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Vision of the future

  Ulster University vision scientists have taken an important first step towards the world’s first cure for hereditary blindness, pioneering a personalised medicine that targets and repairs genetic damage in part of the eye. The scientists have discovered a treatment that can repair damage caused by cloudy deposits in the cornea. The cornea is the […]

How your eyes can reveal potential health problems

Eyes hold visible clues to diseases long before other symptoms show up.  Some 61 million adults in this country are at risk for vision loss, but only half saw an eye doctor in the last year.  Weill Cornell Medical Centre ophthalmologist Dr. Christopher Starr joins “CBS This Morning” to explain how your eyes are the […]

NICHS 2015 Scientific Research Grants

“The eye as a window to the circulatory system.” Professor Tara Moore from Ulster University aims to develop a simple new test to enable opticians to predict the risk of heart disease.  The project was awarded £51,247 Read more HERE

Science minister signals shift towards ‘one nation science’

Critics of the present system of science funding say it’s rather like modern football where the richest clubs are the most successful, which makes them even richer enabling them to continue to be successful. The largest universities get the bulk of the funds because that is where the best research is conducted. But that means […]

On a Vision Mission – a year on!

This time last year Tara Moore and her husband Consultant Ophthalmologist Professor Johnny Moore travelled up the Amazon River on a charitable expedition with the Andean Medical Mission; a UK charity within the Bolivian Andes and Amazon.  Johnny lead a surgical unit carrying out sight saving eye surgery on people who are unable to access Ophthalmologists. […]

Help celebrate women in STEM at the WISE Awards

“Incredible, talented, vibrant and diverse”: Help celebrate women in STEM at the WISE Awards There couldn’t be a better time to nominate yourself, an individual or an organisation for this year’s WISE Awards. Among those shortlisted last year were Professor Tara Moore, director of the Biomedical Science Research Institute at Ulster University, and Loraine Martins […]

Job as researcher in Cardiology/vision at Ulster University located Belfast RVH and Cathedral Eye Clinic

Dear All There is currently a job vacancy at Ulster University suitable for an optom, ophthalmologist or cardiology specialist with an interest in research. The position would also suit a science researcher interested in translational medicine and clinical trial type studies. Here is the link to jobs.ac.uk http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALM968/research-associate-in-cardiovascular-and-vision-research/ Or on Ulster University jobs under Publicly […]

Little Scientists Network, Portugal

A former army brigadier and UK Director General of the Institute of Civil of Engineering Nick Baveystock and 3 WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) women arrive in the small town of Barcelos in Portugal to take part in The Little Scientists Network designed to encourage the study of STEM subjects by school children. Professor Tara Moore, WISE HERO award […]