Welcome to the Vargis Lab!

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April 2026

Sign stating: "To pick up your regalia please do the following: 1) Please have your Vanderbilt ID card or other official ID out and ready before reaching front of line. 2) State your type of degree: Bachelor Master Ph.D. Regular Doctor"Congrats to all the recent graduates, from "Bachelors" to "Regular Doctors" and everyone in between (Vargis, 2012)!

Summer 2026 Lab Meetings

Thursdays, 3:30pm in Sant 105 (starting 5/14/26)

Updated 5/13/26

Recent News

  • Dylan AND Clay have been named as Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholars!

  • Dillon was awarded a Travel Award to the Associateion for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference in Denver, congrats!

  • Woohoo, Dillon's paper has officially been published in GeroScience!

  • Bailey was successful in his proposal defense and is officially a PhD candidate - great work!