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Cardiff University
Visual Neuroscience PhD
Cardiff University

Visual Neuroscience PhD

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

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Full time | Cardiff University | 3 years | JUL-25

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Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

JUL-25

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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Neuroscience / Neurobiology

Course Summary

Visual Neuroscience is a research area in which you can focus your studies within our PhD programme in Vision Sciences. International centre of excellence, Laboratory suites equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for cell and organ culture, histology, neuroscience, protein analysis, molecular biology, gene transfection, molecular genetics, absorption/emission spectroscopy, and microscopic imaging, Has made a number of novel discoveries in the context of this theme: Identification of the gene responsible for the major form of optic atrophy, Lipofuscin is a photoinducible free radical generator that causes cell dysfunction, Matrix metalloproteinases are upregulated in the development of myopia in mammals and identification of a new member of the MMP family and Damage to the centrifugal visual system alters eye development and its retractive state, suggesting that the brain influences emmetropisation, Developed innovative experimental or genetic models for studying corneal transplantation, ocular development, glaucoma and optic atrophy, neural tracing, oxidative damage to the retina and a variety of eye diseases and Supported by grants from the MRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, NIHR/NISCHR, EU, Medical Charities, Health Service and the private sector.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£4,786

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£25,450

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University information

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Founded in 1883 Cardiff University, is a world-renowned research institution with more than 140 years of educational heritage. It is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group, and has superb academic credentials ranking 27th in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025). As a research-intensive institution, 90% of Cardiff’s submitted work was rated as world‑leading or internationally excellent, in the most recent Research Excellence Framework...more

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