{"id":6152,"date":"2024-06-24T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T23:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2024-07-20T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T13:40:08","slug":"body-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2024\/06\/24\/body-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Meeting Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81024821\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024.06.24.a.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024.06.24.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6182 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024.06.24.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fallout-Season-1\/dp\/B0CN4GGGQ2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024.06.24.c.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>June has been another busy month for conference travel. Earlier this month, I flew to LAX for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asrs.org\/education\/calendar\/event\/13559\/10th-annual-pacific-retina-club-and-international-retinal-imaging-symposium-2024\">Pacific Retina Club<\/a> at UCLA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu\/\">Luskin Conference Center<\/a>. The two-day meeting was jam packed, including my clinical case and presentation on photoreceptor reprogramming, and delightful dinners at <a href=\"https:\/\/wolfsglen.com\/\">Wolfsglen<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/brentwoodcc.net\/\">Brentwood Country Club<\/a>. I spent my free Sunday afternoon in K-town, enjoying gukbap from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jinsolgukbap.net\/\">Jinsol<\/a>, a full-body scrub at <a href=\"https:\/\/wispausa.com\/\">Wi Spa<\/a>, and jampong from <a href=\"https:\/\/zzamongrestaurant.com\/\">Zzamong<\/a>\u00a0before flying home. Unfortunately, I caught COVID when I got back, requiring me to cancel clinic and OR, but at least provided some time to work on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nei.nih.gov\/grants-and-training\/funding-opportunities\/current-funding-opportunities\">R01<\/a> resubmission. A course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paxlovid.com\/\">Paxlovid<\/a> helped me recover quickly, and I was off again next weekend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctsretina.org\/\">Clinical Trials at the Summit<\/a> in Park City. The even more jam-packed one-day meeting concluded with a lavish dinner at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tupeloparkcity.com\/\">Tupelo<\/a>, followed by an after-party in a secluded luxe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/1111050627260113148\">cabin<\/a> where the Kardashians had recently stayed. I picked up baked treats from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fillingsandemulsions.com\/\">Fillings &amp; Emulsions<\/a> at SLC and caught up on episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81024821\">3 Body Problem<\/a> on my flight home. We celebrated Father&#8217;s Day with tennis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubisoft.com\/en-us\/game\/assassins-creed\/mirage\">video games<\/a>, and swimming, after having missed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofdavis.org\/city-hall\/parks-and-community-services\/aquatics-and-city-pools\/recreational-swimming\">Manor Pool&#8217;s<\/a> summer reopening for an afternoon of <a href=\"https:\/\/funzoneusa.com\/vacaville\">arcade gaming<\/a> in Vacaville with the Deas. Westley successfully reached level 8 at <a href=\"https:\/\/swimamericadavis.com\/\">Swim America<\/a>, and gave a masterful performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%BCr_Elise\">Fur Elise<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/atriaseniorliving.com\/retirement-communities\/atria-covell-gardens-davis-ca?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=search_asl_sacramento_market,adgroup%3A164798406401,ad%3A696911967573,keyword%3Aatria%20covell%20gardens,matchtype%3Ae,device%3Ac,gclid%3ACjwKCAjw1emzBhB8EiwAHwZZxY3AkhfzuEuiR3OahUnTCNbubGWqOz4hM3ovzfazQ8Fhk-XQU7fqQBoCSVAQAvD_BwE&amp;_vsrefdom=mca&amp;mchxkw=c%3A9506909407,k%3Aatria%20covell%20gardens,m%3Ae,p%3A,d%3Ac,ai%3A164798406401,ad%3A696911967573,s%3Ag&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw1emzBhB8EiwAHwZZxY3AkhfzuEuiR3OahUnTCNbubGWqOz4hM3ovzfazQ8Fhk-XQU7fqQBoCSVAQAvD_BwE\">Atria Covell Gardens<\/a>.\u00a0We also continued our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/\">Star Wars<\/a> marathon watching episodes 1-3, completed the newest seasons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/masterchef-junior\/\">Masterchef Junior<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/so-you-think-you-can-dance\/\">SYTYCD<\/a>, and checked out the TV adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fallout-Season-1\/dp\/B0CN4GGGQ2\">Fallout<\/a>. Following the adventures of vault-dweller Lucy and BOS Maximus in a post-apocalyptic LA, the show painstakingly recreated details like stimpacks, radroaches, and Mr. Handy to help us relive fond memories of the video game franchise. At work, we celebrated our residents&#8217; research and graduation at the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/smfhihf-hilton-sacramento-arden-west\/\">venue<\/a>. The retina division even took our fellows for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehousekbbq.com\/\">Blue House BBQ<\/a>, which was on par with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/yummy-fusion-davis\">Yummy Fusion<\/a> AYCE Korean BBQ that recently opened in Davis. Between grant writing and planning our three international trips this fall, we may need some actual vacation time beside our upcoming vacations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June has been another busy month for conference travel. Earlier this month, I flew to LAX for Pacific Retina Club at UCLA&#8217;s Luskin Conference Center. The two-day meeting was jam packed, including my clinical case and presentation on photoreceptor reprogramming, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2024\/06\/24\/body-problems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6152"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6210,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152\/revisions\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}