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LED technology to revolutionise cataract and disease diagnosis
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Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have identified molecules within the eye that occur during the formation of cataracts.
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Using new biochemical information, Heriot-Watt has worked with Edinburgh Biosciences Ltd, together with clinical experts from the University of Edinburgh and partner organisations in Sweden and Denmark, to develop an LED technique. This allows clinicians to examine a florescence signal from proteins in the eye lens. By documenting the changes to the photochemistry of the eye during cataract formation, an objective scale for diagnosis can be created which could save global health services millions annually.
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ABDO at 100% Optical
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4 - 6 FEBRUARY 2017 • EXCEL LONDON
Meet members of the ABDO board and ABDO, ABDO College and Dispensing Optics staff at the ABDO Arms.
ABDO will also be providing CET at the Dispensing Workshop.
Nick Walsh, ABDO's Sector Skills Development Officer, will be discussing career development for optical support staff at the Fashion Hub: 1.00pm on Saturday & Monday and 1.00pm & 4.00pm on Sunday.
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'Eye to Eye' at 100% Optical
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SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2017 • EXCEL LONDON
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (WCSM) and the WCSM Education Trust will be hosting the next 'Eye to Eye' debate at 100% Optical, at ExCel London on Saturday 4 February.
The debate will take place on the Main Stage at 12.15 and is titled 'We can see clearly now...'
The debate will look at the impact of new technologies on the work of dispensing opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists. In particular, the speakers will discuss the balance between seeing more, and knowing what we see.
Professor David Gartry will chair a panel of experts:
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Mark Westcott, senior ophthalmologist at Central London Clinic
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Dr Waqaar Shah, Vision Strategy 2020, RCGPs, GP and Primary Health Section RSM
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Sanjay G Asrani, MD and Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Anand Marchand, lecturer for Easyscan SLO Fundus Camera Technology.
WCSM look forward to seeing you there.
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Click here to register to attend 100% Optical and the Eye to Eye session at no cost
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Call for Hamblin Memorial Prize nominations
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ABDO is currently seeking nominations for the 2016 Hamblin Memorial Prize - an award made to an individual ABDO member for exceptional service to the advancement of opticians and consequently their professional organisation.
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The prize was instigated by Paul Hamblin when chairman of Theodore Hamblin Opticians in memory of his family members. He fully understood the importance of optics and its place in providing patients with vision at its best. A promoter of the highest standards within his practices, he was also a forward-thinker who championed the profession in the UK and abroad. ABDO strives to achieve the same ambitions and is proud to be able to recommend members for this prize, which can be considered the gold standard of awards.
The attributes of recipients should include clarity of purpose of promoting the profession and its Association for no personal gain. Their volunteer work may have been long term or more recent and is expected to be on-going.
Some examples of criteria for eligibility for nomination include:
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The political protection of colleagues
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The financial security of the profession
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The relief of hardship or distress of members within the profession
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The advancement of education
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Help to the young
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Harmonisation with colleagues both in their home country or overseas
This year the prize will be awarded on Sunday 2 April 2017. The award will be made to the individual who, in the view of the Hamblin Memorial sub-committee, has contributed the most to ophthalmic dispensing in the preceding year and indeed over many years.
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Please send your nomination by email to Jane Burnand at jburnand@abdolondon.org.uk by Wednesday 15 February 2017, together with a note of about fifty words as to why the individual should receive the award.
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Vision 2020 UK factsheets
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The Vision 2020 UK Dementia & Sight Loss Committee (DaSLC) has produced three new factsheets:
Click on the titles above to access the factsheets
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Re:View - the ABDO College newsletter
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In the February 2017 issue of Re:View the ‘How to write a personal statement’ article will provide a useful aide-mémoir to those applying for further and higher education courses, or a new job.
There’s also an informative feature on how to become a contact lens optician and in the profile feature Karolina Jablonka tells us how she progressed from selling shooting and fly fishing equipment to conducting research relating to multifocal intraocular lenses.
There's an interview with Nick Walsh, who was recently appointed by ABDO to the newly created position of sector skills development officer. Nick now has the responsibility for promoting all qualifications offered by both ABDO and the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (WCSM) together with the courses provided by ABDO College.
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Click here to view this latest issue
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