Research output per year
Research output per year
Vision around the clock
Our lab uses the visual system as a model to understand mechanisms of flexibility in neural circuits, physiology and behaviour
Vision runs on a daily schedule. As the light environment changes around us, cells and circuits in the visual system must adjust how they detect, process and interpret visual information. Our lab aims to understand how endogenous biological clocks enable this process. We are interested in identifying circadian specialisations in cells and circuits in the retina and brain, and understanding the consequences of circadian disruption on vision. To achieve this, we combine in vivo and ex vivo multichannel electrophysiology with modern approaches for circuit tracing/manipulation in rodents. By using both nocturnal and diurnal laboratory rodents, we are also learning how the visual ecology and light-history of an animal shapes the behaviour of visual cells and circuits.
Our interests also lie in understanding how visual display technologies can be re-designed to gain control of distinct photoreceptors, in particular, the novel photopigment melanopsin. Our research has shown how a new type of visual display can be used to both optimise visual experience, and regulate the subconscious effects of light over the course of the day.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Preprint
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Lucas, R. (PI), Bechtold, D. (PI), Fustin, J.-M. (PI), Ashe, H. (PI), Brown, T. (PI), Blaikley, J. (PI), Brass, A. (PI), Chandola, T. (PI), Durrington, H. (PI), Else, K. (PI), Hepworth, M. (PI), Hunter, L. (PI), Kadler, K. (PI), Kitchen, G. (PI), Loudon, A. (PI), Macdonald, A. (PI), Mcbeth, J. (PI), Milosavljevic, N. (PI), Rattray, M. (PI), Rutter, M. (PI), Sharrocks, A. (PI), Spiller, D. (PI), Storchi, R. (PI), Belle, M. (PI), Meng, Q.-J. (PI), Allen, A. (PI), Dixon, W. (PI), Gibbs, J. (PI), Hazel, A. (PI), Papalopulu, N. (PI), Ray, D. (PI), White, M. (PI) & Chang, J. (PI)
Project: Research
Allen, A. (Researcher), Belle, M. (Researcher), Canal Corretger, M. M. (Researcher), Glossop, N. (Researcher), Lucas, R. (Researcher), Milosavljevic, N. (Researcher), Orlowska-Feuer, P. A. (Researcher) & Storchi, R. (Researcher)
Project: Research
Allen, A. (Researcher), Baines, R. (Researcher), Belle, M. (Researcher), Gigg, J. (Researcher), Lucas, R. (Researcher), Milosavljevic, N. (Researcher), Orlowska-Feuer, P. A. (Researcher), Petersen, R. (Researcher), Storchi, R. (Researcher) & Turner, J. (Researcher)
Project: Research
Lucas, R. (Participant), Brown, T. (Participant), Allen, A. (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Technological impacts, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture, Economic
Brown, T. (Participant), Lucas, R. (Participant) & Allen, A. (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Policy, Economic, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing
Lucas, R. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), Brown, T. (Participant), (Participant) & Allen, A. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Technological impacts
21/06/18 → 22/06/18
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research