Structural Biophysics (PhD/MPhil)
Suitable for:
Graduates in biology, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, optometry, mathematics or any relevant scientific discipline.
Programme Aims:
To offer knowledge and expertise for post doctoral/lectureship positions in biology, biophysics, biochemistry, computing and vision science, and also for research positions in industry and the Health Service, scientific informatics, science writing.
Programme Description:
Research Areas:
- Understanding corneal transparency and the structural causes of its loss
- The role of proteoglycans in the development of corneal transparency
- The ultrastructure of the cornea and limbus in relation to corneal shape and function
- Extraocular muscles
- Ultrastructural changes in pathological corneas
- Ageing and glycation in ocular tissues
- Structure, transparency and ageing of the lens
- The effect of ambient ions on corneal stromal structure and transparency
- Wound healing following ocular surgery
- Collagen and fibrillin in ocular tissues
- Structure function relationships in zonular filaments
Special Features:
- International centre of excellence for structural and biophysical studies of the cornea and lens, and their components including collagen and fibrillin
- Responsible for a number of discoveries that have had an impact in both the scientific and the lay communities, receiving press and TV coverage
- Supported by grants from the MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society and several other industrial and charitable sources
Year of Entry: 2010
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