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Russell G. Foster

Also known as: Russell Grant Foster, Russell Foster

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1959-08-19 • Birth Sign: Leo

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Russell Grant Foster (born 1959) is a British professor of circadian neuroscience, the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) at the University of Oxford He is also a Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. Foster and his group are credited with key contributions to the discovery of the non-rod, non-cone, photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGCs) in the mammalian retina which provide input to the circadian

rhythm system. He has written and co-authored over a hundred scientific publications. Since 2018 he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society journal Interface Focus.

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