Professor Mariya Moosajee

I attended the #WomenInVisionUK annual conference today. Empowering women to lead from the heart 💙

As one of the founders, it was so heartening to see how the organisation is thriving and growing #WomenSupportingWomen ❤️ #WomenInSTEM @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @anarod7.bsky.social

Followed by my second engagement @ukparliament.parliament.uk this afternoon supporting the launch of the eye care pathway for children & young people with vision impairment hosted by MPs @shockatadam.bsky.social @marshadecordova.bsky.social and @guidedogsuk.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

Busy day today with a visit to @ukparliament.parliament.uk to help support Judith Potts & #EsmesUmbrella lobby goverment for a dedicated diagnostic pathway for #CharlesBonnetSyndrome with fellow Trustee Helen Khan from @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

Stunning firework display yesterday @leedscastle.bsky.social
The theme was L❤️VE!

We have arrived at #Seirei Hamamatsu Eye Centre #Japan to deliver an educational workshop on #CharlesBonnetSyndrome #CBS
with Dr Lee Jones and Dr Bethany Higgins.

@moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Thank you to #EsmesUmbrella and #DaiwaFoundation for sponsoring us 🙏🏼

YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute What is Gene Therapy and How Can it Help Genetic Eye Disease? – with Mariya Moosajee

Genetic eye diseases affect 1 in 1000 people, but there is currently only one gene therapy available on the NHS, which can only help about 80 patients in the UK.

Join Crick group leader and ophthalmologist @profmariya.bsky.social as she explains gene therapy.

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Its #WorldSightDay and I have been invited to deliver the #LangLecture at @roysocmed.bsky.social this evening! #SoHonoured!

A photo of Margaret, an elderly lady, sitting on her armchair with her eyes shut and her legs resting over one arm. She has a magazine resting on her and is holding an empty glass in one hand.

A photo of Margaret wearing a white t-shirt, looking at herself in the bathroom mirror with a black huntsman spider on her shoulder.

The 28th @wellcometrust.bsky.social Photography Prize is showcasing its top 25 entries @crick.ac.uk. I was struck Madeleine Waller’s entry, who took photos of her mother, who lives alone in Australia. The series is entitled;

I spend more than 150 hours alone each week… #Loneliness #Heartbreaking

My wonderful husband, Dr John Bladen, and I standing in front of a large banner saying Cure Usher Ball 2025

Thank you #CureUsher for hosting a wonderful charity ball to raise vital funds for #research and raising #awareness of #UsherSyndrome 💙

Here is my wonderful #Genetics team at Moorfields marking #JeansForGenesDay #DreamTeam looking after patients with rare genetic eye diseases and giving their very best! @anarod7.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

A Genetic Trip Around the Globe Get updated on the most recent advances in genetic eye diseases and novel treatments

🚨ATTN: UK EGG community! 👀🧬

On Thursday October 9th at 5:30pm we invite you to attend the prestigious Lang Lecture delivered by our President, Prof @MariyaMoosajee @RoySocMed entitled

"A Genetic Trip Around the Globe"

Register here: tinyurl.com/3hs6b6ar

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UK Eye Genetics Group Executive

Very proud that #Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has come top of the #NHS league tables compared to all other trusts in England 🏆

Its a wonderful place to work with great colleagues & very special patients #GeneticEyeDisease We are honoured to provide you with the best care 💙

Thanks to Dr Manoj Parulekar and Prof Tony Moore for inviting me to speak at the Cambridge Ophthalmological Symposium at St John’s College, Cambridge University. #SharingKnowledge on #Eye development with great discussions. It has been truly stimulating!

A photo of the Cloisters at St John’s College, Cambridge University

Just arrived in #Cambridge at St John’s College for the 53rd Cambridge Ophthalmological Symposium focused on one of my specialties #Embryogenesis and the #Eye.

A photo of Dr Oluonye and I at the WAGR weekend in the foreground, and over 30 families (100 participants) sitting on chairs in the background.

Dr Ngozi Oluonye and I had a fantastic #WAGR weekend in Arundel hosted by the International WAGR Syndrome Association. To learn about this ultra #RareDisease, visit #GeneVision: gene.vision/knowledge-ba...

W=Wilms tumour
A=Aniridia
G=Genitourinary abnormalities
R=Range of developmental issues

Looking to join a great #research team @ucleye.bsky.social & work in my group to push new frontiers of #DigitalHealth in #Ophthalmology, then please apply here 👇🏼 New start for the academic year!

We had our first #CRB1 patient information day yesterday @moorfields.bsky.social supported by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social and Team CRB1. It was such a huge success, great feedback with #knowledge sharing and #networking. Thank you @anarod7.bsky.social for running the whole show 🙌🏼

Photo from the plane just over Surrey, Sussex and Kent showing the patchwork of fields, farms and greenery below. The Kent coast in the far distance.

Been travelling a lot recently. Always sounds so exciting, and of-course it is but it’s also pretty tiring. There is no place like home ❤️ and I’m glad to be back for our beautiful #BritishSummer ☀️

All mic’d up and ready for my @crick.ac.uk crash course on #GeneTherapy!

I’m standing in a field which is yellow-green as dry, leaning on a bale of hay with my little dog next to me! Blue skies in the background.

Late evening walks through the fields #LoveNature #LoveSummer

Crick Crash Course: gene therapy Our series of morning lectures sharing science from across the Crick in a simple and accessible way continues.

What is gene therapy, and how might we use it to help patients across the world with rare diseases?

Book now for our free public talk by @profmariya.bsky.social‬, a Satellite Group Leader at the Crick and clinician scientist specialising in genetic eye diseases.
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Our own @profmariya.bsky.social educating us on the benefits of genetic testing and the therapeutic and family planning options available for #IRDs.

#medicaleducation #UsherSyndrome

It was my pleasure to speak at the #patient day for #USH2025 in Nijmegen today. I was able to share details of the multicentre international phase 2 #Ultevursen clinical trial run by #SepulBio for individuals with exon 13 mutations in the #USH2A gene.

Big up to my new PhD student Mutian Lian from @ucleye.bsky.social who presented his first poster on #UsherSyndrome at his first ever scientific conference🙌🏼! The first of many!! #USH2025 #CureUsher

Dr Maria Toms presenting at USH2025. She is standing at a podium on the left, screens projecting her slides in the background, and a sign language interpreter live on a video screen relaying all information to Usher patients in the audience.

Very proud of my post doc Dr Maria Toms who presented today at #USH2025 in Nijmegen, Netherlands on our research on developing a non-viral #GeneTherapy for #USH2A. Thanks to the organisers for a stimulating meeting, and its accessibility 👏🏼 @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk

My team from Moorfields Eye Hospital and @ucleye.bsky.social had a great time @ukeyegeneticsgroup.bsky.social yesterday. My PhD student Dr Nicola Cronbach and post-doc Dr Sara Romero-Vasquez won the best presentation & best poster #prizes 🙌🏼 Well done ladies!!

What a stimulating annual @ukeyegeneticsgroup.bsky.social meeting. Thank you to the #Oxford #Genetics team for hosting. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learnt lots!

Me (Prof Mariya Moosajee, President of the UK Eye Genetics Group) on the train to Oxford- looking tired!

On my way to @ukeyegeneticsgroup.bsky.social annual meeting in #Oxford this year. The agenda looks great- can’t wait to hear the talks, updates and meet new and old colleagues! #Eye #Genetics

Thanks to our local organisers Prof Susie Downes and Ms Sam de Silva 👏🏼

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On bikes from left to right: Dr Christine Kire, myself, Dr Aeesha Malik, Dr Tasanee Braithwaite, and Prof Cathy Egan!

Fabulous discussions at the British Eye Surveillance Group #BESG Meeting in Somerset over the past couple of days. Even had a chance to cycle with close colleagues along the Strawberry Line, a disused railway line from Cheddar Valley to Yatton!

A herd of dark brown cows, possibly Red Poll, grazing on a green pasture with a forest in the background and blue skies above with floating white clouds!

Beautiful bank holiday weekend, who needs to travel when you have views like this on your doorstep! Walking in #Titsey Estate ❤️