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Daisy Shu

@eyedaisyshu

Scientia Senior Lecturer at UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science. Studying the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.

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I'm so excited to be hiring my first postdoc! If you love retinal biology and developing new therapeutics to cure blindness, please apply! Thank you to the @brightfocus.bsky.social for supporting my research and enabling me to grow my research team! external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

30.09.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rob Mullins talking about choroid, standing at the lectern.

Rob Mullins talking about choroid, standing at the lectern.

It’s @choroidlab.bsky.social presenting on his very favorite topic, the choroid at the @brightfocus.bsky.social #RD2025 meeting.

15.09.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Diane Bovenkamp presenting at the lectern for the AMD BrightFocus meeting.

Diane Bovenkamp presenting at the lectern for the AMD BrightFocus meeting.

It’s @dianebovenkamp.bsky.social from @brightfocus.bsky.social presenting at the AMD Fast Track meeting at the #RD2025 meeting.

15.09.2025 06:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
The angiofibrotic switch in retinal and choroidal vascular diseases: mechanistic drivers of angiogenesis and endothelial-mesenchymal transition The angiofibrotic switch refers to the pathological transition from active angiogenesis to fibrosis, a process that contributes to disease progression in retinal and choroidal neovascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). This switch marks the replacement of newly formed, fragile blood vessels with fibrotic tissue, ultimately leading to scarring and permanent vision loss. Understanding this process is crucial, as fibrosis res...

The angiofibrotic switch in retinal and choroidal vascular diseases: mechanistic drivers of angiogenesis and endothelial-mesenchymal transition. @eyedaisyshu.bsky.social

Full text: https://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(25)00186-5/fulltext

26.08.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had such a great time at Pathobiology 2025! Mechanisms of Disease for the @ASIPath annual meeting! Vik and Daisy share their experiences and highlights about the meeting in Portland, Oregon! Stay tuned for its release! @eyedaisyshu.bsky.social @vikmeadows.bsky.social

18.07.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So honored to be a recipient of the @asipath.bsky.social Young Scientist leadership award and submit a paper for @ajpathology.bsky.social together with my talented students Fergus and Kelvin and collaborator Elizabeth Wong! Check out this review on angiofibrosis in AMD!

11.06.2025 01:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nintendo Switch Sonic Olympics game up on a projector screen with 10 people watching and

Nintendo Switch Sonic Olympics game up on a projector screen with 10 people watching and

Nintendo Switch Mario Kart on a projector screen with 6 people watching and playing

Nintendo Switch Mario Kart on a projector screen with 6 people watching and playing

β€œVision Science Team Building” not pictured: Just Dance competition

@joelmiesfeld.bsky.social

16.05.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great time hosting the @iser.bsky.social meet and greet for Early Career Researchers! Learn more about it at iser.org and our next meeting in Valencia Spain!

08.05.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The International Society for Eye Research Booth at ARVO 2025.

The @iser.bsky.social booth had a great turnout over the #ARVO2025 meeting. Thank you all for dropping by and we hope to see you at the next ISER meeting in Valencia, Spain; August 23-27, 2026

13.05.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium – Iser/Bright Focus Glaucoma Symposium – Atlanta, October 2025

Vision science students/early-career faculty: Get yer
@iser.bsky.social travel awards for the 5th ISER/ @brightfocus.bsky.social Foundation Glaucoma Symposium (October 8-11th at the Emory Conference Center and Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). iserbrightfocusglaucoma.org

16.05.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My favorite part of the @arvoinfo.bsky.social annual meeting: Karaoke night! πŸ•ΊπŸŽ€ #arvo2025

10.05.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@iser.bsky.social is at @arvoinfo.bsky.social. Come visit me and learn about our
amazing upcoming meetings

04.05.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you got the Valencian @iser.bsky.social orange at @arvoinfo.bsky.social ? Come visit us at ISER booth

05.05.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scootering around Salt Lake City @arvoinfo.bsky.social #arvo2025

09.05.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now this is going the extra mile! πŸ‘€

09.05.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I need to get more eyeball themed clothing for next year's conference! (although these will be hard to beatπŸ‘€ #ARVO2025

07.05.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honoured to be a Silver Fellow of @arvoinfo.bsky.social It’s been so rewarding being involved in ARVO! Excited to sink my teeth into the next annual meeting in Denver! #ARVO2025

09.05.2025 07:37 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such an honor to give a talk at the annual @jcchildsfund.bsky.social retreat as a third year (!!) fellow. Thank you to the JCC for the fantastic support and lifelong community

08.05.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Best t shirt ever! @arvoinfo.bsky.social #arvo2025

08.05.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks for coming to our ISER meet and greet at @ARVOinfo #arvo2025

08.05.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bittersweet:
last night @arvoinfo.bsky.social

#ARVO2025 #SaltLakeCity
@cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social

08.05.2025 05:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come by the ISER booth at @arvoinfo.bsky.social #arvo2025 @bwjones.bsky.social come to our next #iser2026 meeting in Valencia, Spain

07.05.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Always a fun time at ARVO Central! So great to catch up with Lancey and Jason! #arvo2025 @arvoinfo.bsky.social @jasonspessard.bsky.social

07.05.2025 06:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations Ed Stone and Val Sheffield on being awarded the 2025 Helen Keller Prize! So moving to hear your stories of collaboration & about your amazing contributions to understanding genetics in retinal eye diseases! Thank you @_BrightFocus for the invitation! πŸ₯°πŸ™Œ #arvo2025

07.05.2025 06:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Serving as an expert at @arvoinfo.bsky.social Breakfast with the experts this morning discussing how to make yourself visible, self-promote and advocate! Thanks to all the trainees for attending and for all your great questions! #ARVO2025

06.05.2025 14:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come check out my #arvo2025 poster tomorrow at B0551 on using transcriptomics to reveal novel drug targets for neovascular AMD β˜ΊοΈπŸ™Œ eppro02.ativ.me/appinfo.php?... #ARVO2025

04.05.2025 05:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ISER ECR Meet-and-Greet at ARVO RSVP - Formstack

Hi all! For those attending #arvo2015, we have an ISER get together! Hope you can make it! ☺️🍊Details below:

Event: ISER ECR Meet-and-Greet

Date: Tuesday, May 6th

Time 12.00-1:00 pm

Venue: Room 151 ABC

RSVP Link: aao-wihgh.formstack.com/forms/iser_e...

@iserworld @arvoinfo.bsky.social

04.05.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be serving as a mentor on the @ARVOinfo Women’s Leadership Development program amongst so many amazing mentors and mentees! A fantastic orientation day of great career development talks and networking sessions #arvo2025 #saltlakecity

03.05.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I am so honoured to be a recipient of the ASIP Monga Family Junior Faculty Scholar Award! Thank you very much to the American Society for Investigative Pathology and congratulations to all the awardees! @asipath.bsky.social @WomeninPath @UNSWoptomvsci #UNSWScientia

03.05.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by ASIP President Dr Paul Monga on Wnt signaling in liver cancer and the translational pathway to clinical trials at @ASIPath #asip2025 #pathobiology2025 @asipath.bsky.social

03.05.2025 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0