Artificial Vision
One of the important research challenges in the next decade is to develop a research strategy that will restore vision in patients who have lost their sight as a result of photoreceptor cell loss.
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Ocular Biology
Our ocular research covers the cell biology of various tissues in the eye, tissue development, endocrinology and disorders affecting these tissues.
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Photoreceptors
Our research led to the discovery of photoreceptor cells that primarily drive non-visual functions: the photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Current research covers the physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of photoreceptor cells in both mammalian and non-mammalian species.
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Vision & Disease
By understanding light detection in its most general sense and by treating disorders of vision, the science of ophthalmology has significant implications for human health, both socially and economically.
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Sleep
Our research interests focus on the understanding of the contributions to both normal and dysfunctional regulation of sleep at the behavioural, molecular and environmental level.
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Clinical Trials
We carry out various clinical trials in various visual disease and conditions.
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Body Clocks
Our research covers the basic mechanisms of photoentrainment, the molecular mechanisms producing 24h rhythms, light regulated physiology and behaviour, as well as the impact of circadian rhythm disturbances on human illness.
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Welcome
Welcome to the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology. We pursue scientific and clinical research into a range of areas related to vision, the eye and circadian neuroscience. We also teach the principles and practices of ophthalmology to medical students during their clinical training.
Latest news
- Russell Foster elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 10 May 2013
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NDCN Awarded Athena Swan Bronze Award 3 May 2013
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New stem cell approach for blindness successful in mice 15 January 2013
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Latest publications
- Gene therapy for retinal disease Transl Res 161 (2013)
- Variations in opsin coding sequences cause X-linked cone dysfunction syndrome with myopia and dichromacy Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 54 (2013)
- Diurnal and circadian regulation of connexin 36 transcript and protein in the mammalian retina Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 54 (2013)
- Psychophysiological reactivity to symptom-related emotional stimuli in insomnia: A replication and extension to disordered eating Sleep and Biological Rhythms 11 (2013)
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- founded in 1942
- discovered the photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
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