Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon
Great Ormond St & Moorfields
Joined May 2011
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Robert Henderson retweeted
Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar beet farmers to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides.
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Thrilled to share our new paper exploring novel child-friendly outcome metrics for CRB1 retinopathies.
@MariyaMoosajee @Vijay_Tailor @BethanyElora @j_greenwood @LowVisionNews @theyeguys @fightforsightUK @EyeCharity @UCLeye #crb1team
@anacatalinarod7 @MariyaMoosajee @UCLeye: Assessing Contrast Sensitivity Function in CRB1-Retinopathies: Exploring Child-Friendly Measures of Visual Function doi.org/10.1167/tvst.13.12.3…
Adv in Cellular & Molecular Pathology of Inherited Retinal Degenerations bit.ly/3YrDQeO
I just discovered I was gifted 2 x £5 premium bonds back in 1980. My heart lifting at the potential windfall sitting there, I manage to get the login details. I open the account and find I have the enormous unclaimed total of…
Robert Henderson retweeted
Eight months after the Eye first revealed how unscrupulous medics and private clinics were flogging dodgy gold-infused "stem cell" treatments at rip-off prices, regulators have stepped in. Full story online and in the latest issue of the mag: private-eye.co.uk/in-the-bac…
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Look what’s coming to our refreshed website very soon #MapOfUs each red & white heart is a person with #UsherSyndrome each blue an organisation with an association to the condition - if you aren’t on it already soon you can #PlotYourDot online #UshAwareness
ALT A picture of the UK showing a plethora of red/white hearts each demonstrating a person with usher and blue hearts showing an organisation associated with usher syndrome.
ALT A zoomed in portion of the UK showing more clearly the red/white hearts and blue ones to give an idea of numbers in areas.
ALT Like the second image this is a zoomed in version of UK map showing just how many people with usher syndrome and where they are.
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“She has the best vision that she could possibly have, and that is all down to the team at GOSH. If they hadn’t acted when they did, she might have lost her vision.” Jude, proud mum of twins Iona and Beth. 💜
This #WorldSightDay, meet Iona and Beth…
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ALT Beth and Iona are sat outside on a wooden seat next to each other smiling, with their arms around each others shoulders. They are wearing matching denim dungarees, their hair is styled in pigtails and are wearing glasses.
Robert Henderson retweeted
Because the data mostly came from one person, the genomic diversity was very limited. To be representative, a reference genome sequence needs to encompass many more sequences, especially sequences from people all over the world. This way genomic findings can help all populations!
ALT A graphic of a tube map that shows the increased global diversity with the pangenome, which includes 47 completed human genome references.
Robert Henderson retweeted
This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn,
Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s never seen its parents build one..
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Testing the #genome in #ophthalmology course, 5 July. Topics include structural eye disease, modern genetic testing, gene-directed treatments, consent and ethics, plus much more. Book now bit.ly/3GAkD1G
ALT DNA - black and white image
Robert Henderson retweeted
I can totally understand why some people are terrified of a Labour Govt…
Listen to the state of this
…bloody awful.
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🧐 Happening at Berlin's most famous landmark, right now.... 💫
The Brandenburg Gate 'wrapped in the coloured lights' of Britain's Union Jack🇬🇧
🌟🙏 Honouring and remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II 🌟👑🌟🙏🌟🇬🇧🌟
Robert Henderson retweeted
Two years ago today, the UK entered lockdown for the first time.
Since then?
💔 186k Covid deaths
💔 1500 Covid deaths of healthcare workers
💔 A national trauma, unfinished & ongoing
Please take a moment today to ask someone how they are - really are. Thank you 💙
Robert Henderson retweeted
This is quite a thread.
NEW: Boris Johnson awards Gavin Williamson a knighthood.
Why *now*? In middle of Russian crisis?
He was appointed defence secretary in Nov 2017 at exact moment, FBI revealed its Trump-Russia investigation began in London.
Is this relevant?
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theguardian.com/politics/202…
My biology concept (and insane jargon) for the day: ‘thelytokous parthenogenesis’. The production of a female daughter by an unmated female worker bee. Single gene driven recombination of haploid cells at Meiosis II. Amazing. #lalinepaul #thebees #beebiology #Genetics