The University of Bristol Ecology of Vision Research Group
We are an internationally leading vision research group that focuses on visually guided behaviour. We research how animal vision functions in a wide range of species - including crustaceans, insects, fish and cephalopods. A particular strength of the group is discovering new optical principles behind the ways animals manipulate light and understanding how and why vision and animal optics have evolved.
Most recent: Tibbs, A.B., Daly, I.M., Roberts, N.W. and Bull, D.R., 2018. Denoising Imaging Polarimetry by Adapted BM3D Method. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 35(4), 690-701. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.35.000690
Our research group consists of a mix of biologists, physicists and engineers. This allows us to successfully follow cross-disciplinary approaches in our research. A full list of current group members can be found here.
Filmed by Viktor Gruev
Much of the research work we undertake is experimental field work. We use field sites in Spain, Panama and the coral reefs off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The video above shows us heading out to Horseshoe Reef just off Lizard Island where we were setting up remote polarization cameras.
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RT @mikebok: For #WormWednesday here is a fan worm (Acromegalomma interruptum) showing accommodation of the retraction response… https://t.co/IFQP9hc50E -
RT @DrMartinJohnHow: Off to London to join fellow panel members to shortlist for the @royalsociety Young People's Book Prize. Such a gre… https://t.co/AICcUOhxnE
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RT @almut_kelber: Our paper on the tiger wood moth, its spectral sensitivity and how it' is seen by conspecifics and a predator is ou… https://t.co/iFOtnq4Cvq
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RT @Lauren_hSR: Listen to me shamelessly promoting spiders in this week's @NakedScientists episode on vision! Packed full of other… https://t.co/EQRPZ9ZMLQ
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RT @mikebok: Here's a brand new paper from @JohnDKirwan and @LundVision about the eyes of velvet worms. https://t.co/bghE4lq2qa… https://t.co/Rh2WbI3eC8
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RT @EcoVisUQ: How to tell #direction under water using #polarized light and some fancy cameras. Super cool new study led by our l… https://t.co/2W2eUg5XH4
