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+44 (0)1865 618677
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Mark Hankins
Professor of Visual Neuroscience
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Steven Hughes
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Moritz Lindner
Postdoctoral Researcher
After obtaining my doctoral degree at the University of Marburg, Germany, I began my clinical training at the Dept. of Ophthalmology at the University of Bonn, Germany.
In 2017 I joined the team of Prof Mark Hankins at the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology. My work here focuses on analysing and optimizing the capacity of optogenetic gene therapy to restore image forming vision using a mouse model of retinal blindness.
Awards and Achievements
2018 - Goodger and Schorstein Postdoctoral Scholarship, Medical Sciences Devision, University of Oxford
2016 - Knoop Junior Research Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford
2016 - German Research Foundation Fellowship
2015 - BONFOR Gerok Fellowship, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
2015 - Travel Award of the German Retina Society
2012 - Doctorate (summa cum laude), Institute for Physiology, University of Marburg, Germany
2012 - Poster Award of the German Physiological Society
Websites
Key publications
The functional characteristics of optogenetic gene therapy for vision restoration
Journal article
HANKINS M. et al, (2020), Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Expression and Localization ofKcne2in the Vertebrate Retina
Journal article
Lindner M. et al, (2020), Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 61, 33 - 33
Imaging Protocols in Clinical Studies in Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Journal article
Holz FG. et al, (2017), Ophthalmology, 124, 464 - 478
Diacylglycerol mediates regulation of TASK potassium channels by Gq-coupled receptors
Journal article
Wilke BU. et al, (2014), Nature Communications, 5
Recent publications
[Remodeling of the internal retina-Implications for targeted optogenetics].
Journal article
Bator F. et al, (2026), Ophthalmologie
[Clinical endpoints and translational challenges].
Journal article
Rashid R. and Lindner M., (2026), Ophthalmologie
Humanized Kcnv2 E151X Mouse Captures Hallmarks of KCNV2-Associated Retinal Dystrophy
Preprint
Xhaferri N. et al, (2026)
Optogenetic vision restoration in the face of secondary and tertiary remodeling in the rd1 mouse retina
Journal article
Hughes S. et al, (2025), Molecular Therapy, 33, 5840 - 5859