Lab Fun The Eye Statue in Downtown Dallas - way to represent for Ophthalmology! Our view from the lab windows of the UTSW South Campus Happy Holidays in the Wert Lab 2021 Even the Stem Cells Celebrated the Holidays 2021 Sometimes you have a lab snowball fight when defrosting the -20 degree Celsius freezers Lab celebration at Rodeo Goat in Dallas for Ashley's acceptance into graduate school (March 2022) Dr. Wert and Ashley Rowe at ARVO 2022 in Denver, CO (May 2022) Emily, Tiffany, and Dr. Wert at the GDD Annual Retreat at the Dallas Arboretum, showing off the mugs with Tiffany's GDD logo design! (May 2022) Dr. Wert and Ashley join UTSW to walk in the Dallas Pride Parade at Fair Park (June 2022) Dr. Wert and Ashley join UTSW to walk in the Dallas Pride Parade at Fair Park (June 2022) Lab outing to Redfield's Tavern to celebrate Glen and Tyler joining the Wert Lab (June 2022) Lab outing to Redfield's Tavern to celebrate Glen and Tyler joining the Wert Lab. Even our lab support team members joined in the fun! (June 2022) Ashley's last day in the Wert lab as a Research Technician II. On to grad school at UTSW! Glen's SURF poster session highlighting his hard work over the summer! (August 2022) Some lab photo booth fun during the lunch celebration for Diversity Week 2022 Department of Ophthalmology Holiday Breakfast 2022 Excited to receive our new incubator for culturing stem cell-derived retinal organoids Department of Ophthalmology Door Decorating Contest 2022 - Happy Holidays! Happy Holidays from the Wert Lab Support Team (Made with BioRender.Com) Happy Holidays from the Wert Lab! (Dec. 2022) A little holiday fun while defrosting the lab freezers The Wert lab at the 2023 Genetics, Development and Disease Graduate Program Annual Retreat at the Dallas Arboretum. Some lab fun at the 2023 Genetics, Development and Disease Graduate Program Annual Retreat. The Wert lab "showing our stripes" for Rare Disease Day 2023 Lab Happy Hour to celebrate Tiffany's presentation and Blessing's birthday! (March 2023) Lab lunch in New Orleans for ARVO 2023 Enjoying a dinner out in New Orleans for ARVO 2023 Attending fun networking events at ARVO 2023 Enjoying ice cream before a New Orleans historical ghost tour after the successful completion of ARVO 2023 Vijaya Dutt did an excellent job presenting her semester of research for the 2023 Annual Green Fellows Symposium A trip to the Dallas Eye Statue to celebrate Emily and Tiffany passing their qualifying exams How many students does it take to remove a stuck cap on a CO2 tank? Teamwork! Sofia Reyes did an excellent job presenting her research at the STARS Summer Research Program Poster Session 2023 Bret Hatzinger did an amazing job presenting his summer research for the SURF and Amgen Scholars Program Annual Research Symposium 2023 The Wert lab enjoying the nice weather at Pegasus Park during the GDD graduate program annual retreat (2023) The Wert lab at the Department of Ophthalmology Holiday Breakfast 2023 Wearing our matching Holiday sweatshirts for 2023! The Wert lab wearing our stripes to celebrate Rare Disease Day 2024! The Wert Lab watches the solar eclipse path of totality in Dallas with the UT Southwestern Medical Center April 2024. Pike Place Market during ARVO 2024 Post Alley Gum Wall at ARVO 2024 Visiting the Space Needle at ARVO 2024. And yes, you can see the green screen, haha Ashley gave an excellent talk at ARVO 2024 A lab meeting on the Seattle Great Wheel at sunset during ARVO 2024 Lab outing to visit the Fremont Troll during ARVO 2024 Lab dinner at Din Tai Fung during ARVO 2024 The Wert Lab enjoying the sunshine at the GDD graduate program annual retreat 2024. The Wert Lab at the GDD graduate program annual retreat October 2024 Happy Holidays 2024! We need to get Carey a matching sweatshirt! Jake did a great job presenting his work at the Medical Student Research Forum! Ashley and Dr. Wert arrive in Bar Harbor, Maine, right as a winter storm hits the town! We still had an excellent trip at the Jackson Laboratory. The lab during the Women's Health Research Initiative Spring Forum in April 2025. The lab at ARVO 2025 in Salt Lake City, UT Getting ready for Emily's ARVO presentation in Salt Lake City, UT May 2025 Emily giving a great presentation at ARVO 2025 Getting ready for Ashley's presentation at ARVO 2025 Ashley gave an excellent presentation at ARVO 2025 Having fun at ARVO 2025 Some more fun in the photobooth at ARVO 2025! The lab enjoying a night out in Dallas to celebrate publications, R01 funding, and Ana joining the team! August 2025
