The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Visual Science and Neuroscience Conference (GBA-VSNS 2025) on 1 March 2025, aiming to promote academic exchange and collaboration in the fields of ophthalmology and neuroscience within the Greater Bay Area. It provided a platform for experts and scholars from leading institutions, including Jinan University, University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology, The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Our postgraduate students and research staff showcased their poster presentations at the conference:
- Dr TANG Ziqi: “Relationship of OCT-Based Diabetic Retinal Neurodegeneration to the Development and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Cohort Study”
- Ms ZHENG Chunwen: “Significant value of retinal changes in biomarker-based over symptom-based diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease”
- Mr LIU Xujia: “A Novel Brownian Bridge Diffusion Model for Multi-Artifact Removal in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Images”
- Ms LI Yi: “Longitudinal Observation of Bruch’s Membrane Opening-Minimum Rim Width (BMO-MRW) in Hong Kong Children”
- Ms LI Yingan: “Associations of Long-term Joint Exposure to Multiple Ambient Air Pollutants with the incidence of Age-related Eye Diseases”
- Ms YU Jun: “Integrated Roles of Systemic Diseases and Serum Biomarkers in the Incidence of Age-related Macular Degeneration: the UK Biobank Study”
- Mr XU Jianming: “Association of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Incident Glaucoma: Meta-Analysis and Mendelian Randomization Study”
- Ms LI Jiahui: “Mechanistic investigations of the pro-apoptotic effects of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor antagonists MIA-602 on retinoblastoma”
- The sharing and presentations facilitated meaningful discussions among various scholars and experts from different universities, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.
Through the conference, our postgraduate students gained a deep appreciation for the immense potential of the Greater Bay Area in fostering scientific collaboration and innovation.