As Halloween approaches, the lab celebrated Gryffin’s birthday! Yet another spooky event for the month of October. Happy Birthday Gryffin!

We wish you all the best Dr. Hsuan-Yeh Pan! We’ve known Hsuan-Yeh since before he earned his doctorate and have enjoyed funny conversations with him as lab neighbors. We hope to see you at some conferences soon!

This year’s HVRS went great! Well done presenting your talks Gryffin and Isaiah! Also, we really enjoyed learning about the research happening from other institutes! We are eager to hear research updates at next year’s symposium!

After two and a half years of working in our lab, Peter has decided to explore new career opportunities. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. You have significantly improved our ability to brainstorm, process, analyze, and troubleshoot the vast and complicated data that the lens produces. We will miss your humor and diligence, but we wish you all the best in your explorations!

This past month, the lab went to waft Wally for the second time! He was not shy about sharing the reason why he’s classified as a corpse flower! Looking forward to scenting you again soon Wally!

The lab recently celebrated Jenna and Michael’s birthdays by the vine at Butler Winery! It was a great time eating, drinking, and playing games! Happy Birthday you two!

In May, the article collection where Dr. Barbara Pierscionek and Dr. Cheng were co-editors was published! Drs. Pierscionek and Cheng wrote an editorial highlighting 7 original research articles and 2 reviews on lens and cataract research. The eBook with the complete collection is available for download through this link and via the QR code in the image below!

At the end of March, the School of Optometry was able to volunteer to run vision science activities for the young visionaries at GEMS 2025! As always, the kids’ excitement and curiosity were off the charts, making it a great time! We are looking forward to continuing sharing our knowledge about the eye in 2026!

The lab celebrated Isaiah’s birthday a few months ago, but who doesn’t appreciate a belated birthday post? Happy Birthday Isaiah!

We had a great visit from Dr. Yuka Okada in March! Enjoy a photo from when we took a break from collaborating!