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Dr Jennifer Sun is a Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, leading the Visual Plasticity Lab. Her research investigates how visual cortex integrates sensory and modulatory inputs to regulate neuroplasticity, with applications in vision recovery from aging, injury, and neurological disorders.
- PhD: University of Southern California (Circuit Computation, Sensory Cortical Development)
- Postdoc: University of California, San Francisco (Molecular Techniques, Electrophysiology, 2-Photon Imaging)
Research interests focus on neuroplasticity mechanisms in visual systems using genetic, physiological, and computational approaches. Key areas include local circuit dynamics, brain region crosstalk, neuron-glial interactions, and translating findings into therapies via collaborations with clinicians at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Teaching roles include supervising PhD students (LiDo, Optical Biology, UCL-Birkbeck MRC DTP) and Master's students (MRes Brain Science, MSc Neuroscience). She organizes UCL's Visual Neuroscience (NEUR0017) and Systems and Circuit Neuroscience (ANAT0020) modules, plus Cold Spring Harbor's international Neural Data Science summer course.
Labs/teams: Visual Plasticity Lab (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology), collaborating with Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL bioengineers, and Moorfields Eye Hospital clinicians to explore health-disease plasticity differences.
