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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Sep 17

Amazing science being presented @rd2025.bsky.social including from our team @ucleye.bsky.social 🧫🧬🧪🔬

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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Sep 17

We’ll done Davide 👏 excellent talk @rd2025.bsky.social

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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Sep 17

We’ll done Owen 👏 great talk at @rd2025.bsky.social in Prague

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Sep 16

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...

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

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The American Journal of Human Genetics @ajhgnews.bsky.social · Sep 16

Explore the new resource!

IRD Gene Atlas

retigene.erdc.info

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IOB - Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel @iobswiss.bsky.social · Sep 16

🧬 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

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Aug 27

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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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Sten Linnarsson @sten.linnarsson.org · Jun 25

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!)

Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 25

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/...

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Aug 14

An absolute scam. Does this serve science? No it does not.

www.thebookseller.com/news/springe...

Springer Nature's revenue increases to €926m as adjusted operating profit soars

Springer Nature's group revenue has risen by 6% to €926m (£800m) in the first half of 2025, while adjusted operating profit (AOP) was up by 10% to €241m (£208m).

www.thebookseller.com

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 23

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!

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Alex Garanto @jandritu.bsky.social · Jul 21

👁‍🗨 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...

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

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jul 17

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

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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congratulations Freddie on your PhD defence 🎉🥳 huge thank to the examiners Chris Inglehearn and Dan Gore 🙏

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · Jul 7

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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Amanda Carr @amandajcarr.bsky.social · Jul 7

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/...

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

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Alex Garanto @jandritu.bsky.social · Jul 5

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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Young lab @UCL @younglab.bsky.social · Jul 4

Check our latest paper... Variants in NR6A1 cause a novel oculo vertebral renal syndrome #RareDisease #Genetics #zebrafish #devbio
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

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Mike Cheetham @cheethamlab.bsky.social · Jul 5

Congratulations Owen and many thanks to Alex and Amanda.

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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Jul 5

Congratulations Owen on your PhD defence 🥳🎉🥂huge thank you to examiners @jandritu.bsky.social and @amandajcarr.bsky.social

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Jun 18

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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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 18

A.I. is improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Today for inherited retinal diseases [IRD] (Eye2Gene vs retinal experts)
nature.com/articles/s42...

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Amanda Carr @amandajcarr.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

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hardcastlelab.bsky.social @hardcastlelab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations 🎉 and thank you for this important work