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Two Wellcome Trust Strategic Awards Confirmed
Ophthalmology
2 May 2012
Oxford Neurosciences has been successful in gaining two important Wellcome Trust Strategic Awards in the latest round of funding, with a combined value of over £6m. This round had attracted the most applications the Wellcome Trust had ever received, making the success of the applications that much more outstanding.
Professor Foster Wins BBSRC Social Innovator of the Yea
Ophthalmology
4 April 2012
Professor Russell Foster, head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, has won the BBSRC Social Innovator of the Year award at a ceremony on the 29th March. He received the award, now in its fourth year, for his work in identifying photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and the important role they play in regulating sleep, circadian rhythms and other physiological responses to light. Professor Foster’s work has had major implications in the clinic and social inferences in designing new lighting systems and the use of natural light in building design.