Nikolas Pontikos (@npontikos) 's Twitter Profile
Nikolas Pontikos

@npontikos

Group Leader (@eye2gene @EyeCharity @UCLeye @MoorfieldsBRC). @phenopolis co-founder. On a mission to improve healthcare through genetics, tech and sharing :)

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Nikolas Pontikos (@npontikos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Conclusions to our #PIawayday and our exciting roadmap towards #ORIEL and 2030. Thank you Andrew Dick @AJ_Hardcastle and all of UCL Institute of Ophthalmology for the inspiring event and location. And of course to the facilitators StriveHigher. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Conclusions to our #PIawayday and our exciting roadmap towards #ORIEL and 2030. Thank you <a href="/andrewdick4/">Andrew Dick</a> @AJ_Hardcastle and all of <a href="/UCLeye/">UCL Institute of Ophthalmology</a> for the inspiring event and location. And of course to the facilitators StriveHigher. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
epithelial mechanics fan club (@epimechfc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How can we use cell shapes and geometry to study mechanics of tissues? I'm @juliaeckert.bsky.social and with this thread I would like to show you the secrets of cells and tissues. Let’s connect biology with a little bit of physics. Don't be scared and get inspired 😀. #EpithelialMechanics

How can we use cell shapes and geometry to study mechanics of tissues?

I'm <a href="/JuliaEckert10/">@juliaeckert.bsky.social</a> and with this thread I would like to show you the secrets of cells and tissues. Let’s connect biology with a little bit of physics. Don't be scared and get inspired 😀. #EpithelialMechanics
Dr Dayyanah Sumodhee (@dsumodhee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted to report that our paper 'Expert CONsensus on Visual Evaluation in Retinal disease manaGEment: the CONVERGE study' is now published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. bjo.bmj.com/content/early/…

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (@ucleye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're looking for a Research Fellow to join Rodrigo Young's newly established research team at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, to investigate the role of genes related to human eye globe defects during development. This opportunity closes on 16 September. ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Ophthalmology (@aaojournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In patients with PDE6A-retinitis pigmentosa, despite the presence of cystoid macular edema, there was relative stability in macular parameters. Michalis Georgiou, MD, PhD Michel Michaelides ow.ly/3E9m50Toefe

In patients with PDE6A-retinitis pigmentosa, despite the presence of cystoid macular edema, there was relative stability in macular parameters. <a href="/GeoMichalis/">Michalis Georgiou, MD, PhD</a> <a href="/MichelMichaelid/">Michel Michaelides</a> 
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Elfride De Baere (@elfridedebaere) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Eye2Gene for next generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases using AI was highlighted by Ismail Moghul UCL Institute of Ophthalmology during the great Featured Symposium on Advanced in AI (session 35). #ASHG24 ASHG #AI Nikolas Pontikos

<a href="/Eye2Gene/">Eye2Gene</a> for next generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases using AI was highlighted by Ismail Moghul <a href="/UCLeye/">UCL Institute of Ophthalmology</a> during the great Featured Symposium on Advanced in AI (session 35).
#ASHG24 <a href="/GeneticsSociety/">ASHG</a> #AI <a href="/npontikos/">Nikolas Pontikos</a>
ERN-EYE (@erneyeeu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pr Nikolas Pontikos is presenting Artificial Intelligence in Inherited Retinal Diseases online from UK. It is a very interesting topic for our participants!

Pr <a href="/npontikos/">Nikolas Pontikos</a> is presenting Artificial Intelligence in Inherited Retinal Diseases online from UK. It is a very interesting topic for our participants!
NIHR Moorfields BRC (@moorfieldsbrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Researchers have developed AIRDetect, a #DeepLearningModel analysing 45,749 retinal images. This #innovation accelerates diagnosis and treatment of inherited retinal diseases. 🔗buff.ly/3CsZCGs UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UCL Translational Research Office Accessible video: buff.ly/4jvGYPc

NIHR Moorfields BRC (@moorfieldsbrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday, Nikolas Pontikos shared insights on Eye2Gene's translation from an idea to pre-spin-out at UCL Business Ltd's I/O Lab Coffee Club. BRC supported, Eye2Gene harnesses #AI to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of inherited retinal diseases to make care more #accessible.

Yesterday, <a href="/npontikos/">Nikolas Pontikos</a> shared insights on <a href="/Eye2Gene/">Eye2Gene</a>'s translation from an idea to pre-spin-out at <a href="/UCL_Business/">UCL Business Ltd</a>'s I/O Lab Coffee Club.  

BRC supported, Eye2Gene harnesses #AI to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of inherited retinal diseases to make care more #accessible.
Flower (@flwrlabs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Federated Learning in Healthcare & Finance – Learn from the experts at Flower Summit 2025! 🎙️ From advancing federated learning in healthcare and biomedical research to applying federated learning in financial services, our next lineup of speakers brings valuable expertise: 🩺

UCL Researcher Experience (@ucl_odresearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An exciting morning at #UCLFESR2025: We heard from ECRs who shared their experience on the journey bringing their research to market through UCL’s support functions UCL Translational Research Office, UCL Business, UCL Consultants and UCL Innovation & Enterprise #UCLFESR2025 #FESR2025

An exciting morning at #UCLFESR2025: We heard from ECRs who shared their experience on the journey bringing their research to market through UCL’s support functions <a href="/UCLTRO/">UCL Translational Research Office</a>, UCL Business, <a href="/UCLConsultants/">UCL Consultants</a> and <a href="/UCLEnterprise/">UCL Innovation & Enterprise</a> 

#UCLFESR2025 #FESR2025
TVST Journal (@arvotvst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nikolas Pontikos et al. Nikolas Pontikos UCL Institute of Ophthalmology NIHR Moorfields BRC study Current Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Systematic Review, tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a….

Nikolas Pontikos et al. <a href="/npontikos/">Nikolas Pontikos</a> <a href="/UCLeye/">UCL Institute of Ophthalmology</a> <a href="/MoorfieldsBRC/">NIHR Moorfields BRC</a> study Current Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Systematic Review, tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a….
NIHR Moorfields BRC (@moorfieldsbrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have supported an #AI tool that improves genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal disease, a leading cause of blindness in the UK. Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Eye2Gene offers a faster, scalable diagnosis & better than expert accuracy. 🔗buff.ly/7yYxCNG

We have supported an #AI tool that improves genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal disease, a leading cause of blindness in the UK. Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, <a href="/Eye2Gene/">Eye2Gene</a> offers a faster, scalable diagnosis &amp; better than expert accuracy.

🔗buff.ly/7yYxCNG
Eric Topol (@erictopol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A.I. is improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Today for inherited retinal diseases [IRD] (Eye2Gene vs retinal experts) nature.com/articles/s4225…

A.I. is improving the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Today for inherited retinal diseases [IRD] (Eye2Gene vs retinal experts)
 nature.com/articles/s4225…
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (@ucleye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to UCL Institute of Ophthalmology's UCL IoO ECR community for delivering another inspiring annual early career researchers' symposium last week and to all recipients of the IoO ECR awards 2025. ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences…

Congratulations to <a href="/UCLeye/">UCL Institute of Ophthalmology</a>'s <a href="/IooECR/">UCL IoO ECR</a> community for delivering another inspiring annual early career researchers' symposium last week and to all recipients of the IoO ECR awards 2025. ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences…
DailyHealthcareAI (@aipulserx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Could AI revolutionize the diagnosis of inherited retinal diseases by analyzing eye scans with superhuman accuracy?Nature Machine Intelligence Eye2Gene UCL "Next-generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases from multimodal imaging with Eye2Gene" • Inherited retinal diseases

Could AI revolutionize the diagnosis of inherited retinal diseases by analyzing eye scans with superhuman accuracy?<a href="/NatMachIntell/">Nature Machine Intelligence</a> <a href="/Eye2Gene/">Eye2Gene</a> <a href="/ucl/">UCL</a> 

"Next-generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases from multimodal imaging with Eye2Gene"

• Inherited retinal diseases
Ophthalmology (@aaojournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Retinograd-AI: An Open-source Automated Fundus Autofluorescence Retinal Image Gradability Assessment for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies ow.ly/nuCg50W8nAB Nikolas Pontikos #ophthalmology

Retinograd-AI: An Open-source Automated Fundus Autofluorescence Retinal Image Gradability Assessment for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
ow.ly/nuCg50W8nAB
<a href="/npontikos/">Nikolas Pontikos</a> 
#ophthalmology