Our microbial-opsin work (and most of the field ) is basic science, but it was intriguing to review clinical progress–direct & indirect–with a wonderful team of co-authors
t.co/JrJen2WGBV
& adapt a fig. of PMID:28912215 (2017) with my long-time collaborator Peter Hegemann (pic: a memory from 2017).

strongly recommend this book... @neilshubin.bsky.social is a great communicator and scientist. We're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of this special moment from February 2015: Neil showing the Tiktaalik fossil to a few of my entranced kids.

Fueling up for the birthday symposium: “currywurst” (left) and avocado toast (right) at Cafe Einstein near the Brandenburg Gate.

A moment in time: Dieter Oesterhelt passed away in Münich on this day (November 28) in 2022. He identified the 1st microbial rhodopsin more than 50 years ago, with far-reaching impact that could hardly have been imagined.
laskerfoundation.org/in-memoriam-...

‪@jessiecreel.bsky.social‬ thanks for the appreciation!... BTW the Mandarin edition of Projections just came out. Thanks to Shih-Chieh Lin for the image. Very moved by the response...

The HNC (Human Neural Circuitry) team at our launch celebration at Stanford! Story here:
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...