Schallek Lab
@schalleklab.bsky.social
At the junction of optics, neuroscience, ophthalmology and bioengineering.
https://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html
https://aria.cvs.rochester.edu/our_work/blood_flow.html
These lads all born on this day, Feb 12th
(...One still working on his beard 🧔)
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
(...One still working on his beard 🧔)
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February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
These lads all born on this day, Feb 12th
(...One still working on his beard 🧔)
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
(...One still working on his beard 🧔)
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Neutrophils are white blood cells that circulate in our blood. When they reach capillaries, they compress & fill these vessels. Derek Power et al via:👇👇
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Neutrophils are white blood cells that circulate in our blood. When they reach capillaries, they compress & fill these vessels. Derek Power et al via:👇👇
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Good news indeed. Michael's advocacy for the importance of Eye research dovetail with his diplomacy in challenging environments. Lets keep this going...
Good news from NIH!
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
Michael F. Chiang, M.D. | National Eye Institute
Michael F. Chiang is director of the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
www.nei.nih.gov
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Good news indeed. Michael's advocacy for the importance of Eye research dovetail with his diplomacy in challenging environments. Lets keep this going...
Bathed in moonlight
Snow sparkles bright
No need for summer nights...
#ROCTopShots ☃️ #roc #ThisisRoc
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Snow sparkles bright
No need for summer nights...
#ROCTopShots ☃️ #roc #ThisisRoc
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January 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Bathed in moonlight
Snow sparkles bright
No need for summer nights...
#ROCTopShots ☃️ #roc #ThisisRoc
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Snow sparkles bright
No need for summer nights...
#ROCTopShots ☃️ #roc #ThisisRoc
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Happy Holidays From the Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance!
2025
Holiday party after @arvoinfo.bsky.social abstract submissions!
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2025
Holiday party after @arvoinfo.bsky.social abstract submissions!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Happy Holidays From the Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance!
2025
Holiday party after @arvoinfo.bsky.social abstract submissions!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
2025
Holiday party after @arvoinfo.bsky.social abstract submissions!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
Happy Holidays From the Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance!
2025
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social
2025
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December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Happy Holidays From the Advanced Retinal Imaging Alliance!
2025
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2025
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⍺SMA- Collagen IV+ Interpericyte Tunneling Nanotubes in 👁️Macular vasculature decrease in #T2D diabetes patients (w/o retinopathy)
6 Case + 8 Ctrl
No overt change in Macular Capillary density, #Pericyte density or Pericytic TNT length/diameter
#Diabetologia 2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
6 Case + 8 Ctrl
No overt change in Macular Capillary density, #Pericyte density or Pericytic TNT length/diameter
#Diabetologia 2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
⍺SMA- Collagen IV+ Interpericyte Tunneling Nanotubes in 👁️Macular vasculature decrease in #T2D diabetes patients (w/o retinopathy)
6 Case + 8 Ctrl
No overt change in Macular Capillary density, #Pericyte density or Pericytic TNT length/diameter
#Diabetologia 2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
6 Case + 8 Ctrl
No overt change in Macular Capillary density, #Pericyte density or Pericytic TNT length/diameter
#Diabetologia 2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fire and ice...
Beautiful colors of the light engine that drives our adaptive optics cameras to image the living retina.🔬👁️
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Beautiful colors of the light engine that drives our adaptive optics cameras to image the living retina.🔬👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fire and ice...
Beautiful colors of the light engine that drives our adaptive optics cameras to image the living retina.🔬👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Beautiful colors of the light engine that drives our adaptive optics cameras to image the living retina.🔬👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
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@arvoinfo.bsky.social members, remember to cast your vote for the 2025 ARVO Scientific Image Contest! Review the fabulous finalists and select your favorite by Nov. 14: https://bit.ly/4mNNbq8
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@arvoinfo.bsky.social members, remember to cast your vote for the 2025 ARVO Scientific Image Contest! Review the fabulous finalists and select your favorite by Nov. 14: https://bit.ly/4mNNbq8
#FluorescenceFriday
@arvoinfo.bsky.social scientific image contest
(voting link below)
👇👁️👇: microglia imaged in the retina, color-coded for depth
ARVO Image Contest
www.arvo.org/news/scienti...
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
@arvoinfo.bsky.social scientific image contest
(voting link below)
👇👁️👇: microglia imaged in the retina, color-coded for depth
ARVO Image Contest
www.arvo.org/news/scienti...
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
#FluorescenceFriday
@arvoinfo.bsky.social scientific image contest
(voting link below)
👇👁️👇: microglia imaged in the retina, color-coded for depth
ARVO Image Contest
www.arvo.org/news/scienti...
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
@arvoinfo.bsky.social scientific image contest
(voting link below)
👇👁️👇: microglia imaged in the retina, color-coded for depth
ARVO Image Contest
www.arvo.org/news/scienti...
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This is the way...
Happy Halloween from @cvsuor.bsky.social
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Happy Halloween from @cvsuor.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the way...
Happy Halloween from @cvsuor.bsky.social
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Happy Halloween from @cvsuor.bsky.social
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happening tomorrow! Full day covering latest applications and advances in the Center for Visual Science
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October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
happening tomorrow! Full day covering latest applications and advances in the Center for Visual Science
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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#FluorescenceFriday
Watch to the end! Immune cells in the retina remain flat until damage is detected. Cells change their shape and dive deep in response to damage (pink cell)
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
@flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/98662
Watch to the end! Immune cells in the retina remain flat until damage is detected. Cells change their shape and dive deep in response to damage (pink cell)
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
@flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/98662
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#FluorescenceFriday
Watch to the end! Immune cells in the retina remain flat until damage is detected. Cells change their shape and dive deep in response to damage (pink cell)
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
@flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/98662
Watch to the end! Immune cells in the retina remain flat until damage is detected. Cells change their shape and dive deep in response to damage (pink cell)
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
@flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/98662
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My boss/mentor Teresa Puthussery won a MacArthur genius grant today! She shares the award with Oakland novelist Tommy Orange (read There There! It's awesome!), resource recovery chemist William Tarpeh, and 22 others. Congratulations Teresa! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Teresa Puthussery
Exploring how neural circuits of the retina encode visual information for the human brain.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My boss/mentor Teresa Puthussery won a MacArthur genius grant today! She shares the award with Oakland novelist Tommy Orange (read There There! It's awesome!), resource recovery chemist William Tarpeh, and 22 others. Congratulations Teresa! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
Austin Roorda @roordalab.bsky.social delivering the richly deserved Boynton Lecture @optica-fvm.bsky.social
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Austin Roorda @roordalab.bsky.social delivering the richly deserved Boynton Lecture @optica-fvm.bsky.social
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
@optica.org
A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo
Congratulations to Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social receiving the Tillyer Award @optica.org Fall Vision Meeting in #minneapolis
Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days.
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days.
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations to Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social receiving the Tillyer Award @optica.org Fall Vision Meeting in #minneapolis
Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days.
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days.
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Our next researcher at the Optica meeting is Jesse B. Schallek, Ph.D., who along with his lab, studies how blood flows through the vessels in the retina. They aim to understand how changes in this neural-vascular network contribute to retinal diseases and vision loss.
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our next researcher at the Optica meeting is Jesse B. Schallek, Ph.D., who along with his lab, studies how blood flows through the vessels in the retina. They aim to understand how changes in this neural-vascular network contribute to retinal diseases and vision loss.
Microglia (white/green) are immune cells that live in specific layers in the retina.
In response to injury, they migrate into location of damage.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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@urochestersmd.bsky.social
In response to injury, they migrate into location of damage.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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@urochestersmd.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Microglia (white/green) are immune cells that live in specific layers in the retina.
In response to injury, they migrate into location of damage.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
In response to injury, they migrate into location of damage.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@urochestersmd.bsky.social
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#cvstoday 3:00 pm, Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304
Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires
There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.
Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires
There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#cvstoday 3:00 pm, Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304
Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires
There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.
Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University
Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires
There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.
#FluorescenceFriday
Strand and branch pericytes surround the vessels of the retina👁️🔬
color=depth
@flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Strand and branch pericytes surround the vessels of the retina👁️🔬
color=depth
@flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#FluorescenceFriday
Strand and branch pericytes surround the vessels of the retina👁️🔬
color=depth
@flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Strand and branch pericytes surround the vessels of the retina👁️🔬
color=depth
@flaumeye.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Meet Dr. Sara Patterson, a researcher at Flaum who is participating in the Emerging Vision Scientist Program.
Her lab studies how the eye communicates with the brain. This groundbreaking work is paving the way for new treatments to restore vision.
#VisionResearch #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth
Her lab studies how the eye communicates with the brain. This groundbreaking work is paving the way for new treatments to restore vision.
#VisionResearch #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth
September 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Meet Dr. Sara Patterson, a researcher at Flaum who is participating in the Emerging Vision Scientist Program.
Her lab studies how the eye communicates with the brain. This groundbreaking work is paving the way for new treatments to restore vision.
#VisionResearch #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth
Her lab studies how the eye communicates with the brain. This groundbreaking work is paving the way for new treatments to restore vision.
#VisionResearch #VisionRestoration #EyeHealth
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Thank you, Rep. Morelle, for visiting the Flaum Eye Institute to discuss and see firsthand how NEI-funded research improves patient care and drives innovation in ophthalmology. We are grateful for your support and recognition of the important role federally funded research plays.
September 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thank you, Rep. Morelle, for visiting the Flaum Eye Institute to discuss and see firsthand how NEI-funded research improves patient care and drives innovation in ophthalmology. We are grateful for your support and recognition of the important role federally funded research plays.
She did it!
Very proud to announce: the newly minted Dr. Fei Shang, PhD in Neuroscience.
Vascular insights... to what gives us sight!
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Very proud to announce: the newly minted Dr. Fei Shang, PhD in Neuroscience.
Vascular insights... to what gives us sight!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
She did it!
Very proud to announce: the newly minted Dr. Fei Shang, PhD in Neuroscience.
Vascular insights... to what gives us sight!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social
Very proud to announce: the newly minted Dr. Fei Shang, PhD in Neuroscience.
Vascular insights... to what gives us sight!
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social
🧠Today🔬
PhD Thesis defense by Schallek Lab student Fei Shang!
1pm K-207 conference room, URMC.
Come to learn about how vessels nourish the eye.👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
PhD Thesis defense by Schallek Lab student Fei Shang!
1pm K-207 conference room, URMC.
Come to learn about how vessels nourish the eye.👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🧠Today🔬
PhD Thesis defense by Schallek Lab student Fei Shang!
1pm K-207 conference room, URMC.
Come to learn about how vessels nourish the eye.👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
PhD Thesis defense by Schallek Lab student Fei Shang!
1pm K-207 conference room, URMC.
Come to learn about how vessels nourish the eye.👁️
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urmed.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social
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We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!