OOG - RP Knowledge sharing webinar 2025

On September 22, 2025, at 8:00 PM Amsterdam time, Prof. Camiel Boon (Professor of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmogenetics at Amsterdam UMC) gave a free webinar to share knowledge about gene therapy and gene-independent treatments for hereditary retinal diseases.

The webinar lasted approximately 90 minutes, with approximately 30 minutes of questions at the end of the presentation.

The recording of the webinar can be viewed here:

During the webinar financial resources were discussed to make groundbreaking research possible. We would like to state following about this.

Relatively small amounts of funding can often function as an accelerator and catalyzing stimulus to much bigger research (and funding). For example, if a researchers are able to collect some key research findings in a pilot study based on a small funding amount, these results can be very important to submit a potentially successful large application for larger funding. Philanthropic money and donations are often a great driving force for such research: all major breakthroughs start small. These small breakthroughs that spark great developments are often experimental, innovative research that is difficult to finance from regular, established funding sources. Our researchers at Amsterdam UMC experience this personally every day. That is why initiatives such as OOG are such important driving forces behind breakthroughs.