Discover at our Coffee Hour how genetic mutations cause #InheritedMacularDegeneration and about developing cutting-edge preventative technologies. This informal, interactive session is open to all. When: Wed 23 July from 3-4pm, near the hospital 🔗 buff.ly/bSdOuyr @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social

Researcher Shubhank Verma has shown that patients in areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation have retinal features suggestive of accelerated ageing. Shubhank is at the @pearsekeane.bsky.social AI lab @ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields, enabled by INSIGHT. Read about this & more: bit.ly/4kkt01Z

Proud to win the ‪@uclbrainscience.bsky.social ‘Impact through Public Engagement’ award! It recognises the BRC's ‘No One Left Behind’ game, created to raise awareness of equity in health #research, and so popular that kids came back for more! #PPIE @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR

Well done to our team members Nimita and Robert, who walked #EyeToEye this weekend in support of Moorfields Eye Charity, and took in some famous London sights along the route! #TeamMoorfields

Congratulations to @ucleye.bsky.social's Early Career Researcher (ECR) community for delivering another inspiring early career researchers' symposium last week, and to all recipients of the IoO ECR awards 2025. lnkd.in/gikiRGTF

We have supported an #AI tool that improves genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal disease. Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Eye2Gene offers a faster, scalable diagnosis & better than expert accuracy. buff.ly/7yYxCNG @npontikos.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com @ucleye.bsky.social

When our volunteer Steve felt anxious about his cataract procedure, he got support from Parul, a fellow volunteer who specialises in handholding. Read Steve's story over at our website: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/volunteer-sp... #CataractAwarenessMonth

This week is the last week to nominate volunteers and staff for the Moorfields' Stars awards, supported by Moorfields Eye Charity. If you've had great support from one of our volunteers, or from any member of the team at Moorfields Eye Hospital, nominate them here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/5QXMM3P

A new frontier in #Oculomics, retinal imaging data is being used to explore detection and management of bowel diseases. Meet Oscar Earle and Rohan Misra, who are investigating these links in Pearse Keane's medical AI lab at @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields Eye Hospital. 🔗 bit.ly/4kkt01Z

This #volunteersweek, we are celebrating the essential role they play in vision research! By sharing their experiences and perspectives, they help us deliver #research that is better quality and more ethical. Find out more: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/patients-and... #PPIE @ucleye.bsky.social

Not all of our volunteers travel to our sites - our phone support team make appointment reminder calls from home, helping reduce the number of patients who forget to attend appointments. On our website, Barbara shares her experience: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/volunteer-sp... #VolunteersWeek

It’s #VolunteersWeek – we’re so proud of our amazing volunteers, who work across 10 Moorfields sites and remotely, providing over 1000 hours a week of support to patients and staff. Check out what a few of our volunteers had to say about what volunteering with us means to them:

Our colleagues at @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social have been shortlisted for this year's Charity Awards, for a hand-holding initiative that has been found to reduce patients' anxiety, and help them fare better when undergoing eye procedures.

Congratulations, Mahnoor Zahid Malik, for receiving the NIHR BRC Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Travel Grant for @arvoinfo.bsky.social. Mahnoor is a final-year medical student at UCL, keen to pursue a career in ophthalmology, particularly in retina with Prof Omar Mahroo. @ucleye.bsky.social

Our #DataSavesSight pop-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital was a fantastic opportunity to meet patients, staff and members of the public. We shared how routinely collected eye data is anonymised, curated and made accessible for world-leading research. Find out more: 🔗 bit.ly/48IdvuH

Muminah, a member of the EYE Young People’s Advisory Group, has won the regional Jack Petchey Speak Out competition. She shared her experience as a Moorfields patient with a severe allergic eye disease and thanked YPAG for giving her confidence. Read more: buff.ly/Ya9BSzE @ucleye.bsky.social #NIHR

Meet Siegfried Wagner, who co-founded the field of #oculomics - using data & AI to unlock the eye as a window to human health. On Thurs 22 May, Siegfried will be at our pop-up event at Moorfields City Rd from 1pm - 2pm. 🔗https://bit.ly/42R7j3V @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

Sign up for the next coffee hour, discussion & questions are encouraged! Date: 5 Jun, 2.30 – 3.30 pm near Moorfields 🔗 buff.ly/xPYe28u Professor Anthony Khawaja will share his research in #glaucoma genetics, detection and data science.

We are delighted to announce that we have made the shortlist for this year’s @civilsociety.bsky.social Charity Awards - the longest-running awards scheme in the charity sector. Find out more over at our website: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/friends-shor...

Come along to Moorfields Eye Hospital for our pop-up on 22nd May. Data and AI researchers from Professor Pearse Keane's lab, spanning Moorfields and @ucleye.bsky.social, will be on hand to share work enabled by INSIGHTs vast curated datasets and computing resources. bit.ly/42R7j3V

When regular patient Ali discovered that her grandmother had left £10,000 in her will for Ali to distribute to charities, she knew straight away that she wanted to use the money to support Moorfields. Read Ali's story on our website: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/alis-amazing...

Introducing Cascader Limited, a new AI-driven eyecare collaboration launched by Moorfields Hospital, @ucleye.bsky.social and Topcon Health. Cascader will bring our cutting-edge #AI #research to clinics globally, transforming how we detect & manage diseases. #oculomics Read more🔗 buff.ly/PmXg8g9

Thank you so much to our amazing, hardworking volunteer team at Moorfields at Bedford. We had a fantastic time celebrating with you last night!

Join us for the next coffee hour, bring your questions and join the conversation. Date: 16 Apr, 3–4 pm near Moorfields 🔗https://buff.ly/LFqEZqN Dr Shruti Chandra will share her research on detecting early warning signs in dry age-related macular degeneration using advanced eye scans.

The INSIGHT team is excited to be working with Dr Balal on an open source medical AI foundation model that could transform the detection and care of #keratoconus. The model will be trained on curated, anonymised imaging data from Moorfields, in addition to community-sourced corneal images.

Congratulations to Dr. Balal on a #NIHR Doctoral Fellowship at @ucleye.bsky.social. This award will support his PhD research using #AI to develop a foundation model (KERAFound) with community-sourced @insighteyehub.bsky.social data to improve the early diagnosis of #keratoconus. 🔗 buff.ly/i9HOAJl

Emerging and future technologies for tackling sight loss were presented at the @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social symposium yesterday, from gene therapy to the data and AI-enabled discovery enabled by INSIGHT to novel devices unlocking new discoveries. The research spans @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields.

Last weekend, we supported Prof Jugnoo Rahi’s ‘Centre for Sight Listening Event’, where an #inclusive group shared personal experiences of sight loss. These insights will shape cross-disciplinary #research at #UCL to drive meaningful solutions. Read more: buff.ly/d0TtIpa @ucleye.bsky.social

INSIGHT is committed to ensuring transparency in how patient data is collected and curated for medical research. Our messaging is live on patient display screens across Moorfields Eye Hospital sites, with new screens just added. Find out more: bit.ly/datasavessight #DataSavesSight

Sign up for the next coffee hour, discussion & questions are encouraged! Date: 16 April, 3–4 pm near Moorfields buff.ly/LFqEZqN Dr Shruti Chandra will share her #research on detecting early warning signs in dry age-related #MacularDegeneration using advanced eye scans. #AMD

We sat down with Dr. Bethany E. Higgins and discovered how her psychology background influences her data-driven vision research. Read more: buff.ly/QVNywiL Researcher Stories brings you conversations with the brilliant minds behind our @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields partnership.

We are excited to share today's announcement that INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital will be collaborating with @insitro.bsky.social to develop a novel AI foundation model for drug discovery.

We know you love to hear about our volunteers, so we've made it even easier to find their stories with a dedicated page on our website just for volunteer-related news! Take a look: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/news/volunte...

We're very happy to be the recipients of a surprise £200k legacy, as part of a £1.4 million fortune shared between four charities. The generous sum will go towards our vital work supporting patients and staff at Moorfields. Find out more: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/surprise-leg...

This #RareDiseaseDay, we hosted a #Research Roadshow with @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social, bringing groundbreaking science directly to patients and visitors. A huge thank you to all the labs that showcased their incredible work. Read more: buff.ly/eF0yaKW @ucleye.bsky.social #NIHRsupported

Professor Pearse Keane is using artificial intelligence to investigate how the eye's retinal tissue can help diagnose dementia. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... #BrainAwarenessWeek #UCLBrainSciences #BAW2025 @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social

Here is our world leading all female #GeneticEyeDisease multidisciplinary clinical team at Moorfields Eye Hospital #AmazingWomen #WomenInSTEMM #WomenSupportingWomen Providing the best care possible to our patients with #RareDiseases #GenomicOphthalmology @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

The science of #Oculomics is leveraging the potential of retinal images, routinely collected during patient appointments, for monitoring brain health. #BrainAwarenessWeek Discover the work led by @sktywagner.bsky.social at @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social with INSIGHT: bit.ly/oculomic

Another insightful patient coffee meet-up with Dr Michael Crossland! He shared insights on assistive tech, wellbeing & mental health for people with vision impairment. Next sessions Shruti Chandra,16 Apr 3–4 Prof Anthony Khawaja,5 Jun 3–4 Read more & RSVP: buff.ly/CRT6Sbf @ucleye.bsky.social

Its #RareDiseaseDay! We brought in our scientists from @ucleye.bsky.social led by Dr Jose Aragon-Martin to show children attending our #GeneticEyeDisease clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital how we can extract #DNA from their saliva! All our kids have #RareDisease Learn more on www.gene.vision

This #RareDiseaseDay join our #Research Roadshow at Moorfields! Today: 14:00 - 16:00 @ Opposite Costa - Moorfields Cheetham lab: Discover how genes can both cause problems and offer solutions. #RetinitisPigmentosa #LeberCongenitalAmaurosis & #DominantOpticAtrophy @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social

This #RareDiseaseDay join our #Research Roadshow! Today: 12:00 - 2 Location: Opposite Costa-Moorfields Carr Lab: How do we look at genes? Explore interactive activities and discover the eye at a cellular level! @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social

This #RareDiseaseDay join our #Research Roadshow! 📆 10:00–12:00 @ opposite Costa-Moorfields Optical coherence tomography OCT scans explained. Exploring the second most common eye test. What is this scan doing and what does a doctor see in it? @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social

This #RareDiseaseDay join our #Research Roadshow at Moorfields! Date: Fri 28 Feb 10:00 – 16:00, Opposite Costa - Moorfields Features Gene Therapies, stem cells and Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans explained & more! 🔗 buff.ly/3D6aMBk @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social

Gene therapy saves the sight of four children with a rare eye disease, thanks to work from colleagues at Moorfields Eye Hospital and @ucleye.bsky.social

As the world's largest bioresource of ophthalmic images linked to patient data, INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital is enabling research into many eye and systemic conditions. See our Wet AMD dashboard for a breakdown of curated, anonymised data for over 13,400 patients. 🔗 bit.ly/eye-data

Volunteering with us is a great way to develop skills, including communication and problem solving! On our website, Hemangi shares what she's learned while volunteering at Moorfields at Ealing: friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/volunteer-sp...

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Last week, our Health Information Hub team visited the Jewish Blind & Disabled sight loss support group in Borehamwood - thank you for having us and for sharing your experiences!