The following article is presented to you by Andrea Carrillo Alemán For the general public. In myopia (short-sightedness), the eye grows too long, and the focus of the image is in front of the retina. The visual scene is defocus when people are looking at a distance. It has been estimated that 2.5 billion people could be affected by myopia by 2020 (1). There is strong association between the level of education and prevalence and development of myopia (2). It is also known that spending time outdoors, where the light is brighter, is associated with less myopia development (3). The effect o ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Miguel García & Pablo Sanz For all the general public. Athens, 29 – 31 August The 9th European edition of the Vision and Physiological Optics Conference took place in Athens from the 29th to the 31st of August. This meeting covers the fields of Vision Sciences, optics and related innovations and provides an atmosphere that is unique in the vision research community. MyFUN was represented in this meeting by 11 Early Stage Researchers and their PIs. A total of 10 Oral talks and 2 Posters were defended by them. Congratulations to our laureate ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Barbara Swiatczak For experts and researchers. The following article may contain statements of complex understanding for the general public. Myopia occurs when the eye is too long for the focusing power of cornea and lens. This leads to blurred vision in the distance. What is Myopia? It can be optically corrected with spectacles but this is no real cure since the eye remains being too long. Eye growth is visually controlled by the retina which analyzes the projected image to guide the eye towards emmetropia. It was shown that for example low t ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Dibyendu Pusti For all the general public. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) had arranged 5 days international conference at Hawaii convention center, Honolulu, USA from April 29, 2018. It was an overwhelming knowledge sharing colloquium with around 11,000 basic and clinical researchers from all over the world. The focus of the grand meeting was divided into many ongoing, leading and new aspects of vision researches covering: ocular pathologies & newer treatment options, ophthalmic imaging & diagnostic tool ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Miguel García & Pablo Sanz For all the general public. Some concepts may require certain prior knowledge about the eye. Since we already explained what Myopia means, some of you might be wondering why it is so important to struggle against it, even more when we can easily correct it with spectacles, contact lenses or even eye-surgeries. What is Myopia? Despite it is being referred mostly as an inconvenience rather than a disease, it can be nowadays found some controversy on how to describe a myopic person either as subject or a patient. In ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Sandra Gisbert Martinez Disclaimer: The following text may content specific terms, requiring more in deep knowledge in the field.   Animal experiments are essential for the progress of basic and applied biological and medical research since many fundamental questions cannot be solved purely by epidemiological approaches in human studies. In particular in myopia, which represents the result of complex interactions of environmental and genetic factors, basic questions cannot be answered only in human studies, like “which visual cues make eyes ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Dibyendu Pusti For all the general public. The 2nd MYFUN annual meeting had been hosted jointly by Laboratorio de Optica (LOUM) and Voptica SL at Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. The four days event started from 24th October with research work presentation by all MYFUN fellows and thought-provoking lectures by Ph.D. supervisors and invited speakers. The principal investigator of LOUM, Prof. Pablo Artal inaugurated the meeting by welcoming all MYFUN fellows, principal investigators, external advisory board, invited guests and all in-house La ..read more

OSA Webinar “Solving the Myopia Puzzle” Dec. 15th 2017 @10am EST We are pleased to announce the 4th webinar hosted by the Applications of Visual Science Technical Group below the Optical Society of America. This webinar will have presentations by Prof. Christine Wildsoet (UC Berkeley), Prof. Frank Schaeffel (U Tübingen) and Prof. Donald Mutti (Ohio State U) who are all leading experts in myopia. The presenters will discuss current understanding of myopia, reasons why myopia is on the rise, and possible steps that can reduce or delay the onset of myopia. To register for the FREE webinar (regist ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Miguel García, Pablo Sanz & Jane Weiner For all the general public. Today we have the luck to interview a filmmaker, that has been working during the last years in a documentary on myopia. She had the patience and time to answer to all of our questions. Jane Weiner Ms. Weiner born in New York. She studied Biology and American History at San Francisco State University, where she graduated in English Literature and majored in Filmic Studies. She also taught communication at the University of Syracuse. Jane Weiner began as a young filmmaker and ..read more

The following article is presented to you by Pablo Sanz and Miguel García For all the general public. During the last week of June, the MyFUN fellows were at the headquarters of Carl ZEISS Vision International GmbH (Beneficiary 06) in Oberkochen, Aalen. There, the group received a guided tour through the company, the museum and took part in educational training about OCT, Biometry and Fundus cameras with a hands-on training with these devices.   Click to view slideshow.   After 2 great days there, the group moved to Tübingen to have a joint complementary skill course with the Swi ..read more