VP Scientific Affairs www.BrightFocus.org, President of www.BaltimoreCameraClub.org, scientist (biochemistry, cancer, cardiovascular, Alzheimer’s, glaucoma, AMD), photographer, Canada, Queen’s U, Harvard/Boston Children’s Hospital, Johns Hopkinshttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mrhv5osvg32mOn Sunday August 2nd, Baltimore Camera Club's Gallery Show will have an opening reception at Gallery Unicorn, 1710 Dulaney Valley Rd in Lutherville, MD. Come join us to celebrate the collection of images assembled for this event by members. Begins at 2pm; Artist Talk at 3pm. Hope you can make it!25 Jul 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhv5osvg32mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mpxm2b5spp2uJust saw a phenomenal concert at Wolf Trap in Virginia. Sarah McLachlan with opening act Allison Russell and the Rainbow Coalition. Wow. Sarah’s voice is the same as it was 40 years ago. Happy they are good with non-flash photos with cell phone. If you ever get a chance to see her live, please do!06 Jul 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxm2b5spp2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mptfjou7v62dHappy 250th Birthday, United States of America…04 Jul 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptfjou7v62dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mppkpe6tsf22Happy Belated Canada Day! Hope you had fun. Looking forward to watching Canada win the FIFA 2026 World Cup soccer/football game on Saturday vs Morocco. Cheers!03 Jul 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppkpe6tsf22https://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mmx4myugt32xWe start our IN PERSON AND ZOOM Panel discussion on AI and Photography in one hour. Be here or experience extreme FOMO! Baltimore Camera Club Meeting chat link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89226681516 Meeting ID: 892 2668 1516 / Passcode: 15532928 May 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx4myugt32xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mmtukzzy5z2jReminder that a PHENOMENAL #BaltimoreCameraClub panel discussion on AI and photography will be taking place tomorrow night (in person and zoom). @kshantee @jeneemateer @brettjohnjohnson @xophecasa Be there at 7:30pm Thursday, May 28, 2026 or you will suffer from extreme #FOMO!27 May 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtukzzy5z2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mmmg7dz3sp2jI’m proud that one of my images placed in #BaltimoreCameraClub digital competition. Called ‘Life Under The Bean,’ taken in Chicago. Look for 6 reflections of me waving ‘hello.’ https://www.baltimorecameraclub.org/ImageZoom2.aspx?ImageSize=2&ImageId=28130103&Id=f1bf57c7-42a9-4978-9914-57bf575beaca24 May 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmg7dz3sp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mmervmxn5s2tExcited to be giving a presentation to the Neuroscience Department at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville about @brightfocus.bsky.social funding opportunities and how we partner w others. Thanks to @drneurochic.bsky.social & Sandro Da Mesquita for inviting me. Looking forward to seeing you.21 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmervmxn5s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mmcubqzcvr2zHere is an article by the @bmoreart.bsky.social to promote the #BaltimoreCameraClub panel discussion next week on Thursday, May 28. Hope to see you there! https://bmoreart.com/events/the-second-annual-photo-culturalism-panel-is-this-ai-authorship-aesthetics-and-the-crisis-of-trust-in-photography20 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcubqzcvr2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mm3kn4zjum2aBaltimore Camera Club 2nd Photo-Culturalism Panel Thurs. May 28, 2026|Doors: 7:30 PM Program: 8:00 PM Free attendance in-person & Zoom “Is This AI?—Authorship, Aesthetics, & the Crisis of Trust in Photography” Kelli Williams | Jenee Mateer | Brett John Johnson Christophe Casamassima, Facilitator17 May 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3kn4zjum2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mlss3jewkb2eAttending my first Tau Global Conference jointly hosted by Alzheimer's Association, CurePSP & Rainwater Charitable Foundation. Kudos to Benjamin Wolozin, Tara Spires-Jones and the other organizers. Melissa Murray and Dennis Dickson will receive 2026 Rainwater Prize. Agenda https://www.alz.org/tau.14 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlss3jewkb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mlbi76r7rw2eSadly, we’ve come to the end of another @arvoinfo.bsky.social meeting. Meklit, Jimmy, Lucy, Julia, David, Stacy & I from @brightfocus.bsky.social enjoyed our time with you. May you take the connections & information you gained this week & move forward your collective fields. Please stay in touch!07 May 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbi76r7rw2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mkuys4sxij2pYes! Another exciting #ARVO annual conference begins! Join Meklit Bekele, Jimmy Liu & me (&others)at booth 9032 to learn more about applying for funding i#glaucoma, #agerelatedmaculardegeneration, (and #Alzheimersdisease). No citizenship limitations & we have funded in 28 countries (and counting).02 May 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuys4sxij2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mkr7me3ika2oMore great discussions with phenomenal vision scientists at the Wilmer Eye Center Research Day.01 May 2026 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkr7me3ika2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mkakqrmk4s2zInvited by @edwardsmalia.bsky.social to attend Wilmer Eye Institute’s Research Day—listening & networking w phenomenal scientists & clinicians. Dr. Jimmy Liu and I from @brightfocus.bsky.social are with Dr. @preetisubu.bsky.social from Foundation Fighting Blindness & Dr. Edwards. Come and join us!24 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkakqrmk4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mjpkw3wcim22Congressional Briefing to advocate for more #glaucoma research funding & keep independent National Eye Institute. Alliance for Vision Research recording—I spoke for BrightFocus at 41m:40s. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alliance-for-vision-research_seewhatmatters-activity-7442926350920822784-1iTj17 Apr 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpkw3wcim22https://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mjpcd7tuso2tAttended The Glaucoma Foundation Gala in NYC last night. Wonderful to celebrate our partnership in co-funding glaucoma research by Drs. Audrey Bernstein and Arunkumar Venkatesan on exfoliation syndrome. Here are some photos from the evening.17 Apr 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpcd7tuso2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mjl4mkml422tI’m posting this as a test to see if anyone actually reads anything in Bluesky. Thinking of cancelling it. Have on average 0 interactions with my posts the past year or two. Drop a note or like if you actually see this.16 Apr 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl4mkml422thttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mjjpntgixi2hTook this in the week leading up to Easter in Old Ellicott City. When the sun was getting lower in the sky, casting shadows. Does this have a chance in photo competition as a street scene? Thoughts and suggestions welcome. For example, would it be better in black and white or cropped further in?15 Apr 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjpntgixi2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mhiq4wo42k2oAnother option set. If go with black and white landscape theme, any two or more do you think are your preferred for printing and hanging on wall in gallery?20 Mar 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiq4wo42k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mhedzcp4od2zQuestion for y’all out there. Which two of these might look good printed and hung in a gallery? Need to choose some for our club’s show.18 Mar 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhedzcp4od2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mggm5mp3e427Last night, I submitted four images to #BaltimoreCameraClub Print Competition. One of my B&W images won second place in the Associate Monochrome competition! It is one of my images taken on the Underground and Medieval Torture Chamber tour of Prague last September. Title: Last Supper Enjoy!07 Mar 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggm5mp3e427https://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mfnjhfukuq2kAdvocated today in DC at Congressional Briefing for #agerelatedmaculardegeneration funding to NIH & NEI. Thanks to NAEVR/AVER & AMDF for inviting @brightfocus.bsky.social to give a private funder’s perspective. Only by working together can we keep the research pipeline moving to make AMD history.25 Feb 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfnjhfukuq2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dianebovenkamp.bsky.social/post/3mfdi6czst327Check out my April and June photos in the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe calendar. If you’d like your own, click to order. Baltimore Camera Club members donated the use of our photos, to support the Poe House in Baltimore, where he wrote many of his masterpieces. Enjoy! https://poe-baltimore-inc.square.site21 Feb 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:raqhtmcwx7d23crq7uobhuvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdi6czst327