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Details for Professor Julian Partridge
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| Name | Professor Julian Partridge | ||||||
| Job title | Professor of Zoology |
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| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/partridge.htm | ||||||
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| Qualifications | BSc, PhD(Bristol) | ||||||
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| Keywords | animal vision ecology of vision |
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| Areas of expertise | My research tackles aspects of animal vision ranging from photoreceptor physiology (particularly measurement of visual pigment absorption spectra) to visual mediated behaviour. This work has been founded on aquatic, especially marine animals but has now diversified to include work on birds, amphibians and crustaceans. Specific research interests include: -Visual pigments in vertebrates and invertebrates. -Deep-sea research. I have participated in 16 research cruises, including two with the Johnson Sea Link research submersibles and as Principal Scientist on RRS Challenger and RRS Discovery. This work is directed towards the understanding of the role of vision and bioluminescence in the deep-sea. In 2008 I was a member of an international team within the Deep Ocean Australia project using submersibles to investigate the deep sea around Australia. -Colour vision in birds, particularly the function of ultraviolet sensitivity. |
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