Professor Mariya Moosajee
@profmariya.bsky.social
Professor of Molecular Ophthalmology @UCLeye & @TheCrick, Consultant Ophthalmologist in Genetic Eye Disease, Genetics Lead @Moorfields, Mum 💙Art & Equality
Stunning firework display yesterday @leedscastle.bsky.social
The theme was L❤️VE!
The theme was L❤️VE!
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stunning firework display yesterday @leedscastle.bsky.social
The theme was L❤️VE!
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 🙏🏼
with Dr Lee Jones and Dr Bethany Higgins.
@moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Thank you to #EsmesUmbrella and #DaiwaFoundation for sponsoring us 🙏🏼
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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 🙏🏼
with Dr Lee Jones and Dr Bethany Higgins.
@moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Thank you to #EsmesUmbrella and #DaiwaFoundation for sponsoring us 🙏🏼
Reposted by Professor 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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qG...
Join Crick group leader and ophthalmologist @profmariya.bsky.social as she explains gene therapy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qG...
What is Gene Therapy and How Can it Help Genetic Eye Disease? – with Mariya Moosajee
YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute
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October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qG...
Join Crick group leader and ophthalmologist @profmariya.bsky.social as she explains gene therapy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qG...
Its #WorldSightDay and I have been invited to deliver the #LangLecture at @roysocmed.bsky.social this evening! #SoHonoured!
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Its #WorldSightDay and I have been invited to deliver the #LangLecture at @roysocmed.bsky.social this evening! #SoHonoured!
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
I spend more than 150 hours alone each week… #Loneliness #Heartbreaking
October 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
I spend more than 150 hours alone each week… #Loneliness #Heartbreaking
Thank you #CureUsher for hosting a wonderful charity ball to raise vital funds for #research and raising #awareness of #UsherSyndrome 💙
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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
September 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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
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🚨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
👀🫵
UK Eye Genetics Group Executive
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
👀🫵
UK Eye Genetics Group Executive
A Genetic Trip Around the Globe
Get updated on the most recent advances in genetic eye diseases and novel treatments
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September 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨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
👀🫵
UK Eye Genetics Group Executive
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
👀🫵
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 💙
Its a wonderful place to work with great colleagues & very special patients #GeneticEyeDisease We are honoured to provide you with the best care 💙
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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 💙
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!
September 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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!
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.
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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.
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
W=Wilms tumour
A=Aniridia
G=Genitourinary abnormalities
R=Range of developmental issues
August 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
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 are seeking a Research Fellow to join an innovative research programme at @ucleye.bsky.social at the intersection of digital health and eye care research. Closing date: 28 July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
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).
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July 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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 🙌🏼
July 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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 🙌🏼
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 ☀️
July 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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!
July 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
All mic’d up and ready for my @crick.ac.uk crash course on #GeneTherapy!
Late evening walks through the fields #LoveNature #LoveSummer
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Late evening walks through the fields #LoveNature #LoveSummer
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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.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-cras...
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.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-cras...
Crick Crash Course: gene therapy
Our series of morning lectures sharing science from across the Crick in a simple and accessible way continues.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-cras...
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.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-cras...
Reposted by Professor Mariya Moosajee
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
#medicaleducation #UsherSyndrome
June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
#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.
June 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
June 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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
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
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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!!
June 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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!
June 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What a stimulating annual @ukeyegeneticsgroup.bsky.social meeting. Thank you to the #Oxford #Genetics team for hosting. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learnt lots!
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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Thanks to our local organisers Prof Susie Downes and Ms Sam de Silva 👏🏼
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June 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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Thanks to our local organisers Prof Susie Downes and Ms Sam de Silva 👏🏼
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