Russell Foster (neuroscientist)
Russell Grant Foster, CBE, FRS FMedSci (born 1959)[1] is a British professor of circadian neuroscience, currently based at Brasenose College[2] at the University of Oxford.[3] He and his group are credited with the discovery of the non-rod, non-cone, photosensitive ganglion cells in the mammalian retina which provide input to the circadian rhythm system.[4] Foster was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2008[5] and a member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council council in 2011.[6]
Educated at the University of Bristol and graduated with a BSc in Zoology in 1980. He also carried out postgraduate studies at the University of Bristol under the supervision of Brian Follett, and was awarded a PhD in 1984 for his thesis titled An investigation of the extraretinal photoreceptors mediating photoperiodic induction in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica),[7][8] Foster was a member of the National Science Foundation Center for Biological Rhythms at the University of Virginia[9] before returning to the UK. Internationally, he has received several awards for his discovery of ocular photoreceptors.[4] He is the co-author with writer and broadcaster Leon Kreitzman of two popular science books on circadian rhythms, Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing[10][11] and Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive..[12] He has also co-written a book titled Sleep: a Very Short Introduction[13]
Foster was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to science.[14][15]
References
- ↑ http://www.dellam.com/english/CH/CHELTENHAM%20FESTIVALS.html
- ↑ http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/323/about-brasenose-31/academic-staff-150/professor-russell-foster-607.html Professor Russell Foster, Brasenose College
- ↑ http://www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/directory/russell-foster Russell Foster, Chair of Circadian Neuroscience, Nicholas Kurti Fellow, Brasenose College, Head of DepartmentCircadian and Visual Neuroscience
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N9. 31 December 2014.
- ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List
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