Apte Lab @ApteLab
The Apte Laboratory in @WustlDOVS of @WUSTLmed/@WUSTL. We broadly study aging, inflammation, and eye disease. sites.wustl.edu/aptelab/ St. Louis, MO Joined August 2021-
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Controversies, Consensuses and Guidelines on Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Developments in nAMD by APVRS, APOIS and the Academy of the Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) - great collaboration across many continents! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40886774/
Study Explores Effects of S1P Receptor Modulation on the Retina ophthalmology.wustl.edu/s1p-receptor-m…
Congratulations to Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, 2025 recipient of The Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award! Learn more about Dr. Apte's accomplishments at asrs.org/pyronaward #ASRS2025
Glia | Neurobiology Journal | From @ApteLab the first demonstration of a circadian rhythm in retinal microglia! Major implications for homeostasis and disease. Congratulations to @AndreaSanteford and #chaspfeifer for many years of effort onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gl…
Thank you Michael for your amazing leadership and for recognizing the relevance of our work. We really appreciate your support
Thank you Michael for your amazing leadership and for recognizing the relevance of our work. We really appreciate your support
Apolipoprotein M attenuates age-related macular degeneration phenotypes via sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling and lysosomal lipid catabolism | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…
News Release – WashU Medicine. Thank you @washumedicine @WashUMedDOVS and collaborators! Congrats @Certimlee medicine.washu.edu/news/type/news…
Apte, Huang elected to Association of American Physicians – WashU Medicine. So excited to be a part of AAP after having been a part of the ASCI community for over a decade! medicine.washu.edu/news/apte-huan…
WashU Med Students Honored with Prestigious Awards for Vision Research | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. So proud of our @ApteLab student awardees @linjosephb #wilsonwang. Such amazing talent @washumedicine @WashUdbbs ophthalmology.wustl.edu/washu-vision-r…
Congratulations to our newly minted doctor @JasonColasanti from @ApteLab @WashUdbbs @WashUMedDOVS @washumedicine. He is destined for amazing things.
2025 M. Gilbert Grand ASRS Vitreoretinal Fellowship Award Recipient - ASRS. So proud of prior Star @washumedicine MSTP and @ApteLab alumnus @jonatlin on being selected for this prestigious @asrsdocs award asrs.org/sections/membe…
ASCI/AAP is so much better because of mentors like Dr Teitelbaum, @washumedicine @washupathedu @ApteLab @WashUMedDOVS legend! Thank you Steve for everything you do, a true mensch!
At the ASCI/AAP/APSA meeting with @ApteLab star undergrad Brian Sohn who is now in the MST (MDPHD) program at U Chicago Pritzker School. @UChicagoMed is lucky to have him. Go Brian @WashU @WashUmedicine @WashUMedDOVS
Metro Announces Initial Dosing in the First Cohort of a Phase 1a Clinical Trial of its Novel NAD Booster MIB-725. So rewarding as a surgeon scientist to see @ApteLab and collaborator labs make it from bench to bedside with amazing co-founders & leadership businesswire.com/news/home/2025…
Honored to speak at the 129th JOS meeting in Tokyo with @ApteLab alumni @rterao82025206 #Dr Sakanishi #Dr Ban @UTokyo_News_en @juntendo_univ @keiouniv
Congratulations! Well deserved honor! And an amazing talk at the installation.
Congratulations! Well deserved honor! And an amazing talk at the installation.
Thank you Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD for your informative presentation "Marching Upstream: The Battle Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration" at Friday's Distinguished Lecture Series!
@NIH @InariMedical @bostonsci @PCORI @PennMedicine 18/ thanks for reading. please feel free to chime in with any thoughts, corrections, critiques

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