PhD in Biomedical Engineering

This PhD is an opportunity to take part in research into advanced neuroprosthetic solutions to bringing sight back to the blind (i.e. bionic vision). The Newcastle Visual Prosthesis project is developing a special brain implant which works in tandem with gene therapy to stimulate the visual cortex and thus bypass the broken elements of the visual system in various blinding disorders. Our aim is to utilise this technology to restore sight to those blinded by diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma.