Apte Lab

Opportunity Cost - Undergrad and med students face increasing challenges as admission to MD degree programs and competitive residencies gets harder. We see firsthand the stresses it creates ⁦@washumedicine⁩ and ⁦⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41314485/

Apte awarded Gold Medal by Saudi Ophthalmology Society | Thank you SOS/GO Presidents,Organizing committee, Profs. Abouammoh and Alzahem for this honor and ApteLab⁩ ⁦@washumedicine⁩ ⁦@WashU⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ for support ophthalmology.wustl.edu/apte-awarded-g…

Remarkable effort by our resident Dr Wilson Wang to further BJC mission of precision medicine. Thank u ⁦@BJC_HealthCare⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ @washumedicine⁩ Wang and Apte receive Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital grant ophthalmology.wustl.edu/wang-and-apte-…

Thank you @WashU @washumedicine #DannyNg #dennislam #tienwong @apvrs_org #aappo #APOIS #ARI

In late September, Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, was invited to speak at the Taiwan Macula Society meeting in Taipei. He shared his expertise with an international audience on managing hemorrhagic posterior vitreous detachments and subretinal hemorrhage caused by trauma. @ApteLab

Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, contributed to a new international consensus and guidelines publication on pachydrusen, retinal lesions within the age-related macular degeneration spectrum that differ from the soft drusen typically seen in dry AMD. @ApteLab pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41086904/

Saudi Ophthalmology Society Conference 2025 🏅The SOS Gold Medal Lecture — where science meets excellence! Prof. Apte (USA) on Retinal Inflammation & Lipids, with Dr. Alzahem (KSA). 📅 13 Nov | 13:00 📍 Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences 🔗 sos-conferences.com

Controversies, Consensuses and Guidelines on Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Developments in nAMD by APVRS, APOIS and the Academy of the Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) - great collaboration across many continents! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40886774/

Study Explores Effects of S1P Receptor Modulation on the Retina ophthalmology.wustl.edu/s1p-receptor-m…

Congratulations to Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, 2025 recipient of The Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award! Learn more about Dr. Apte's accomplishments at asrs.org/pyronaward #ASRS2025

Glia | Neurobiology Journal | From @Aptelab the first demonstration of a circadian rhythm in retinal microglia! Major implications for homeostasis and disease. Congratulations to ⁦@AndreaSanteford⁩ and #chaspfeifer for many years of effort onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gl…

Thank you Michael for your amazing leadership and for recognizing the relevance of our work. We really appreciate your support

Apolipoprotein M attenuates age-related macular degeneration phenotypes via sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling and lysosomal lipid catabolism | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

News Release – WashU Medicine. Thank you ⁦@washumedicine⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ and collaborators! Congrats ⁦@Certimlee⁩ medicine.washu.edu/news/type/news…

@jonykipnis Thank u!

@ApteLab Congrats to you both! 👏

Apte, Huang elected to Association of American Physicians – WashU Medicine. So excited to be a part of AAP after having been a part of the ASCI community for over a decade! medicine.washu.edu/news/apte-huan…

WashU Med Students Honored with Prestigious Awards for Vision Research | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. So proud of our ⁦@ApteLab⁩ student awardees ⁦@linjosephb⁩ #wilsonwang. Such amazing talent ⁦@washumedicine⁩ ⁦⁦@WashUdbbs⁩ ophthalmology.wustl.edu/washu-vision-r…

Congratulations to our newly minted doctor ⁦@JasonColasanti⁩ from ⁦@ApteLab⁩ ⁦@WashUdbbs⁩ ⁦@WashUMedDOVS⁩ ⁦@washumedicine⁩. He is destined for amazing things.

@rterao82025206 @ARVOinfo What a talented group of scientists!

@ApteLab reunion at #ARVO2025 @ARVOinfo

We are so proud of @jonatlin who is an amazing regional clinician scientist. @aptelab is eager to see his career and science advance