Padhu_Lab

Christmas tree for the lab presented by @WTingWT cool data on the way. #Christmas2021

New paper from our lab shows how cathepsin k is essential trabecular meshwork health. Congratulations @AvinashSoundar1 for leading the project.

Kudos @Srimathi511 for this wonderful review.

Many congratulations @Srimathi511 & @AnushaShvshnkr on the @_BrightFocus travel grant to present your work at #ISER #GLAUCOMA.

@nadlerlab @Honigmann_Lab @LabShevchenko Amazing work. A very fundamental understanding of cell membrane lipids.

Here’s the big one: In collaboration with @Honigmann_Lab, @LabShevchenko, Björn Drobot and Martin Hof we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations #Roda and Anusha @AnushaShvshnkr on winning first and second place at the Stark Summer Science Symposium 2025. Great job #Keara, for presenting your summer work. @IUOphthalmology @IUStark_Neuro @IUgradschool

The new Disney Pixar movie Elio has the main character sporting an eye patch. This seems like a good time to spread the word about amblyopia, the treatment for it, and #NIHfunded research on brain-based causes of vision loss. brnw.ch/21wU0DC

“One of the biggest tragedies I've observed in my professional life.” @davidrliu, winner of the @brkthroughprize in Life Sciences and professor at the @broadinstitute and @Harvard, describes the cost of government cuts to science research at universities. @WalterIsaacson

@SabanLab So true Danny. An extremely difficult proposition as organoids dont reflect the complex environment and close to physiological or pathological scenarios that an animal model provides.

organoids, while a powerful tool for studying human biology, lack immune systems, which is a significant limitation. NIH prioritized organoids to model human tissues and diseases in vitro. However, their lack of an immune system hinders their ability to fully recapitulate human physiology, especially for studying immune-related processes or diseases involving immune responses, like Alzheimer’s and Cancer

Talks by @Srimathi511 - Lipogenic control of IOP and some cool ECM fibrilogensis mechanism executed by SREBPs @AnushaShvshnkr - Cracking the code of the Fibrillar adhesions by Tensin3 and their relevance in IOP regulation.

In the beautiful Salt Lake City Utah for @ARVOinfo #arvo2025 Three posters #Roda - Gq signaling in TM, #Greg - Lipid modifications in EVs due to Oxidative Stress & @AvinashSoundar1- Clusterin in IOP regulation. CHECK OUT FOR SOME COOL Posttranslations modification work by Clu.

Last night I was honored to receive the 2025 #BreakthroughPrize in the Life Sciences, reflecting the efforts of many students, collaborators, doctors, and patients in labs around the world. I hope this 4-minute excerpt can inspire when science needs public support more than ever.

Mark May 5 (11:30am MT) on your #ARVO2025 calendar for an insightful discussion on the science of rod-mediated dark adaptation for Age-Related #MacularDegeneration with Christine Curcio, PhD, FARVO and Cynthia Owsley PhD, MSPH, FARVO (@UABNews): bit.ly/2tqBu07 @ARVOinfo

#FinalFour Baby #GoDuke #ncaabasketball #MarchMadness2025

@Srimathi511 presenting her work on lipogenesis in trabecular meshwork at the Central Florida Triangle Metabolism Meeting 2025. #CFTMM2025.

Great @Nature news article about what is being done to slow, stop, or even reverse geographic atrophy (GA), the advanced form of #AMD. Contributions from @NatEyeInstitute’s @TiarnanKeenan and @Kapilbharti123 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Time for some celebrations. Yesterday we celebrated Anusha's @AnushaShvshnkr birthday in the lab. Anusha also received the news about the ARVO travel award to travel to Utah for the 2025 Annual Meeting. Thanks @ARVOinfo.

What does #NIH and #NIHfunding mean to the Universities and School of Medicines across the country and from the advancement of science and medicine.

@VijaykrishnaRag Congratulations Vijay. Very nice study.

Two abstracts are accepted for talks by @Srimathi511 @AnushaShvshnkr and three for posters by #Greg, @AvinashSoundar1, and #Roda from the lab for #ARVO2025 @ARVOinfo Congratulations to the team for their hard work. Tune in soon for more info.