This month's microscopy session was a little different... Simon from the Royal Veterinary College brought eyes from an elephant and a rhinoceros for comparison with our usual human eyes. He's kindly provided some images which are at the end of this post. I guess it's no surprise that rhinoceros sclera is substantially thick (after all,… Continue reading Microscopy June 2018
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Microscopy May 2018
Quiet session this month, possibly because of it being busy with the recent ARVO meeting, the ECVO meeting, and the upcoming RCOphth Congress. Still, we chatted about a fair range of eye pathology topics yesterday, from rare corneal dystrophies to ocular trauma to the value of deeper sections. Here are a few of the cases… Continue reading Microscopy May 2018
Post meeting notes
No microscopy teaching this month, because I was hosting the British Association for Ophthalmic Pathology meeting. For this post, I'm going to reflect a bit on how I ran the meeting, in case future meeting organisers find my thoughts useful. This isn't a comprehensive "How to organise an academic conference" post, just some random thoughts… Continue reading Post meeting notes
Retinal histology
No teaching session this month - just as well, with the BAOP meeting coming up and arrangements to make! There was some interest in a retinal photo I shared on Twitter yesterday, so I'm taking the opportunity to talk a little about retinal histology here. The image I originally tweeted was of retina from an… Continue reading Retinal histology