UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

08/05/2025

07/05/2025

If you have experience managing multiple complex projects in the NHS or similar organisation, consider joining a high-performing team at the forefront of delivering a brand-new world leading centre for advancing eye health in London. The team is currently looking for two Programme Managers, and a Senior Operational Change Manager:

28/04/2025

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We deliver cutting-edge research and teaching in ophthalmology and biomedical science. Part of the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences.

18/02/2025

15/01/2025

This January for we are highlighting some of the recently published studies from UCL Institute of Ophthalmology on this important topic.

A study published in Nature Medicine last July asked whether mitochondrial function, measured in white blood cells, is lower in people with glaucoma than those without glaucoma and if mitochondrial function is associated with the rate at which glaucoma patients lose vision. Led by researchers at our institute and at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Markers in the blood that predict whether glaucoma patients are at higher risk of continued loss of vision following conventional treatment have been identified by researchers at UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

14/01/2025

20/12/2024

We are excited to launch our 2023-2024 Annual Review, covering some key highlights from the institute, including special features on research, education, and the vibrant community at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

16/12/2024

We are seeking a Research Fellow to work in close collaboration with Professor Mariya Moosajee to focus on the development of non-viral approaches, using mRNA and non-viral gene therapy, as potential treatment options for RLBP1-retinopathy.

If you are a good communicator, both in lay and scientific terms, and have background understanding of genetic eye disease, read more details about what the position entails and apply by 5 January.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

11/12/2024

Today is a special day on our journey to build a new centre for eye care, research, and education. Later today we will mark reaching the highest point of the new building with a topping out ceremony on the site. The centre is due to open in 2027.

27/11/2024

With the façade being installed, our new centre in Camden is really starting to take shape. The centre will bring clinicians, patients and scientists under one roof for the first time. Patients, staff and sight loss charity partners helped select a façade material with less glare and reflection which can be problematic for people with sight loss. The façade panels are manufactured offsite in the Netherlands and installed as complete ‘unitised’ panels.

Over the past month, the exterior of our new centre for eye care, research, and education has started to take shape! The outer part of the building, know as the façade, is made up of a mixture of aluminium, glazing, ribbed terracotta panels with bronze anodised fins. The panels are manufactured off...

19/11/2024

We were thrilled to have Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh (The Royal Family) visit UCL Institute of Ophthalmology yesterday to learn about cutting-edge genetics research into disabling eye diseases affecting the cornea, led by Professor Alice Davidson.

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh visited UCL today to learn about cutting-edge genetics research funded by Fight for Sight into disabling eye diseases.