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Robert J. Lucas is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several main topics, notably Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Retinal Development and Disorders, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Impact of Light on Environment and Health, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Robert J. Lucas has contributed to numerous scientific publications, appearing frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Preprints.org, PLoS Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers include:

  • Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Evolution of neuronal cell classes and types in the vertebrate retina, 2023, Nature
  • Bright daytime light enhances circadian amplitude in a diurnal mammal, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Associations between light exposure and sleep timing and sleepiness while awake in a sample of UK adults in everyday life, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Can We See with Melanopsin?, 2020, Annual Review of Vision Science

Frequent co-authors in Robert J. Lucas's research include Annette E. Allen, Timothy M. Brown, Riccardo Storchi, Jessica Rodgers, and Stuart N. Peirson.

Best Publications

  • Melanopsin and rod/cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice.

    S. Hattar;R. J. Lucas;N. Mrosovsky;S. Thompson

  • Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

    Robert J. Lucas;Stuart N. Peirson;David M. Berson;Timothy M. Brown

  • Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Behavior by Non-rod, Non-cone, Ocular Photoreceptors

    Melanie S. Freedman;Robert J. Lucas;Bobby Soni;Malcolm von Schantz

  • Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice

    R. J. Lucas;S. Hattar;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

    Ali D. Güler;Jennifer L. Ecker;Gurprit S. Lall;Shafiqul Haq

  • Characterization of an ocular photopigment capable of driving pupillary constriction in mice

    Robert J. Lucas;Ronald H. Douglas;Russell G. Foster

  • Regulation of the mammalian pineal by non-rod, non-cone, ocular photoreceptors.

    Robert J. Lucas;Melanie S. Freedman;Marta Muñoz;José M. Garcia-Fernández

  • Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults

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  • Addition of human melanopsin renders mammalian cells photoresponsive

    Z. Melyan;E. E. Tarttelin;E. E. Tarttelin;J. Bellingham;R. J. Lucas

  • Human melanopsin forms a pigment maximally sensitive to blue light (λmax ≈ 479 nm) supporting activation of Gq/11 and Gi/o signalling cascades

    Helena J. Bailes;Robert J. Lucas

  • Neural reprogramming in retinal degeneration.

    Robert E. Marc;Bryan W. Jones;James R. Anderson;Krista Kinard

  • Distinct Contributions of Rod, Cone, and Melanopsin Photoreceptors to Encoding Irradiance

    Gurprit S. Lall;Victoria L. Revell;Hiroshi Momiji;Jazi Al Enezi

  • A “Melanopic” Spectral Efficiency Function Predicts the Sensitivity of Melanopsin Photoreceptors to Polychromatic Lights

    Jazi al Enezi;Victoria Revell;Victoria Revell;Timothy Brown;Jonathan Wynne

  • Melanopsin-Positive Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: From Form to Function

    Tiffany M. Schmidt;Michael Tri H. Do;Dennis Dacey;Robert Lucas

  • Melanopsin Contributions to Irradiance Coding in the Thalamo-Cortical Visual System

    Timothy M. Brown;Carlos Gias;Megumi Hatori;Sheena R. Keding

  • Calcium Imaging Reveals a Network of Intrinsically Light-Sensitive Inner-Retinal Neurons

    Sumathi Sekaran;Russell G. Foster;Robert J. Lucas;Mark W. Hankins

  • Melanopsin-Based Brightness Discrimination in Mice and Humans

    Timothy M. Brown;Sei Ichi Tsujimura;Annette E. Allen;Jonathan Wynne

  • The primary visual pathway in humans is regulated according to long-term light exposure through the action of a nonclassical photopigment.

    M.W. Hankins;R.J. Lucas

  • Melanopsin-Dependent Photoreception Provides Earliest Light Detection in the Mammalian Retina

    S. Sekaran;D. Lupi;S.L. Jones;C.J. Sheely

  • Colour As a Signal for Entraining the Mammalian Circadian Clock

    Lauren Walmsley;Lydia Hanna;Josh Mouland;Franck Martial

  • Evolution of melanopsin photoreceptors: discovery and characterization of a new melanopsin in nonmammalian vertebrates.

    James Bellingham;Shyam S Chaurasia;Zara Melyan;Cuimei Liu

  • How rod, cone, and melanopsin photoreceptors come together to enlighten the mammalian circadian clock.

    Robert J. Lucas;Gurprit S. Lall;Annette E. Allen;Timothy M. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell G. Foster
Russell G. Foster University of Oxford
Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
Hugh D. Piggins
Hugh D. Piggins University of Bristol
David M. Berson
David M. Berson Brown University
Stuart N. Peirson
Stuart N. Peirson University of Oxford
Till Roenneberg
Till Roenneberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Cajochen
Christian Cajochen University of Basel
Robert E. Marc
Robert E. Marc University of Utah
Simon Archer
Simon Archer University of Surrey
Glen Jeffery
Glen Jeffery University College London

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