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Revision as of 22:56, 12 July 2015
Keith Martin is a medical researcher specialising in the treatment of glaucoma. He is the first professor of ophthalmology at the University of Cambridge where, in 2013, his team tested a novel technique of bio-printing, using an ink jet to recreate layers of ganglion and glial cells from a rat's retina.
Early life and education
He attended The Royal School, Armagh from 1980 to 1987 and was the head boy in his final year.[1] He then read medical science and neuroscience at St Catharine's College, Cambridge graduating with first class honours in three subjects.[1] He qualified as a medical doctor at Oxford University in 1993 and then researched at institutions in the USA and UK including the Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Wilmer Eye Institute.[1][2]
Career
He has specialised in the treatment of glaucoma and is now an editor of the Journal of Glaucoma and treasurer of the World Glaucoma Association.[1] He established the Glaucoma Research Laboratory at Cambridge in 2005,[1] and became the university's professor of ophthalmology in 2009 – a new chair which had been sponsored by the Cambridge Eye Trust.[3] In 2010, he was the recipient of a Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award, which is granted to young researchers whose innovative work shows promise of clinical application.[4]
In 2013, he worked with Dr Barbara Lorber and others on the use of a piezoelectric inkjet nozzle to spray ganglion and glial cells from a rat retina.[5] The cells survived the process of deposition in layers and continued to grow in culture. After further development and testing, this technique might then be used clinically to repair a damaged retina.[6][7]
Personal life
He lives with his wife and three children in Cambridge.[1] His wife, Susie Harden, is an oncologist who specialises in lung cancer.[1]
Publications
- Keith Martin (2009), Mechanisms of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Glaucoma: New Approaches to the Pathogenesis and Treatment of the Silent Thief of Sight, VDM Publishing, ISBN 9783639161656
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Keith Martin, MA BM BCh DM MRCP FRCOphth ALCM 1980–1987, Head Boy (1986–1987), Royal School, Armagh, retrieved 7 June 2014
- ^ Keith Martin, MA, DM, MRCP, FRCOphth, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
- ^ What We Do, Cambridge Eye Trust, 2012
- ^ Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Awards, ARVO Foundation for Eye Research, 2010
- ^ Barbara Lorber, Wen-Kai Hsiao, Ian M Hutchings, Keith R Martin (17 December 2013), "Adult rat retinal ganglion cells and glia can be printed by piezoelectric inkjet printing" (PDF), Biofabrication, doi:10.1088/1758-5082/6/1/015001
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Michelle Roberts (18 December 2013), Scientists 'print' new eye cells, BBC, retrieved 16 June 2014
- ^ "The Man Who Prints Eyeballs", ShortList, 29 May 2014
External links
- profile at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences