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insitro and UK’s INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital announce collaboration to expand research efforts in neurodegeneration and related conditions

The world’s largest bioresource of eye images offers window into human health and serves as basis of a new AI foundation model to boost drug discovery. insitro, a machine learning-enabled drug discovery and development company, and the INSIGHT Health Data...

Dolby’s Sound of a Masterpiece: Hear what Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Monet's Water-Lily Pond sound like

Dolby Laboratories and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have reimagined the world’s most famous artwork masterpieces - from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash - to create an immersive soundtrack, in state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos...

Scotland’s young blind voices boosted by new funding

A youth-led forum for blind and partially sighted young people has secured vital funding, enabling a new period of opportunity for young blind and partially sighted people across Scotland. Haggeye, operated by national sight loss charity, RNIB Scotland, will expand...

Moorfields: Clinical electrophysiology of vision 2025

A highly sought after accredited virtual course delivered by world-renowned experts at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. Course structureThis course will feature live on-line lectures by an international faculty, interactive question and answer sessions and case discussions....

ZEISS Biometry Mastery Course (6 Feb 24)

This is a one-day course which will be running on Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 February - attendees have the choice of either date on a first-come-first-served basis. The 'Biometry Mastery Course' is exclusively tailored for pre-assessment nurses in cataract and refractive lens exchange surgery, as well as dedicated Ophthalmic professionals. With a comprehensive curriculum encompassing eye anatomy, refraction, cataract surgery, biometry principles, best practices, formulas and IOL constants, participants will delve into the heart of biometry. Our practical workshops, featuring the IOLMaster 700, equip attendees with the key knowledge, skills and understanding to perform accurate and precise biometry and how they relate to the patient pathway.

ZEISS Biometry Course

Join us for the 'ZEISS Biometry Mastery Course' on 13 and 14 September. Designed for pre-assessment nurses in cataract and refractive lens exchange surgery, as well ophthalmic professionals. Our program, aligning with RCO and NICE guidelines and recognised biometry standards, offers over two decades of expertise. Delve into eye anatomy, refraction, cataract surgery, and IOLMaster 700 workshops to enhance biometry skills and patient care. Lead in biometry excellence with us!

Preparing for modern ophthalmic surgical training as a trainee

As a trainee in ophthalmology, every day you are learning more and more about the specialty. In addition, you will most likely be exploring the vast array of subspecialties that ophthalmology has to offer, and would probably be trying to...

Burning vision: vision loss from misuse of ‘toy’ laser pens in children

A case series of five children with macular burns due to the misuse of novelty laser products, purchased online or abroad, was undertaken at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and The Children’s Hospital, Sheffield [1]. All patients were from the Sheffield...

Providing well-developed education materials can improve follow-up attendance for retinopathy of prematurity screening

he authors present a repeated measures study with parents of children at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Inclusion criteria for the study was parents with children born at <32 weeks or with a birth weight under 1.5kg. Participants...

Everyone has a plan, until their hand goes numb…

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the UK [1]. With financially strained NHS trusts and the rise of independent sector cataract providers, the drive from initiatives like Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) and market pressures...

Eye drop reminder apps

There are quite a few apps in both the iPhone and Android app stores designed to help patients remember to take their eye drops. The goal here was to select an app suitable to recommend to patients. Ophthalmic specific apps...

The results of the last survey Apr21

There was a really fascinating response to the last edition’s practice variance survey. Strictly speaking, I cheated and this was not really about practice variation, but more about your impressions about what represents negligent practice. For the first time ever,...