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The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Annual Award Lecture was established in 2018 to honour scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of ophthalmology and visual science.
2024
Professor Catherine Bowes Rickman, Duke University Medical Centre
Title: The Promise of Complement Factor H Augmentation for Dry AMD Treatment
2023
Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Palczewski from the University of California
Title: Precise genome editing in the eye: curing blindness is now within sight
2022
Professor Mike Sapieha from the University of Montreal
Title: Revascularizing the Ischemic Retina
2021
Professor Constance Cepko from Harvard Medical School
Title: Cell fate determination in retinal development
2020 (online only)
Professor Justine Smith from Flinders University
Title: Mechanisms of Ocular Toxoplasmosis
2019
Professor John Gerard Flannery
Title: Optogenetics for Vision Restoration
2018
Professor Patricia D’Amore from Schepens Eye Research Institute
Title: Novel roles for Endomucin in inflammation and angiogenesis
Lecture Series 2019-2020
18 September 2019
Professor Andrew Lotery
University of Southampton
Topic: Understanding AMD via lab and clinical studies
16 October 2019
Dr Jernej Ule
Crick Institute
Topic: Mechanisms and functions of ribonucleoprotein condensates in development and disease
13 November 2019
Dr Anu Kanuppinen
University of Eastern Finland
Topic: The inflammasome and its regulation in AMD
11 December 2019
Dr Christos Bergeles
University College London
Topic: Development of micro-precise robotic instrumentation for ocular regenerative therapy delivery
15 January 2020
Dr Pleasantine Mill
MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
Topic: TBC
18 March 2020
Dr Olivier Goureau
Research Director Institut de la Vision, INSERM, Paris
Topic: Human stem cell-based retinal derivatives for cell replacement strategies
15 April 2020
Professor Steve Wilson
UCL
Topic: From eye specification to vision: using zebrafish to understand eye development in health and disease.
13 May 2020
Professor James E Morgan
School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Cardiff
Topic: The retinal ganglion cell in glaucoma: prospects for protection and repair.
24 June 2020
Professor Justine Smith
Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University, Australia
Topic: Mechanisms of Ocular Toxoplasmosis