On this episode of More Than Meets The Eye, Dr Stuart Keel, Research Fellow at CERA, speaks to CERA's Community Engagement Office, Steve Hurd, about how artificial intelligence technology can help tackle the prevalence of diabetic eye disease in Australia.Af cera.org.au

Learn about the latest advances in stem cell research, the hope for the science and the cautions of this ever advancing field at the Centre for Eye Research Australia 2018 Stem Cells Community Information Forum. Hosted at the Royal Australian College of Surgeons by Dr Damian Hernandez, with guest speakers Dr Grace Lidgerwood, Ms Sandra Staffieri an…

Australian eye bankers have helped develop the world's first global Agreement on the ethical use of human eye tissue - The Barcelona Principles.We speak to Dr Graeme Pollock OAM and Heather Machin, from the Lions Eye Donation Service at CERA, about the importance of eye tissue donation and what the recently released 'Barcelona Principles' means for…

Imagine losing the ability to read, drive or recognise faces.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading causeof blindness and major vision loss in Australia and there iscurrently no cure.Hear how the Macular Research team at the Centrefor Eye Research Australia (CERA) is working on a wide rangeof projects to improve diagnosis and treatme…

Professor Jonathan Crowston, Head, Glaucoma Research and Managing Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) talks about glaucoma and current research at CERA for World Glaucoma Week.Af cera.org.au

Big Data is one of the latest science buzzwords, but what does it mean for health, vision and ophthalmology? What kind of collaborations could there be between astrophysicists and vision science researchers?On 21 July researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia and Swinburne University spent the morning discussing the importance of big d…

Being able to restore sight once it has been lost is an age-old dream of human kind. It seemed impossible until the discovery of stem cells.What are stem cells, and why are they so important and what does stem cell science mean for eye disease?Come and learn about stem cells and understand the science behind them.All are welcome at our community ev…

A major risk of permanent vision loss with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is when a sudden worsening, due to bleeding occurs and goes undetected.Principal Investigator Professor Robyn Guymer, together with Dr. George Kong and Professor Algis Vingrys (Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne) have devised a new ap…