Aston research base gears up

optician first reported on the possibility of the laser eye research base being sited at the university three years ago (News, July 27 2001). The centre, and one for myopia, will be housed in the new Aston Academy of Life Sciences, and includes operating theatres equipped to carry out refractive treatment along with other surgical procedures, including cataract extraction.
In addition, a major new research programme into membrane protein structures is to be led from the Life Sciences centre.
The research team, headed by Dr Roslyn Bill, will involve 18 partner research groups from around Europe and it is hoped that the advances made in understanding the structure of cell membranes will help drug companies in the development of new treatments for cancer and neurological disease.
The multi-million pound programme is designed as part of the EC framework programme 6 and details are available on the Aston website www.aston.ac.uk
'This is just one of the many new major research areas to be run in the new centre,' said Academy managing director Dr Sarah Hosking.
More details, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the facility, will be published in next week's optician. A cornea and refractive surgery centre will form part of Aston University's new research facility which will be opened next month. The university's aim is that by expanding its research in a number of optical-related areas it will be recognised as one of the major centres for vision science in Europe.
optician first reported on the possibility of the laser eye research base being sited at the university three years ago (News, July 27 2001). The centre, and one for myopia, will be housed in the new Aston Academy of Life Sciences, and includes operating theatres equipped to carry out refractive treatment along with other surgical procedures, including cataract extraction.
In addition, a major new research programme into membrane protein structures is to be led from the Life Sciences centre.
The research team, headed by Dr Roslyn Bill, will involve 18 partner research groups from around Europe and it is hoped that the advances made in understanding the structure of cell membranes will help drug companies in the development of new treatments for cancer and neurological disease.
The multi-million pound programme is designed as part of the EC framework programme 6 and details are available on the Aston website www.aston.ac.uk
'This is just one of the many new major research areas to be run in the new centre,' said Academy managing director Dr Sarah Hosking.
More details, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the facility, will be published in next week's optician. A cornea and refractive surgery centre will form part of Aston University's new research facility which will be opened next month. The university's aim is that by expanding its research in a number of optical-related areas it will be recognised as one of the major centres for vision science in Europe.
optician first reported on the possibility of the laser eye research base being sited at the university three years ago (News, July 27 2001). The centre, and one for myopia, will be housed in the new Aston Academy of Life Sciences, and includes operating theatres equipped to carry out refractive treatment along with other surgical procedures, including cataract extraction.
In addition, a major new research programme into membrane protein structures is to be led from the Life Sciences centre.
The research team, headed by Dr Roslyn Bill, will involve 18 partner research groups from around Europe and it is hoped that the advances made in understanding the structure of cell membranes will help drug companies in the development of new treatments for cancer and neurological disease.
The multi-million pound programme is designed as part of the EC framework programme 6 and details are available on the Aston website www.aston.ac.uk
'This is just one of the many new major research areas to be run in the new centre,' said Academy managing director Dr Sarah Hosking.
More details, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the facility, will be published in next week's optician.