Contact information
Sumathi Sekaran
Senior Research Scientist
- Senior Course Tutor, Online Programme in Sleep Medicine
After completing my PhD at Imperial College London, I entered the emerging research field of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell photoreceptors.
I was subsequently appointed as lecturer in Visual Neuroscience at Imperial College London in 2005 and soon after moved to the University of Oxford to take the position of Senior Research Scientist.
The photosensitive retinal ganglion cells remain my primary research focus. My group explores their basic physiology as well as their role in conditions of retinal disease.
I have also recently been appointed Senior Course Tutor for the Online Programme in Sleep Medicine. This course, which leads to a PGDip or MSc in Sleep Medicine, starts in October 2016.
Key publications
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Reversal of end-stage retinal degeneration and restoration of visual function by photoreceptor transplantation.
Journal article
Singh MS. et al, (2013), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110, 1101 - 1106
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Diurnal and circadian regulation of connexin 36 transcript and protein in the mammalian retina.
Journal article
Katti C. et al, (2013), Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 54, 821 - 829
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Differential expression of melanopsin isoforms Opn4L and Opn4S during postnatal development of the mouse retina.
Journal article
Hughes S. et al, (2012), PLoS One, 7
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Specific deficits in visual electrophysiology in a mouse model of dominant optic atrophy.
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Barnard AR. et al, (2011), Exp Eye Res, 93, 771 - 777
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2-Aminoethoxydiphenylborane is an acute inhibitor of directly photosensitive retinal ganglion cell activity in vitro and in vivo.
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Sekaran S. et al, (2007), J Neurosci, 27, 3981 - 3986
Recent publications
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A Quantitative Chloride Channel Conductance Assay for Efficacy Testing of AAV.BEST1.
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Wood SR. et al, (2019), Hum Gene Ther Methods, 30, 44 - 52
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Diurnal and circadian regulation of connexin 36 transcript and protein in the mammalian retina.
Journal article
Katti C. et al, (2013), Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 54, 821 - 829
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Reversal of end-stage retinal degeneration and restoration of visual function by photoreceptor transplantation.
Journal article
Singh MS. et al, (2013), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110, 1101 - 1106
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Non-image-forming light driven functions are preserved in a mouse model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy.
Journal article
Perganta G. et al, (2013), PLoS One, 8
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Differential expression of melanopsin isoforms Opn4L and Opn4S during postnatal development of the mouse retina.
Journal article
Hughes S. et al, (2012), PLoS One, 7