World Sight Day 2025: The funded research bringing hope to Bérénice’s future
9 October 2025
World Sight Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of October to spotlight the importance of eye care. We interviewed Bérénice Magistretti about her experience living with retinitis pigmentosa and Dr Julio Corral-Serrano on his research into this rare condition, supported by Moorfields Eye Charity.
Watch the video below:
About the speakers
Bérénice Magistretti
Bérénice Magistretti is a Swiss/Italian writer and disabilities activist. She has retinitis pigmentosa and after realising that there weren’t any beautiful, stylish canes out there, she decided to design her own. With her recently launched platform, Visible Voices, she is on a mission to break the stigma around disabilities and encourage other people to be more vocal and visible about their own disabilities.
Dr Julio Corral-Serrano
Julio Corral-Serrano is a senior research associate at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London, UK. His research interests are focused on the biology of cilia and inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs). He also has work funded by Moorfields Eye Charity.
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