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Building a world-leading retinal image resource for innovation in eye research, healthcare, education

03/09/2025

SCONe's Dr Alice McTrusty will be speaking at at the RNIB Scotland ’s 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 on 17th September at Voco Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

The talk, titled 'SCONe: Building a Scotland wide Retinal Image Repository', includes an overview of establishing the SCONe repository as well as some initial work within the repository.

🔗 Find out more: https://www.rnib.org.uk/events-and-courses/scottish-vision-strategy-2025-annual-conference

16/07/2025

Get £100 for sharing your thoughts on health data! 🎉

We’re looking for people aged 18–25 or over 60 based in or near Aberdeen to take part in a creative research project.

🟡 You’ll complete a creative at-home pack (don’t worry – it’s fun and easy!)
🟡 Then join us for a 1-day workshop in Aberdeen on Saturday 3rd August
🟡 You’ll get £100 as a thank-you for your time

Help shape how we talk about and use health data in the future.
🚨 Limited spots available – just 6 people needed!

Follow the QR to show interest. Final Call

15/07/2025

We are grateful for support from the Scottish Government, charities such as Alzheimer Scotland and Sight Scotland, and more.

Swipe to read some supporting statements!

Letters of support can be found on our website here:
https://clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/scone/publications-resources-media/letters-of-support

Alzheimer Scotland
Sight Scotland Sight Scotland Veterans

11/07/2025

Are you an optometrist working in Scotland?

We're running a short research survey to understand the challenges of diagnosing eye conditions, and how AI could support your work.

If you're currently practising in Scotland, your insight could help shape how AI is developed for real-world optometry.

It only takes about 15 minutes.

Interested? Send us an email at ask.scone@ed.ac.uk or comment below – one of our team will be in touch.

Open to optometrists currently working and living in Scotland.

14/06/2025

💷 £100 voucher for your time!

We're inviting people aged 18–30 and 50+ in Aberdeen to take part in a creative, paid project exploring what personal health data means to you.

Complete a few fun activities at home, then join us for a relaxed workshop on 3rd August (with lunch, biscuits, and good chats!).

Scan the QR or follow this link to express interest in this event:

13/06/2025

Paid Research Opportunity – Share Your Views on Eye Health in Scotland

We’re looking for people aged 50+ living in Lothian to take part in three relaxed, in-person group chats about eye health and optometry services.

💬 Share your views in a friendly, informal setting
📍 This is an in-person opportunity: Location will be chosen based on what works best for the group – we’ll try to accommodate everyone
💷 Receive £150 in total for taking part in all three sessions
🚗 Travel costs covered, and we’ll support you with transport if needed.

👉 Scan the QR code or follow this link: https://forms.office.com/e/iYjSyxqKq5

06/06/2025

📰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲! 📰

- New SCONe paper published in BMJ
- SCONe Funding Updates
- ARVO Annual Meeting Posters
- AI talks & events
- “Eye, Eye Doctor" at Edinburgh Science Festival

Read the latest SCONe updates here:
https://clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-06/SCONe%20Newsletter%20-%20June%202025.pdf

👁 Congratulations to Fabian Yii and collaborators on the publication of their paper titled 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 in JAMA Ophthalmology. You can read the full paper here:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/2834963

📧 Sign up for SCONe emails here:
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/scone-email-sign-up

🌐 You can also keep up to date on our website:
https://clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/scone/news-and-updates

19/05/2025

📢 The SCONe team have published a new paper:

𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗲: 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

📰 Read the full paper here:
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101236

𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: To safeguard Scotland’s community-acquired retinal images (colour fundus photographs) in a secure, centrally held repository and support a variety of research including ocular, neurodegenerative and systemic disease prediction.

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Retinal images captured in optometry practices linked to national, routinely collected, longitudinal healthcare data.

𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Community optometry and the Public Health Scotland National Safe Haven.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀: Adults (mostly aged 60+) who have attended their optometrist since 2006 for an eye examination during which a retinal image was captured.

𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: Successful retrieval of linkable colour fundus photographs from systems in use in practice and delivery to the Safe Haven for linkage and secure storage.

*Please note that the number of images quoted in this paper (367 000) is far below what SCONe currently holds, due to the lengthy nature of getting work through journal peer review.

02/05/2025

The SCONe team and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh will be presenting their work at the 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗢) Annual meeting in Salt Lake City this month.

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗠𝗗, 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀
Date: 03/05/2025
Conference: Imaging of the Eye
Session: Retina

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸
Date: 03/05/2025
Conference: Imaging of the Eye
Posterboard number: PB0096

𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗲𝘁: 𝗔 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮
Date: 05/05/2025
Poster session: 248 (Myopia: Structural and Functional Changes)
Posterboard number: 2158 - A0338

𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮
Date: 06/05/2025
Poster Session: 368 (Electronic Health Record and Big Data Sciences)
Posterboard Number: 3960 - B0497

28/04/2025

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵!

We are currently recruiting participants for a public engagement project in Aberdeen.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗪𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮?
We'd love to hear your thoughts about what health data means to you - no expert knowledge needed!

𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: You must be aged 18-25 or 60+ years old and living in Aberdeenshire.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱:
- At home activity pack
- One-day workshop on 3rd August at Station Hotel Aberdeen
- £100 voucher for your time

Please fill in this short online questionnaire if you are interested in participating:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRCgaTTcYQCCXxiw0EZJo4OWtQMw0WdUM0kwN1RINVo4WTlFMzlMMVA4STlWODBOTC4u

For any questions regarding this project, please contact Ana Rubio by emailing arubio@ed.ac.uk

24/04/2025

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵!

We are currently recruiting participants for a study about eyecare in Lothian. We'd love to hear your thoughts about local eyecare services - no expert knowledge needed!

𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: You must be aged 50-70 years old and living in Lothian.

Please fill in this short online questionnaire to see if you're eligible to participate:
https://forms.office.com/e/iYjSyxqKq5

For any questions regarding this study, please contact Ana Rubio by emailing arubio@ed.ac.uk

16/04/2025

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 - 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘆𝗲, 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿! 🔬🥼👁👓

Presented by The University of Edinburgh as part of Edinburgh Science Festival, this is a fun activity for children aged 8+ to learn about the vital role of eye health and uncover the mysteries of how our eyes reflect our overall well-being.

📅 TODAY Wednesday 16th April
🕙 11am, 2pm and 3:30pm (1 hour, pre-booking required)
📍Learning Studio 2 (Level 4), National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

More info and tickets 🎟️
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/eye-eye-doctor

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Centre For Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, University Of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent
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http://www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/ophthalmology/scone, https://linktr.ee/scone_research

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