20 / 20 Blog Archive
Dec 18 2020 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA –Kellie Schaefer, a graduate student in the Mahajan Lab, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, “Insights into the Mechanisms Underlying Calpain-Related Pathology,” on November 13, 2020.
Dec 11 2020 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA —Teja, a member of the Mahajan Lab newly named to the role of Translational Research Manager, is set to appear on America’s favorite quiz show: Jeopardy!
After taking the online test along with 100,000 other potential contestants earlier this year, Teja advanced through additional...
Oct 8 2020 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA — At the end of summer 2020, Jennifer Vu, a fourth-year undergraduate student, shared her final presentation for the Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP). The aim of the Bio-X USRP is to give undergraduates the opportunity to perform hands on research with a Bio...
Aug 19 2020 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA — Retinal detachment surgery is an emergency procedure that prevents blindness, but research from Stanford’s Byers Eye Institute shows women may be treated differently than men.
As a vitreoretinal surgery fellow, Natalia Callaway M.D., M.S. examined 133 million records in the largest...
Aug 11 2020 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA — Gene therapy has become a viable option for people with inherited eye disease, but because it is still a novel treatment, patient progress following gene therapy often relies on subjective measurements like walking through a maze in dim light or reading letters on a board.
