Davide Ortolan

Thank you @sharmaruchi29 and @Kapilbharti123 for your mentorship throughout the years!! This would not have been possible without you! I'm very excited to start this new adventure 😁 Many thanks to @NatEyeInstitute and @_BrightFocus for supporting my career!

@ChoroidLab @nadmullin @StemCellsEh @Iowa_MSTP Congratulations Nate!

@danae_docdna Great work! 😁

@sharmaruchi29 @DominikR97 ARVO hot topic! 🔥

I'm excited to announce Kapil Bharti's selection as Scientific Director for the @NatEyeInstitute. Kapil is a superb basic/translational scientist - he'll lead >20 labs, 6 core facilities, & 300 staff in our Intramural Research Program. bit.ly/3LaGO0o @KapilkBharti123

@JasonMLMiller @sharmaruchi29 @Kapilbharti123 Thank you @JasonMLMiller for inviting us to share our protocol! This special issue on methods for macular degeneration will be very useful to the field.

The Bharti lab, led by @DavideOrtolan91 and with help from @sharmaruchi29 @Kapilbharti123 , now have a protocol out on using their AI-based image analysis system to quantify shape and hexagonality of RPE cells, a critical measure of RPE health. tinyurl.com/3ht96ree

@DavideOrtolan91 provides a protocol he developed to perform single cell analysis of human RPE/choroid. His previous work in PNAS used this protocol and made a groundbreaking discovery of five RPE sub populations.

Online in @STARProtocols: #Differentiation #protocol to generate pure #retinal pigment epithelium cells from induced pluripotent #stemcells, from Dr. Kapil Bharti's lab @Kapilbharti123 @sharmaruchi29 @DavideOrtolan91 @NatEyeInstitute: hubs.li/Q01nFzdg0

Check out this #differentiation #protocol to generate pure #retinal pigment epithelium cells from induced pluripotent #stemcells, from Dr. Kapil Bharti's lab @Kapilbharti123 @sharmaruchi29 @DavideOrtolan91 @NatEyeInstitute: star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/1860

(1/2) Clinical trial surgery at @NatEyeInstitute led by @Kapilbharti123: #RPE patch developed from autologous #StemCells successfully implanted! 15 years' work: innovation in retinal biology, iPSCs, cell manufacturing, materials science, retinal surgery bit.ly/3AIVduq

News: First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD dlvr.it/SXYd0j

@NIH I cannot thank the team enough. Over 10 years of efforts went into preparation for this day. I am honored to work such a dedicated team who made this happen. @NatEyeInstitute @NIH_CommonFund @CellDynamics @ARVOinfo @ISSCR @ISCTglobal @sharmaruchi29 @DavideOrtolan91

Congratulations to @NatEyeInstitute Intramural researcher Mitra Farnoodian Tedrick (from @BhartiLab) for receiving the Knights Templar Eye Foundation grant to help develop potential therapies for #Stargardt disease! bit.ly/3NKQXyM

Mapping #retina pigment epithelial cells – greater understanding of cell types affected in #eye diseases. Video and research by @DavideOrtolan91 et al @Kapilbharti123 @NIH in @PNASNews. Read more on bpod.mrc.ac.uk/archive/2022/6… with @MRC_LMS and @EnricoStennito

@DavideOrtolan91, @SharmaRuchi29, @Kapilbharti123 and co map out #retinal pigment epithelium using #ArtificialIntelligence, which could lead to more precise therapies for degenerative eye diseases. bit.ly/3l4AzND

New work reveals that the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is made up of 5 distinct cell populations, each in a specific location. This explains location-dependent susceptibility to eye diseases. @Kapilbharti123 @sharmaruchi29 @DavideOrtolan91 ow.ly/iYBV50J3mZr

Creating a map of RPE cells subpopulations with differential retinal diseases sensitivity. Findings will help in developing precise cell & #GeneTherapies. Innovative work by @davideortolan91 @sharmaruchi29 @kapilbharti123 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@HullemanLab @PNASNews @sharmaruchi29 @Kapilbharti123 @NatEyeInstitute Thank you!

@DavideOrtolan91 @PNASNews @sharmaruchi29 @Kapilbharti123 @NatEyeInstitute Congratulations, Davide. Really nice work.

Finally out in @PNASNews!! Thank you to @sharmaruchi29 and @Kapilbharti123 that made this work possible and all the people that contributed to the work! @NatEyeInstitute

News: Retinal cell map could advance precise therapies for blinding diseases dlvr.it/SPtycl

Here's the link to the paper: pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…