January 2020: After a positive periodic review in Brussels the MOON consortium is looking forward to an exciting final project phase.A new MOON publication is online in Neurophotonics showing the capability to image with OCT signs of Alzheimer's disease in the human brain (July 2020).The MOON project has been extended until October 2021!.Have a look at the new MOON project flyer.Check out the publication inВ ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

September 2020: Important Milestone achievement:В The MOON consortium shows that Raman spectroscopy has the potential to distinguish of Alzheimer diseased from healthyВ retinas based on their spectral fingerprint.January 2021: Read the press release of IPHT concerning the latest insights on Alzheimer screening via the retina.Listen to the recent Interview in 'Deutschlandfunk'В () (only in German).MOON technology presented at the virtual Annual Symposium of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) (May 1-7 2021) MUW leads a panel discussion on widefield OCT and OCT angiography with renowned international clinical experts in the field.The system complies with the new Medical Device Regulations that came into force in May 26, 2021. We are happy to announce clearance by the Austrian national authorities (BASG) to start with the study on multimodal molecular retinal diagnostics with the combined Raman and OCT/OCTA platform.It is an initiative of the Photonics Public Private Partnership. This project has received funding from the European UnionвЂ™s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 732969 (MOON). This would have a huge societal impact on the quality of life of patients and their caretakers as well as on the national healthcare systems themselves.

Early signs of disease may therefore be diagnosed at an early state in a fully objective manner. The eye serves as window to the brain, as the retinal neural tissue is equally affected by major neurodegenerative diseases as the brain tissue itself. MOON includes a validation of the multimodal diagnostic system in a clinical setting focusing on age-related macula degeneration and AlzheimerвЂ™s disease as surrogates for other major diseases affecting the human eye and the brain. The novel diagnostic platform combines the strength of complementary modalities, being Optical Coherence Tomography, Fluorescence Imaging, and Raman Spectroscopy.

Unit 4- Learners will be able to evaluate student performance in The MOON Project.MOON - Multimodal Optical Diagnosis of Ocular and Neurodegenerative Disease.

Unit 3- Learners will be able to use The MOON Project in their classes.

Unit 2- Learners will be able to identify the features of project-based and collaborative learning within the context of the MOON Project.

Unit 1- The learners will be able to browse the MOON project website and identify its educational goals.

Given The World MOON Project, the learner will be able to assess their students' understanding of the phases of the moon by interpreting their responses to online and in-class discussions and written observations of the phases of the moon.

Given the project-based learning environment of The MOON Project, the learner will be able to assist their students in collaborative scientific environments to develop critical thinking skills necessary for a 21st century learning environment.

Given The World MOON Project website, the learner will apply project-based learning environment to teach the phases of the moon to their class.

Given links and the online teacher manual, the learner will use the website The World MOON Project to teach the phases of the moon to their class.

The website can be accessed through this link: It best suits the needs of grades 5-8 instruction, but it could also be incorporated into high school or middle school earth science classes. This mini-course is designed to help teachers include this project in their lessons in astronomy. With this, students are able to integrate scientific concepts along with cultural concepts by interacting with students around the world through the World MOON Project Website. It is both a collaborative and project-based inquiry learning experience for students to learn a critical concept in astronomy. The World MOON project provides a means for students to make observations of the phases of the moon and compare it with observations of their peers. A way for instructors to integrate investigative learning in astronomy along with the world on a scientific website.

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