@hardcastlelab.bsky.social
Professor of Molecular Genetics, Deputy Director, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology likes genomes and the natural world
Amazing science being presented @rd2025.bsky.social including from our team @ucleye.bsky.social 🧫🧬🧪🔬
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Amazing science being presented @rd2025.bsky.social including from our team @ucleye.bsky.social 🧫🧬🧪🔬
We’ll done Davide 👏 excellent talk @rd2025.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We’ll done Davide 👏 excellent talk @rd2025.bsky.social
We’ll done Owen 👏 great talk at @rd2025.bsky.social in Prague
September 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’ll done Owen 👏 great talk at @rd2025.bsky.social in Prague
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A new drug for a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of vision has been approved for NHS patients after a successful clinical trial co-led by Dr Patrick Yu-Wai-Man
@ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS.
Supported by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
@ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS.
Supported by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Treatment for cause of sight loss approved following UCL research
A novel treatment for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of vision, has been approved for NHS patients following a successful clinical trial co-led by UCL and Moorfields researcher.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A new drug for a rare genetic disease that can lead to sudden loss of vision has been approved for NHS patients after a successful clinical trial co-led by Dr Patrick Yu-Wai-Man
@ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS.
Supported by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
@ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS.
Supported by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Explore the new resource!
IRD Gene Atlas
retigene.erdc.info
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Explore the new resource!
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🧬 How can we navigate the genetic complexity of inherited retinal diseases?
Our new paper in @ajhgnews.bsky.social presents RetiGene, a curated atlas of IRD genes, built with @erdc-team.bsky.social, to support diagnosis, research and therapy.
👉 bit.ly/467U1S9
#AcademicBlueSky #IRDs #VisionResearch
Our new paper in @ajhgnews.bsky.social presents RetiGene, a curated atlas of IRD genes, built with @erdc-team.bsky.social, to support diagnosis, research and therapy.
👉 bit.ly/467U1S9
#AcademicBlueSky #IRDs #VisionResearch
September 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🧬 How can we navigate the genetic complexity of inherited retinal diseases?
Our new paper in @ajhgnews.bsky.social presents RetiGene, a curated atlas of IRD genes, built with @erdc-team.bsky.social, to support diagnosis, research and therapy.
👉 bit.ly/467U1S9
#AcademicBlueSky #IRDs #VisionResearch
Our new paper in @ajhgnews.bsky.social presents RetiGene, a curated atlas of IRD genes, built with @erdc-team.bsky.social, to support diagnosis, research and therapy.
👉 bit.ly/467U1S9
#AcademicBlueSky #IRDs #VisionResearch
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Congratulations to @ucleye.bsky.social's Professor @pearsekeane.bsky.social on receiving the @royalsociety.org's prestigious Gabor Medal for his contributions to advancing retinal image analysis through AI for the diagnosis of eye disease. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
August 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Congratulations to @ucleye.bsky.social's Professor @pearsekeane.bsky.social on receiving the @royalsociety.org's prestigious Gabor Medal for his contributions to advancing retinal image analysis through AI for the diagnosis of eye disease. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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We are seeking a Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow to work with Professor Marinko Sarunic’s group at @ucleye.bsky.social and UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering. Closes 2 September. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
https://ye.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are seeking a Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow to work with Professor Marinko Sarunic’s group at @ucleye.bsky.social and UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering. Closes 2 September. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)
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Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
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Everyone at @ucleye.bsky.social has been deeply saddened by the passing of a highly esteemed colleague in June 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Tribute to eye treatment pioneer Professor Pete Coffey
UCL colleagues have paid tribute to world-leading eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey, who pioneered a treatment enabling people whose vision had been destroyed by disease to see again.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Everyone at @ucleye.bsky.social has been deeply saddened by the passing of a highly esteemed colleague in June 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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👁🗨 We are seeking for a motivated and enthusiastic colleague to join our team. Do you want to know more? visit the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy - PhD position on Advancing Personalized iPSC-Based Models for Inherited Retinal Diseases
The eye is the window to the world around us. Losing vision either early or late in life is a significant burden for patients. Nowadays, molecular ...
www.radboudumc.nl
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
👁🗨 We are seeking for a motivated and enthusiastic colleague to join our team. Do you want to know more? visit the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...
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Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...
royalsociety.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Congratulations Freddie on your PhD defence 🎉🥳 huge thank to the examiners Chris Inglehearn and Dan Gore 🙏
July 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations Freddie on your PhD defence 🎉🥳 huge thank to the examiners Chris Inglehearn and Dan Gore 🙏
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In both roles, new recruits will be part of an interdisciplinary team that uses state-of-the-art technologies to develop transformative therapeutic targets as part of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases. Please DM to discuss opportunities further. 🧪🧪 /fin
July 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In both roles, new recruits will be part of an interdisciplinary team that uses state-of-the-art technologies to develop transformative therapeutic targets as part of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases. Please DM to discuss opportunities further. 🧪🧪 /fin
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It’s incredibly hard to express what Professor Pete Coffey meant to so many of us. The Macular Society has written a beautiful tribute to Pete and I'm honoured to have contributed a few words.
Thank you, my friend, for so many happy days.
www.macularsociety.org/about/media/...
Thank you, my friend, for so many happy days.
www.macularsociety.org/about/media/...
Tributes paid to pioneering eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey
Tributes have been paid to one of the world’s top eye researchers, Professor Pete Coffey, who has sadly passed away after a long illness.
www.macularsociety.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It’s incredibly hard to express what Professor Pete Coffey meant to so many of us. The Macular Society has written a beautiful tribute to Pete and I'm honoured to have contributed a few words.
Thank you, my friend, for so many happy days.
www.macularsociety.org/about/media/...
Thank you, my friend, for so many happy days.
www.macularsociety.org/about/media/...
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Congrats Owen! And of course also to you and @cheethamlab.bsky.social! He did great & we had very interesting discussions! Thanks for the invitation & thinking about me as the external expert. I really enjoyed it! It was lovely to catch up with you! Thanks a lot for the hospitality!
July 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Congrats Owen! And of course also to you and @cheethamlab.bsky.social! He did great & we had very interesting discussions! Thanks for the invitation & thinking about me as the external expert. I really enjoyed it! It was lovely to catch up with you! Thanks a lot for the hospitality!
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Check our latest paper... Variants in NR6A1 cause a novel oculo vertebral renal syndrome #RareDisease #Genetics #zebrafish #devbio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Variants in NR6A1 cause a novel oculo vertebral renal syndrome - Nature Communications
Colobomatous microphthalmia often lacks a genetic diagnosis despite its developmental complexity. Here, the authors show that rare variants in NR6A1 cause a syndromic form with eye, kidney, and verteb...
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check our latest paper... Variants in NR6A1 cause a novel oculo vertebral renal syndrome #RareDisease #Genetics #zebrafish #devbio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Congratulations Owen and many thanks to Alex and Amanda.
July 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Congratulations Owen and many thanks to Alex and Amanda.
Congratulations Owen on your PhD defence 🥳🎉🥂huge thank you to examiners @jandritu.bsky.social and @amandajcarr.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Congratulations Owen on your PhD defence 🥳🎉🥂huge thank you to examiners @jandritu.bsky.social and @amandajcarr.bsky.social
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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.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
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A.I. is improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Today for inherited retinal diseases [IRD] (Eye2Gene vs retinal experts)
nature.com/articles/s42...
nature.com/articles/s42...
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A.I. is improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Today for inherited retinal diseases [IRD] (Eye2Gene vs retinal experts)
nature.com/articles/s42...
nature.com/articles/s42...
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Excited to be offering a new Macular Society funded UK PhD studentship at @ucleye.bsky.social with Giulia De Rossi. The project will investigate a new therapeutic target for fibrosis in age-related macular degeneration. Deadline for applications is 14th July. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Understanding and targeting fibrosis in neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Understanding and targeting fibrosis in neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Excited to be offering a new Macular Society funded UK PhD studentship at @ucleye.bsky.social with Giulia De Rossi. The project will investigate a new therapeutic target for fibrosis in age-related macular degeneration. Deadline for applications is 14th July. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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1 in 2000 young adults in the UK are affected by inherited retinal diseases. Pioneering #GeneTherapy offers new hope.
Read more here: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Prof. Alison Hardcastle & Prof. James Bainbridge
@ucleye.bsky.social
Read more here: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Prof. Alison Hardcastle & Prof. James Bainbridge
@ucleye.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
1 in 2000 young adults in the UK are affected by inherited retinal diseases. Pioneering #GeneTherapy offers new hope.
Read more here: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Prof. Alison Hardcastle & Prof. James Bainbridge
@ucleye.bsky.social
Read more here: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Prof. Alison Hardcastle & Prof. James Bainbridge
@ucleye.bsky.social