ECOLOGY OF VISION

Research funding

  1. 2010-2013 BBSRC. Seeing the World in a Different Light - Discovering how Vertebrates See Polarized Light. (PIs Roberts and Partridge) £406,401
  2. 2010-2013 Leverhulme Trust. Aquatic and Aerial Polarization Vision in an Insect Predator. (PIs Roberts and Partridge) £62,790
  3. 2010 BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme. Discovering Polarization Vision in Reef Fish. (PI Roberts) £4,000
  4. 2009-2014 BBSRC. David Phillips Fellowship for Dr Nicholas Roberts. Extreme Vision: Ultimate designs in animal optics. (PI Roberts) £906,618
  5. 2006-2009 Leverhulme Trust. Automated recognition system for African penguins. (PIs Barham, Cuthill, Campbell) £159,415
  6. 2007-2010 BBSRC. The computational neuroscience of animal camouflage. (PIs Cuthill, Troscianko, Campbell) £512,000
  7. 2007- 2010: Great Western Research Fellowship “Fish Populations and Climate Change” £117k. To employ a Research Fellow, Dr Martin Genner, with a proleptic appointment to the School’s academic staff. (PIs Dr J.C. Partridge and Prof Steven Hawkins, Marine Biological Association Laboratory, Plymouth)
  8. 2007- 2011: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant. “Deep downunder; designing a deep sea exploration and discovery capability for Australia”, AU$1.1M (ca. £490k; Partridge in collaboration with Professor N.J. Marshall et al., in Australia.).
  9. 2003 – 2007: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 7/S18903 “Spatio-chromatic encoding of natural scenes in avian vision”. (PIs Professor Innes C. Cuthill, Professor Tom Troskianko & Dr Julian Partridge, University of Bristol). £294k
  10. 2000 - 2003: Wellcome Trust/DTI Joint Infrastructure Fund, "Automous Marine Environment Research Stations (AutoMERS)", £3.94M (Partridge in collaboration with Prof. I.G. Priede, Dr D.G. Raffaelli, Dr J. Watson, Dr P.M Thompson, Dr J.I. Prosser (University of Aberdeen), Prof. G. B. Shimmield (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory), Dr D.M Paterson (University of St. Andrews)). 1 April 2000 - 31 March 2003
  11. 2000: Royal Geographical Society "Discovery 2000 Award" £5k. To Partridge to be used for the construction of a web site about deep-sea biology aimed primarily at school age children and non-scientists.
  12. 2000 – 2003: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council “Structure/Function of cold and pressure adapted enzymes isolated from deep-sea fish tissue" (Partridge in collaboration with Professor Martin Warren, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, & Professor D.M. Hunt, Institute of Ophthalmology, London). ca. £180k inc. 3 years salary for PDRA.
  13. 1999: Royal Society-Wolfson Foundation Laboratory Refurbishment Grant “Bioinformatics in the Ecology of Vision” £95k (Dr J.C. Partridge with Dr A.T.D. Bennett , Professor I.C. Cuthill, & Dr J. Swaddle, University of Bristol).
  14. 1999: Royal Society Research Grant, to fund a novel polarisation sensitive video camera. £9.1k (PI J.C. Partridge)
  15. 1999 - 2002: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (31/S12149) “The regulation of opsin gene expression in retinal rods” (PIs Dr J.C. Partridge in collaboration with Professor D.M.Hunt, Institute of Ophthalmology, London). £212k inc. 3 years salary for PDRA.
  16. 1998: Natural Environment Research Council Seatime award, “Sensory biology in the deep-sea: anatomy, physiology and molecular biology”, (PIs Dr J.C. Partridge in collaboration with Dr P.J. Herring, Southampton Oceanography Centre). Equivalent to £270k for cruise as Principal Scientist on RRS Discovery.
  17. 1997 - 2000: Natural Environment Research Council (GR3/11212), Grant held jointly by Dr J.C. Partridge with Dr. P.J. Herring (Southampton Oceanography Centre) and Dr P.M. Shelton (University of Leicester). “Analysis of light-induced interactions in the deep-sea: bioluminescence and its relation to vision, reflectance and fluorescence”, £144k inc. 3 year salary of post-graduate RA.
  18. 1996 - 1999: Natural Environment Research Council (GR3/10339), PIs Prof. I. Cuthill and Dr J.C. Partridge (University of Bristol), “Avian UV vision: foraging and crypsis”, £138k inc. 3 year salary of post-doctoral RA (Dr S.C.Church)
  19. 1996- 1999: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (S05042), PIs Prof. I. Cuthill and Dr J.C. Partridge (University of Bristol), “Avian UV vision and sexual selection”, £142k inc. 3 year salary of post-doctoral RA (years 1-2, Dr A.T.D. Bennett; year 3 Dr S.Hunt and Dr N.Hart)
  20. 1995: Royal Society Equipment Grant, £10k for a cooled CCD camera (PI Dr J.C. Partridge)
  21. 1994: Natural Environment Research Council, Seatime award. RRS Challenger. To Dr J.C. Partridge as Principal Scientist on research cruise to the Madeira area of the NE Atlantic: September 21st - October 20th 1995.“Vision and bioluminescence in the deep-sea” Equivalent to ca. £150k.
  22. 1994 - 1997: Natural Environment Research Council (GR3/9329), Grant held jointly by Dr J.C. Partridge with Prof. D. Hunt and Prof. J.K. Bowmaker (Institute of Ophthalmology, London),“Evolution and molecular ecology of deep-sea fish visual pigments”, £204k inc. 3 years salary of post-doctoral RA 1A
  23. 1993 - 1995: Science and Engineering Research Council, Grant held jointly by Dr I. Cuthill and Dr J.C. Partridge, (University of Bristol),"UV Vision and mate choice in birds", £88k inc. 2 years salary of post doctoral Research Assistant
  24. 1993 - 1994: Natural Environment Research Council, Small Research Grant (GR9/1112) PIs Dr J.C. Partridge and Dr R.H. Douglas, (City University), "The visual systems of mesopelagic fishes", £14.7k
  25. 1992: Natural Environment Research Council, Small Research Grant £6.3k "Visual ecology of benthic fishes and plankton" (PI Dr J.C. Partridge)
  26. 1991: Royal Society Equipment Grant, £10k for an i860 image processing accelerator (PI Dr J.C. Partridge)
  27. 1991: Natural Environment Research Council, Capital Equipment Grant, PIs Dr J.C. Partridge and Prof M.F. Land (University of Sussex) "Modelling of animal vision by analysis of coloured and polarised light in the environment", £63k to build a hyper spectral video camera and spot spectroradiometer
  28. 1991 - 1994: Medical Research Council, Project Grant "Visual pigment variation in individual retinal photoreceptors", Research Assistant (1B) for 3 years (ca. £36k) and £7.5k running costs (PI Dr J.C. Partridge)
  29. 1990: Australian Research Council, PIs Dr J.C. Partridge with Professor W.R.A. Muntz (Monash University )and D. McB. Williams (AIMS)"Relationship between environmental light and visual pigment mechanisms including cone pigments in inshore to open ocean coral fishes." Aus.$25k (ca. £12k)
  30. 1989: Medical Research Council, Project Grant, PIs Dr J.N. Lythgoe and Dr J.C. Partridge (University of Bristol) "Polymorphism and changes in the rhodopsins in individual retinal photoreceptors" £20k to construct a new microspectrophotometer