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Autophagy in lens mitochondria loss

1 April 2014 | | Cataract and Refractive | ATG5, FYCO1, FYVE and coiled coil domain containing 1, LC3B, OFZ, Pik3c3, TOM20, autophagy, autophagy-related 5, cataract, differentiation, electron microscopy, lens, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3B, mitophagy, organelle free zone, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, catalytic subunit type 3, translocase of the outer mitochondrial membranes 20 kDa
The lens consists of a monolayer of epithelial cells that overlies fibre cells that differentiate from epithelial cells at the equator. While developing, fibre cells need mitochondria to provide energy, as they mature they lose these and other organelles to...

Incidence of eyelid basal cell carcinoma in England

1 June 2017 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
A retrospective review by using the ICD-10 and histology codes for eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCCs) (including the inner canthus) from the English National Cancer Data Repository were used to identify incident events between the period 2000 to 2010. There...

Community Eyecare Services in Northern Ireland: putting the patient at the centre, improving outcomes and maximising system resource

1 August 2017 | | Optometry
The UK has four healthcare systems; Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each has autonomous legislature that develops health policy, while the UK government directly runs England’s NHS. Like the other nations, Northern Ireland is continually challenged to meet the needs...

RCOphth (The Royal College of Ophthalmologists) Portfolio pathway Training Day

20 June 2024
@10:00 - 16:30

Eyes on the road – visual standards for car drivers

1 June 2019 | | Optometry
The author examines the current visual standards required by drivers and asks whether more needs to be done to make roads safer. Are the public adequately protected by the current system of visual standards required by drivers? In a survey...

An introduction to research governance

1 February 2014 |
Research is the process of acquiring new generalisable knowledge and should be fully integrated into health care work. There is a growing drive to encourage and further develop evidence-based practice in ophthalmology so that staff and patients benefit from improved...

25th Nottingham Eye Symposium and Research Meeting 2023

20 January 2023
For the 25th anniversary event of the Nottingham Eye Symposium registration will be free of charge but please ensure you pre-register. Abstracts are now being accepted for clinical and scientific research presentations - submit to nottinghameyesymposium@gmail.com by the 16th December...

AOP update on new GOC e-service for statutory notices

11 January 2024 | infrastructure, digitisation, registration, healthcare professional, optometry
The GOC intends to introduce email communication for statutory notices with consent.

Trends in Ophthalmology Meeting 2023

2 March 2023 -3 March 2023
The chill of an early spring day was warmed by the buzz of excitement as nearly 150 attendees arrived in central London for the first face-to-face annual Trends in Ophthalmology meeting since the pandemic. Chaired by Ms Susie Morley, attendees...

Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services

1 April 2020 | | Optometry
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...

The results of the last survey Oct22

3 October 2022 | | Ophthalmology
I thank everyone for their time in responding to this edition’s survey questions. The first question relates to an issue I have previously discussed around consent for second eye cataract surgery. I touch on this point again for two reasons....

Haag-Streit launches 4th ‘Slit Lamp Imaging Competition’

14 June 2022 | Research & Development
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), is pleased to announce the launch of the Haag-Streit ‘Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2022’.