Welcome to the Vargis Lab!

Image of the Week - 11/11/22

Stencil with RPEs

We model cell detachment in eye disease by growing retinal epithelial cells on stencils & peeling them away in this National Eye Institute-supported project. Here are cells just after stencil removal. Scale bar is 100 microns. (Paterson, 2022)

 

Find Us!

TBD

Fall 2022 Lab Meetings

Tuesdays, 12pm in ENGR 402C

Mondays, 4pm in ENGR 402C (eyes research only)

Check the Calendar for more details.

Updated 11/10/2022

Recent News

  • Congrats to Emilee and Dillon who won an award for their poster at this year's Hansen Life Sciences retreat!

  • Emilee and Dillon are new graduate students! Emilee will be restarting our muscle project and Dillon will continue working on our NIH-funded eye research.

  • Congrats to Emilee who received a graduate student fellowship from the Utah NASA Space Grant Consortium!