Loved attending & presenting at the Ocular Surface Insight Dry Eye Symposium bringing together clinicians and researchers from UK & abroad. Thanks Dr. Sònia Travé Huarte, PhD for the invitation & Dr Samer Hamada Samer Hamada for such an amazing compact conference to highlight all things dry eyes.

Tailoi Chan-Ling et al. University of Sydney undertake the first ultrastructural characterization of human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) differentiation from fetal development to adolescence. bit.ly/4d51OkZ

Just in time for #ARVO2024 - Our paper 'Intravital imaging of the human cornea reveals the differential effects of season on innate and adaptive immune cell morphodynamics' - online today in Ophthalmology aaojournal.org/article/S0161-…

“It's a once in a lifetime experience, and it's something I'll hold forever.” #TheAcolyte star, Amandla Stenberg plays a solo violin arrangement of John Williams’ iconic Star Wars score. See the two-episode premiere of The Acolyte, arriving June 4 on Disney+.

We’re excited to welcome Prof. James Wolffsohn from Aston University (UK) to our Department as an Academic Visitor! He'll be collaborating with Prof. Prof Laura Downie’s lab and contributing to our teaching and engagement activities. Welcome to Melbourne, James! Professor Bruce Thompson AM

A fab #cityart almost ready, looks amazing Aston University Aston Optometry

The Tow Research Awards have opened for 2024! Visit our revamped website and submit your application. Did we mention it's the 50th Anniversary of the awards, more info to come on the celebrations. tow.org.au Applications close 31 August 2024. Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct

The Tow Research Awards empower junior investigators & clinicians at Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct . Each year, nearly $19K in prizes is awarded, along with up to $10K for travel awards to support division winners presenting at conferences. Applications close 31AUG2024 tow.org.au

It’s that time of the year to celebrate the amazing work of early career researchers at Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct! The Tow_Research_Award committee’s working hard to make it a memorable 50th anniversary, so make sure to apply by the deadline to compete for these prestigious grants🏅

Fatima Iqbal et al. Fatima Iqbal UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science find a relationship between meibomian gland length and the composition of expressed meibum within the same eye of an individual, iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a….

Are you from South Asia and working in the UK? Has the #UKRiots changed your mind about living in the UK? Please get in touch [email protected] You can be anonymous #journorequest

We're accepting abstracts for the 50th Tow Research Awards, deadline 31st August 2024. Visit the website for more information & eligibility criteria. Great prizes including 2x #PhD top-up #scholarships valued at $6K each. tow.org.au

The abstract deadline for the 2024 Tow Research Awards has been extended to 8th Sept 2024. Visit the website for more information & eligibility criteria. Great prizes including 2x #PhD top-up #scholarships valued at $6K each. tow.org.au

Delighted to see our Nature Rev Immunol paper online today: Redefining our vision - an updated guide to the ocular immune system dlvr.it/TCZCnh Scott Mueller Dr Holly Chinnery Dr Mengliang Wu FrontTear Research Centre, University of Melbourne UniMelbDOVS University of Melbourne Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS

Does wearing contact lenses affect the nerves on the surface of the eyes? Find out in our new open access article below 👇🏼 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Zahra.Tajbakhsh UWA James Wolffsohn Aston Optometry UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science Optometry Australia

Exploring the evolution of the slit-lamp microscope in ophthalmology! This paper dives into its history, optics, and advanced techniques like optical sectioning, retro-illumination, and more. #Ophthalmology #OpenAccess Read in full here: nature.com/articles/s4143…

🎉 Join us for the prestigious Tow Research Awards, a key event of Research@Randwick! 🏆 📅 Nov 22, 2024 🕣 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 📍 Lecture Theatre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct Register to attend in person or online: lnkd.in/gtbCnRGn #TowResearchAwards

Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome🧵 Nature Medicine

Science doesn’t need to go according to plan; it just needs to lead to a discovery. If doesn’t have to be done alone or together with a buddy; there just needs to be a discovery. It doesn’t need to happen fast or slow; just as long as there’s a discovery, then everybody is happy.

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? There are the pleasures of: 1. Having the initial idea or insight, 2. Watching the idea develop into new experiments or a new model, and 3. Telling others. Martin A. Schwartz also talks about this on the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/74-…