Russell Foster (neuroscientist)

Russell Foster
CBE, FRS FMedSci
Born (1959-08-19) August 19, 1959
Fields neuroscience
Thesis An investigation of the extraretinal photoreceptors mediating photoperiodic induction in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) (1978)
Website
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/russell-foster

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]

Education

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),[5][6]

Career and research

Foster was a member of the National Science Foundation Center for Biological Rhythms at the University of Virginia[7] 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[8][9] and Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive..[10] He has also co-written a book titled Sleep: a Very Short Introduction[11]

Awards and honours

Foster was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2008[12] and a member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council council in 2011.[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

  1. ↑ http://www.dellam.com/english/CH/CHELTENHAM%20FESTIVALS.html
  2. ↑ http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/323/about-brasenose-31/academic-staff-150/professor-russell-foster-607.html Professor Russell Foster, Brasenose College
  3. ↑ 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
  4. 1 2 "Seven new Royal Society Fellows". The Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  5. ↑ Foster, R. G.; Follett, B. K.; Lythgoe, J. N. (1985). "Rhodopsin-like sensitivity of extra-retinal photoreceptors mediating the photoperiodic response in quail". Nature. 313 (5997): 50–52.
  6. ↑ Konishi, H.; Foster, R. G.; Follett, B. K. (1987). "Evidence for a daily rhythmicity in the acute release of luteinizing hormone in response to electrical stimulation in the Japanese quail". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 161 (2): 315–319. doi:10.1007/BF00615251.
  7. ↑ Ralph, M.; Foster, R.; Davis, F.; Menaker, M. (1990). "Transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus determines circadian period". Science. 247 (4945): 975–978. doi:10.1126/science.2305266. PMID 2305266.
  8. ↑ Leon Kreitzman; Russell G. Foster (2004). Rhythms of life: the biological clocks that control the daily lives of every living thing. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10969-5.
  9. ↑ Harman, Oren (2008-12-24). "Time After Time" (Book Review). The New Republic. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  10. ↑ Leon Kreitzman; Russell G. Foster (2009). Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-11556-3.
  11. ↑ Stephen W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster (2012). Sleep: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: OUP Oxford. ISBN 0-19958-785-X.
  12. ↑ "Russell Foster BSc PhD FRS". The University of Oxford. 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  13. ↑ http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/people-skills-training/2011/110405-pr-new-council-members.aspx New BBSRC Council members appointed
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N9. 31 December 2014.
  15. ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List
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