Anna La Torre

Blown away by the students’ talks at the @incuab.bsky.social retreat!

It’s #MitoWeek, the week of our favourite organelles. Their likely origin (from bacteria that began cooperating with early cells) reminds us of the power of teamwork, just like in our lab, where every piece contributes to advancing our understanding of mitochondrial diseases🔬💚

I’ve spent much of my career studying the eye, but having a dear friend diagnosed with an inherited retinal disease has made this work feel much more personal. Please consider helping us reach our VisionWalk goal, every donation big or small counts: give.fightingblindness.org/fundraiser/7...

Even in the scorching heat, the #Ripollès is beautiful. There’s no place like home

There’s still time to APPLY! Our Department is hiring. We don’t have a secret agenda or a specific research topic in mind. We’re just looking for someone doing cool science, asking interesting questions, and who would be a great fit for our community. More details here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07708

@iser.bsky.social was fantastic! Great venue, inspiring science, and the best people! A special treat was to celebrate Carol Mason’s incredible legacy #ScienceHeroes

Aging is also not good for Müller glia reprogramming. Honestly? same. Congratulations @levi-todd.bsky.social and team!

So ready for #ISER2026!

A beautiful and very necessary study! Congratulations @joelmiesfeld.bsky.social and team!

This story blows my mind: www.cell.com/cell-genomic.... Congratulations @mydennis.bsky.social!!

This was SUCH a fantastic meeting! Big shoes to fill!

My colleagues are SO cool! @accorsi-alice.bsky.social just gave an amazing talk at the #VisualDevelopmentGRC! 🐌

So cool! Congratulations, @isabelalmudi.bsky.social @jordisolana.bsky.social and team!

Thrilled about this! @blockintheback.bsky.social has a rare gift for building communities, lifting others, and making science better in the process. A truly fitting appointment!

My Department is HIRING! If you're excited about building an innovative research program and joining a collaborative community of scientists, we'd love to hear from you. Come be my colleague! #AcademicJobs #BasicScience #FacultySearch#AcademicJobs More details here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07708

Lassen Peak has a giant eye-shaped rock formation! #VulcansEye #LassenNationalPark

We're very proud of our (very soon to be) graduates! Congratulations, Miranda, Joseph, and Olivia! #UCDavisCommencement

A career highlight: being voted "Mentor of the Year" by our graduate students. I'm genuinely touched by this recognition and grateful to work with such an exceptional group of trainees every day ❤️

and we got the cover!!

Did you know that @intlsocdiff.bsky.social is offering travel awards up to $1000 for non ISD meetings in 2026? Membership fee for students is $0 and only $50 for regular members! If you have an accepted abstract to present at a meeting- please apply! www.isdifferentiation.org/Membership/P...

#ARVO2026 was fantastic! I’m really honored to have been elected to the AMPC and STOKED to serve alongside one of my favorite scientist (and human), @blockintheback.bsky.social

For me, this signals the start of fun science at #ARVO ❤️

Happy #SantJordi to everyone! In Catalonia, today is a day for roses and books, but it's more than that, it's a stubborn, beautiful way of keeping our culture alive. Feliç Sant Jordi!

It's #FluorescenceFriday and these retinal astrocytes understood the assignment: branching, glowing, and casually laying down the blueprint for the retinal vasculature #Retina #ConfocalMicroscopy

Damn it. NIH ends continuous submission policy for reviewers on study sections. Can still use 2 week late submission deadline but continuous submission was one of the only good things about being on regular study sections. Reviews are a huge amount of work. It will be harder to get reviewers. BAD

This is a fantastic meeting for all the neurogenesis aficionados! Happening July 13-16 in Toronto, don’t miss it!! event.fourwaves.com/neurogenesis...

Two Scientists walk into a bar and they meet with Deepak Lamba!! www.gene.com/stories/the-...

Looking through old photos and found this beauty. Frog rods, labelled with GFP under a XOP promoter (inner segment, orange) and wheat germ agglutinin (outer segments, cyan). I love how you can see the holes where the mitochondria are packed near the top of the inner segment (the ellipsoid zone). 🧪🐸

New paper out! 🚨 We show that Ndufs4 loss triggers retinal neurodegeneration through a phased process. A new window into neuroimmune mechanisms in mitochondrial disease: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Love eyes? Love awesome science? Love fantastic colleagues? Join us in Maine on August 9-14 for the GRC Visual System Development Conference! It's one of the best!

I am very excited to share the first Accorsi lab publication: a collection of detailed protocols to maintain an apple snail 🐌 colony and generate stable mutant lines. The video is coming soon @ JoVE! We hope this will be a valuable resource for the community. app.jove.com/t/69267/the-...

I'm excited to share our PNAS paper from 1st author Kasia Hussey. We study how the foveola, the high acuity region of the retina, is patterned by RA and TH. We were surprised to find that cone subtypes appear to convert fates. Our studies are important for AMD sufferers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

I love it when cool science reaches the mainstream media. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s....

Check out this beautiful new story from @michelcayouette.bsky.social lab!!! We got to play a small part along the way. So thrilled to see this out in the world!

Please check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcast...

Birds have a thick retina devoid of blood vessels - so how do they ensure sufficient oxygen availability? They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten. Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to @xinduan.bsky.social on another beautiful story! I'm very lucky to collaborate with you! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41532830/