The 2022 ARVO Achievement Award recipient page is available here: https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/arvo-achievement-awards/2022-arvo-achievement-award-recipients/. Congratulations, Rachel!

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We are thrilled to announce that Beth Buffalo, professor and chair of Physiology & Biophysics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Our hearty congratulations!

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Paul Newman, a long-time member of the department, passed away on Saturday, April 2.  Paul was a prolific and talented artist and writer and superb research technician. He spent more than 30 years in the department, working in several laboratories along the way.  We have collected some memories of Paul below.  Remembrances of Paul Newman,…

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We are thrilled to share the first publication from Claudia Moreno’s laboratory, which was published in Frontiers in Physiology. Congrats to everyone who contributed – research scientist Sabrina Choi, postdoctoral fellow Matthias Baudot, research assistant professor Oscar Vivas, and assistant professor Claudia Moreno. You can read the publication here: Aging Alters the Formation and Functionality…

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We are happy to share Current Biology’s most recent interview with professor Adrienne Fairhall. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00320-7 Dr. Fairhall is presently in France completing a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award.

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