Wert Laboratory (PI: Katherine Wert)
@wertlaboratory.bsky.social
PI for a group of scientists interested in #Retina #Photoreceptors #StemCells #GeneEditing #InheritedRetinalDystrophies #Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center -Posts are my own
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This is a big, big deal.
Huge.
Also: this is why we need to be aggressively funding science.
Huge.
Also: this is why we need to be aggressively funding science.
"Remarkably, the bacterium that makes methylenomycin A and pre-methylenomycin C lactone -- Streptomyces coelicolor -- is a model antibiotic-producing species that's been studied extensively since the 1950s. Finding a new antibiotic in such a familiar organism was a real surprise." 🧪
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is a big, big deal.
Huge.
Also: this is why we need to be aggressively funding science.
Huge.
Also: this is why we need to be aggressively funding science.
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At #SfN2025? Come check out the Photoreceptors & Retinal Circuits nanosymposium at 1! I’ve heard all the cool kids will be there and the chair is an absolute rockstar.
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At #SfN2025? Come check out the Photoreceptors & Retinal Circuits nanosymposium at 1! I’ve heard all the cool kids will be there and the chair is an absolute rockstar.
No recent breakthrough seizures, a good bloodwork panel and a good neurological exam means this sweet boy gets to start going off of one anticonvulsant entirely, and if that goes well, seeing if we can also reduce his other anticonvulsant 🥰❤️ such great news today!
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
No recent breakthrough seizures, a good bloodwork panel and a good neurological exam means this sweet boy gets to start going off of one anticonvulsant entirely, and if that goes well, seeing if we can also reduce his other anticonvulsant 🥰❤️ such great news today!
Thrilled to be moderating our second large event for the Women’s Health Research Initiative at UTSW! Excited for the day and the seminar series that will follow each month
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thrilled to be moderating our second large event for the Women’s Health Research Initiative at UTSW! Excited for the day and the seminar series that will follow each month
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New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
I don’t know how my cats will feel about my hotel decor while visiting @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social at MCW 😂
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I don’t know how my cats will feel about my hotel decor while visiting @icanhasmiranda.bsky.social at MCW 😂
This World Series is crazy 🤯
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This World Series is crazy 🤯
Great talk by @emilyrnett.bsky.social to kick off the GDD program annual retreat! @ondinecleaver.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great talk by @emilyrnett.bsky.social to kick off the GDD program annual retreat! @ondinecleaver.bsky.social
These two 🥰 cutest unrelated siblings
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
These two 🥰 cutest unrelated siblings
The Mariners were doing so well…I used to love when the division series went to the final games but they’re soooo close to their first ever World Series!! Eek!
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The Mariners were doing so well…I used to love when the division series went to the final games but they’re soooo close to their first ever World Series!! Eek!
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Colliding ribosomes are potent signals of cellular stress. But do cells use ‘programmed’ ribosome collisions to regulate gene expression? I’m excited to present a new story from my lab led by Frederick Rehfeld(@fred-rehfeld.bsky.social) which revealed that the answer is YES! Read on to find out how👇
Oxidative stress sensing by the translation elongation machinery promotes production of detoxifying selenoproteins
Selenocysteine, incorporated into polypeptides at recoded termination codons, plays an essential role in redox biology. Using GPX1 and GPX4, selenoenzymes that mitigate oxidative stress, as reporters,...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Colliding ribosomes are potent signals of cellular stress. But do cells use ‘programmed’ ribosome collisions to regulate gene expression? I’m excited to present a new story from my lab led by Frederick Rehfeld(@fred-rehfeld.bsky.social) which revealed that the answer is YES! Read on to find out how👇
Missing Tiffany, but fun new lab pic! @emilyrnett.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Missing Tiffany, but fun new lab pic! @emilyrnett.bsky.social
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I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
Dallas skyline views while out with UTSW faculty, love the collegiality and community at UTSW!
October 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dallas skyline views while out with UTSW faculty, love the collegiality and community at UTSW!
A nice blog post from Vinu Mahajan about our time at the #RD2025 meeting. It was fun catching up with him during the conference! mahajanlab.stanford.edu/news/scienti...
Scientists Gather in Prague for RD2025 | Mahajan Laboratories
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September 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A nice blog post from Vinu Mahajan about our time at the #RD2025 meeting. It was fun catching up with him during the conference! mahajanlab.stanford.edu/news/scienti...
Love exploring Prague, but I can’t stop planning work, checking emails, and feeling stressed and overwhelmed about what I’m falling behind on. I fail at vacations, but I’m definitely meant to be a PI 😂
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Love exploring Prague, but I can’t stop planning work, checking emails, and feeling stressed and overwhelmed about what I’m falling behind on. I fail at vacations, but I’m definitely meant to be a PI 😂
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September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So many architectural designs here in Prague
September 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
So many architectural designs here in Prague
Fun day of running around Praha 1 with @alecia144g.bsky.social!
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fun day of running around Praha 1 with @alecia144g.bsky.social!
Good morning, Praha
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Good morning, Praha
It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2025 and I’m excited to say we have a new postdoc in the Wert lab, Dr. Nafisa Nuzhat! Not on BlueSky yet, but maybe soon
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2025 and I’m excited to say we have a new postdoc in the Wert lab, Dr. Nafisa Nuzhat! Not on BlueSky yet, but maybe soon
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It’s @alecia144g.bsky.social talking about her work in retinal degeneration at #RD2025
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It’s @alecia144g.bsky.social talking about her work in retinal degeneration at #RD2025
