What are the important topics in disease/disorders biology?
Imaging. Biology research is moving towards imaging at the molecular level both in cultured cells and in in vivo models. This has involved advances in optics, image analysis software, in biological markers, and in genetic methods and other manipulation tools. It is likely that this trend in imaging will continue and even strengthen in the future. This area provides excellent scope for collaborations within this department. Genetics. The human genome project has opened up a whole new era in medicine. This needs to be considered both from the point of view of diagnosis (screening for disease risk) and therapeutics (gene therapy). Research in this area includes clinical research (e.g. determining the genetic basis for diseases) and basic research (e.g. developing gene therapy methods). Post-genome studies have significantly improved our understanding of genetic mutations that are associated with various eye diseases as well as systemic diseases. Current research of the functions of these
