Activities
ARVO CONFERENCE, May 2024
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group enjoying an evening out in Seattle during the ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2024. Back row: Sylvia Franklin, Benjamin Ng, Molly John, Arun Thirunavukarasu, Amandeep Josan, Alaa Fayed, Thomas Buckley, Akshay Narayan, Felix Reichel, Jedrzej Golebka. Middle row: Monica Hu, Joel Quinn, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath, Evita Christou, Dorothea Stark, Ahmed Shalaby, Shabnam Raji, Grace Borchert, Elena Piotter, Lauren Major, Ruofan Connie Han, Celia Sourd, Qingyun Zheng, Ahmed Salman. Front row: Emer Chang, Helen Mi Fang, Imran Yusuf, Peter Charbel Issa, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Robert MacLaren, Kanmin Xue, Dana Zhupan, Sena Gocuk, Ellie Rhodes.
MACLAREN GROUP ANNUAL DINNER, JUNE 2023
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, June 2023. Fourth row: Ahmed Salman, Anna Dreismann, Jasmina Cehajic-Kapetanovic, Hoda Shams, Elena Piotter, Cristina Martinez, Helen Mi Fang, Lauren Major, Ruofan Han. Third row: Laura Taylor, Maria Kaukonen, Peter Issa, Federica Staurenghi, Shabnam Raji, Imran Yusuf, Ariel Kantor, Kanmin Xue. Second row: Silja Hansen, William Waldock, Marco Bellini, Molly John, Amandeep Josan, Joel Quinn, Daniel Adeyoju, Monica Hu, Grace Borchert. First row: Dorothea Stark, Aleena Viepadan, Anna Rudenko, Soma Farag, Robert MacLaren, Lauren Collins, Michelle McClements, Leah Fogarty, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
ARVO CONFERENCE, APRIL 2023
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group enjoying an evening out in New Orleans during the ARVO Annual Meeting, April 2023. Back row: Kanmin Xue (Alumnus), Grace Borchert, Ahmed Salman, Amandeep Josan, Molly John, Joel Quinn, Imran Yusuf, Matthew Simunovic (Alumnus). Front row: Anna Dreismann (Alumna), Marta Stevanovic (Alumna), Soma Farag, Robert MacLaren, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Monica Hu, Ellie Rhodes, Sena Gocuk.
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, July 2022
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, July 2022. Fifth row: Marco Bellini, Sher Aslam, Johannes Birtel, Amandeep Josan, Thomas Buckley. Fourth row: Kanmin Xue, Kwame Baffour-Awuah, Dominik Fischer, Peter Charbel Issa, Joel Quinn, Imran Yusuf, Daniel Adeyoju, Ahmed Salman. Third row: Cristina Martinez, Harry Orlans, Federica Staurenghi, Silja Hansen, Ariel Kantor, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Elizabeth Sweet, Sophia Bellingrath, Lauren Major. Second row: Michelle McClements, Lauren Collins, Isabella Farrance, Ruofan Connie Han, Anna Rudenko, Salwah Rehman, Maram Abdalla, Ellie Rhodes, Maria Kaukonen, Sarah Young. First row: Amanda Le, Marta Wylot, Monica Hu, Samantha de Silva, Robert MacLaren, Molly John, Elena Piotter, Hoda Shams, Federica Poli. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
UK Eye Genetics Group Annual Meeting, September 2021
Members of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group attending the 2021 UK Eye Genetics Group Annual Meeting, held at The Francis Crick Institute in London. From left to right: Cristina Martinez, Salwah Rehman, Robert MacLaren, Elena Piotter, Laura Wood, Federica Staurenghi, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Federica Poli, Maria Kaukonen, Lauren Major, Imran Yusuf, Ruofan Connie Han, Sophia Bellingrath.
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, July 2021
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, July 2021. Third row: Daniel Adeyoju, Dominik Fischer, Marco Bellini, Lewis Fry, Joel Quinn, Imran Yusuf, Peter Charbel Issa, Kanmin Xue. Second row: Laura Wood, Cristina Martinez, Paulina Ocieczek, Ahmed Salman, Ariel Kantor, Sophia Bellingrath, Ruofan Connie Han, Samantha de Silva. First row: Ruksana Syeda, Elena Piotter, Salwah Rehman, Federica Poli, Robert MacLaren, Federica Staurenghi, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Caroline Peddle, Jasleen Kaur Jolly. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
MACLAREN GROUP ANNUAL DINNER, AUGUST 2020
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, August 2020. Third row: Salwah Rehman, Harry Orlans, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Ahmed Salman, Ruofan Connie Han. Second row: Amandeep Josan, Thomas Buckley, Ariel Kantor, Samantha de Silva, Anna Rudenko, Dominik Fischer, Imran Yusuf, Lewis Fry. First row: Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Federica Staurenghi, Elena Piotter, Robert MacLaren, Laurel Chandler, Ruksana Syeda, Laura Wood. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
Gene Therapy Programme Launches in Boston, January 2020
Professor Robert MacLaren at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, after their first retinal gene therapy surgery as part of the Nightstar/Biogen programme. From left to right: Cindy Ung (vitreoretinal fellow), Jason Comander (Principal Investigator and vitreoretinal surgeon), Kevin Ferenchak (vitreoretinal Fellow), Diane Bishop (Principal Medical Science Liaison, Biogen Inc.) and Robert MacLaren.
Institut de la Vision 10th Anniversary Meeting, November 2019
Professor Robert MacLaren gave the gene therapy lecture at the Sorbonne University in Paris for the Institut de la Vision 10th Anniversary meeting. From left to right: Marius Ueffing (Director of the Centre for Ophthalmology, Tuebingen), Robert MacLaren, Jose Sahel (Director of the Institut de la Vision), Eberhart Zrenner (Emeritus Director of the Centre for Ophthalmology, Tuebingen), Christina Fasser (President of Retina International) and Thomas Wheeler-Schilling (CEO of the European Vision Institute).
MACLAREN GROUP ANNUAL DINNER, August 2019
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, August 2019. Fourth row: Imran Yusuf, Thomas Buckley, Lewis Fry, Peter Charbel Issa. Third row: Ahmed Salman, Dominik Fischer, Alun Barnard, Marco Bellini, Iain Wilson, Moreno Menghini, Kanmin Xue. Second row: Laura Wood, Federica Staurenghi, Marta Stevanovic, Laurel Chandler, Cristina Martinez, Michelle McClements, Alessia Valteroni, Vratko Himic. First row: Pilar Martin, Ruofan Connie Han, Anna Rudenko, Susan Downes, Robert MacLaren, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Elena Piotter, Caroline Peddle, Jasleen Kaur Jolly. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, July 2019
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group attending the 2019 Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. From left to right: Chrishan Gunasekara, Michael Gilhooley, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Imran Yusuf, Caroline Peddle, Robert MacLaren, Alun Barnard, Won Kyung Song, Marta Stevanovic, Lewis Fry, Yasmeen Yusuf.
Last REGENERATE Trial Patient Treated At Oxford Eye Hospital, June 2019
Surgical team that participated in the gene therapy surgery for the last REGENERATE trial patient treated at the Oxford Eye Hospital, 20 June 2019. Standing from left to right: Jasmina Kapetanovic (vitreoretinal research fellow), Magda Cepero (scrub nurse), Vincent Carpio (scrub nurse), Alun Barnard (senior research fellow), Robert MacLaren (Chief Investigator), Aleena Viepadan (clinical trial coordinator), Moreno Menghini (visiting research fellow), Alexandra Davies (optometrist), Anika Nanda (clinical research fellow), Anna Rudenko (research nurse).
ARVO CONFERENCE, MAY 2019
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group enjoying an evening out in Vancouver during the ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2019. From left to right: Samantha de Silva, Daniel Lipinski (Alumnus), Tina Storm, Alun Barnard, Mital Shah, Michael Gilhooley, Cristina Martinez, Marta Stevanovic, Alexandra Davies, Iain Wilson, Celine Halioua, Caroline Peddle, Moreno Menghini, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Robert MacLaren, Federica Staurenghi, Laurel Chandler, Lewis Fry, Laura Wood, Imran Yusuf, Michelle McClements, Tom Edwards (Alumnus), Dominik Fischer (Alumnus), Jasleen Jolly, Saoud Al-Khuzaei, Ahmed Shalaby, Adam Dubis, Harry Orlans, Won Kyung Song, Anika Nanda, Matthew Simunovic (Alumnus), Peter Charbel Issa, Christine Kiire. Not shown in the photo, but present for the dinner were: Susie Downes, Kanmin Xue (Alumnus).
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Science Meeting, November 2018
Marta Stevanovic, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) research fellow, attended the November 2018 HHMI Investigator Science Meeting at the Janelia Research Campus (Ashburn, Virginia, USA), where she had the opportunity to meet Professor Jennifer Doudna.
First U.S. Patient Treated with Gene Therapy for X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, October 2018
Members of the surgical team at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, who performed the first administration in the U.S. of the gene therapy for X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa developed at the University of Oxford. From left to right: Rosa Potyra, Nel Gregory, Janet Davis, Robert MacLaren (University of Oxford) and Byron Lam.
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, September 2018
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, September 2018. Fourth row: Dun Jack Fu, Iain Wilson, James Aylward, Ross Campbell, Marco Bellini, CK Patel. Third row: Imran Yusuf, Peter Charbel Issa, Celine Halioua, Won Kyung Song, Marta Stevanovic, Alun Barnard, Harry Orlans. Second row: Michelle McClements, Anna Rudenko, Federica Staurenghi, Tina Storm, Alexandra Davies, Emma Phillipson, Anum Butt, Laura Wood. First row: Jasmina Kapetanovic, Arantxa Bolinches Amoros, Caroline Peddle, Laurel Chandler, Robert MacLaren, Anika Nanda, Cristina Martinez, Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Maria Patricio. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
OXFORD OPHTHALMOLOGICAL CONGRESS, JULY 2018
Members of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group attending the July 2018 Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. From left to right: Arantxa Bolinches Amoros, Lewis Fry, Harry Orlans, Robert MacLaren, Celine Halioua, Alun Barnard, Imran Yusuf, Tina Storm, Iain Wilson.
ARVO Conference, May 2018
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on the last day of the ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2018. From left to right: Tina Storm, Kirti Jasani, Dun Jack Fu, James Aylward, Laurel Chandler, Harry Orlans, Georgios Kontos, Cristina Martinez, Caroline Peddle, Arantxa Bolinches, Lewis Fry, Jasmina Kapetanovic, Dominik Fischer (Alumnus), Robert MacLaren, Celine Halioua, Iain Wilson, Mark Hassall (Alumnus), Maria Patricio, Anika Nanda, Matthew Simunovic (Alumnus), Peter Charbel Issa, Doron Hickey (Alumnus), Imran Yusuf. Not shown in the photo, but present for the dinner were: Tom Edwards (Alumnus), Alun Barnard, Sarah Stephenson, Odysseas Georgiadis, Yunfei Yang.
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2017
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2017. Back row: Peter Charbel Issa, Kanmin Xue, Imran Yusuf, Harry Orlans, Alun Barnard. Middle row: Samantha de Silva, Tina Storm, Kirti Jasani, Marco Bellini, Sher Aslam, Lewis Fry, Mark Hassall, Iain Wilson, Jasleen Kaur Jolly. Front row: Maria Patricio, Caroline Peddle, Anum Butt, Laurel Chandler, Anika Nanda, Robert MacLaren, Anna Rudenko, Anna Paola Salvetti, Cristina Martinez, Arantxa Bolinches Amoros. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
Farewell to Dr Salvetti, August 2017
A farewell party for Dr Anna Paola Salvetti before her return to the University of Milan in Italy. Dr Salvetti spent three happy years at Oxford working as a clinical research fellow within the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group. She contributed greatly towards the success of our retinal gene therapy programme and she will be sorely missed.
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, July 2017
Members of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group attending the July 2017 Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. From left to right: Cristina Martinez, Maria Patricio, Iain Wilson, Caroline Peddle, Robert MacLaren, Anum Butt, Alun Barnard, Asha Swierczek, Mark Hassall, Laurel Chandler, Harry Orlans.
Visiting Italian Surgeons, March 2017
Italian surgeons visit Oxford on 1 March 2017 to observe electronic retinal implant surgery, in preparation for the first planned implantation of the electronic retina in patients in Italy. From left to right: Nicolo Ceretto (Engineer, Retina Implant AG), Professor Robert MacLaren, Dr Marco Codenotti (Head of Vitreoretinal Surgery Service, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan), Dr Iuliano Lorenzo (Department of Ophthalmology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan).
First REGENERATE Trial Patient Treated At Moorfields Eye Hospital, December 2016
Surgical team that participated in the gene therapy surgery for the first REGENERATE trial patient treated at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, 13 December 2016. (Professor Lyndon da Cruz and Professor Robert MacLaren are standing on either side of the video monitor.)
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner 2016
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2016. Back row: Alun Barnard, Anna Dreismann, Peter Charbel Issa, Marta Latasiewicz, Marco Bellini, Thomas Edwards, Sher Aslam, Mark Hassall, Harry Orlans, Clare Couldridge-Smith, Shaun Wood, Asha Swierczek. Front row: Samantha de Silva, Anna Paola Salvetti, Laurel Chandler, Anna Rudenko, Robert MacLaren, Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Caroline Peddle, Cristina Martinez, Maria Patricio. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
World's First Robotic Eye Surgery, September 2016
Surgical team that participated in the world's first robotic eye surgery, 24 September 2016. Standing from left to right: Bhim Gyawali (theatre sister), Thomas Edwards (clinical research fellow), Perry van Rijsingen (chief executive officer, PRECEYES BV), Vincent Carpio (scrub nurse), Anna Paola Salvetti (clinical research fellow), Marc de Smet (chief medical officer, PRECEYES BV), Andrew Farmery (anaesthetist), Robert MacLaren (principal investigator), Kanmin Xue (academic clinical lecturer), Marta Latasiewicz (vitreoretinal fellow), Maarten Beelen (software engineer, PRECEYES BV), Thijs Meenink (hardware engineer, PRECEYES BV).
Group Visit to Paris, April 2016
Group visit to the Institut de la Vision in Paris, April 2016. (Professor José-Alain Sahel, the Director of the Institut de la Vision, is standing on the far right next to Professor Robert MacLaren.)
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2015
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2015. Back row: Daniyar Dauletbekov, Siegfried Wagner, Howell Fu, Thomas Edwards, Sher Aslam, Markus Groppe, Mark Hassall, Matthew Simunovic, Doron Hickey. Front row: Michelle McClements, Marco Bellini, Kanmin Xue, Anna Paola Salvetti, Robert MacLaren, Harry Orlans, Shaun Wood, Sophia Bellingrath, Dominik Fischer, Maria Patricio. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2014
MacLaren Group Annual Dinner, October 2014. Back row: Dominik Fischer, Alun Barnard, Peter Charbel Issa, Marco Bellini, Mark Hassall, Thomas Edwards, Doron Hickey, Shaun Wood, Mandeep Singh. Front row: Michelle McClements, Kanmin Xue, Maria Patricio, Alona Barnea-Cramer, Robert MacLaren, Jasmin Balmer, Daniyar Dauletbekov, Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Matthew Simunovic. (Photograph copyright: Gillman & Soame.)
The Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology coxed four, training in Oxford tracksuits, October 2014
Group members pulling together for oar-inspiring rowdopsin research.
ARVO Conference, May 2014
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group enjoying some recreational time along with other members of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Oxford Eye Hospital at the ARVO Annual Meeting, Orlando, May 2014.
ARVO Conference, May 2012
Members and friends of the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group enjoying some recreational time along with other members of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Oxford Eye Hospital at the ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, May 2012.
First Electronic Retinal Implant Surgery, March 2012
First electronic retinal implant surgery in the UK, 22 March 2012: surgeons plan the various steps of the complex 8 hour procedure. From left to right: Mr Markus Groppe FRCOphth PhD (Academic Clinical Lecturer), Mr James Ramsden FRCS PhD (Consultant Cochlear Implant Surgeon), Professor Robert MacLaren FRCOphth DPhil (Consultant Ophthalmologist), Mr Tim Jackson FRCOphth PhD (Consultant Ophthalmologist), Mr Jonathan Norris FRCOphth (Consultant Ophthalmologist).
Group Visit to Singapore, January 2011
Group visit to National University Eye Hospital Singapore, January 2011. (From left to right: Mandeep Singh, Dan Lipinski, Peter Charbel Issa, Alun Barnard, Robert MacLaren, Haidong Shan.)