Dr Jonathan Erichsen
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dr. Nick Wright Wellcome Trust with Prof. John Aggleton (Psychology)
Mr. Tomasz Kutrowski Leverhulme Trust with Dr. Turgut Meydan (Engineering)
Postgraduate students
Current Grant Support
JT Erichsen & T Meydan
Magnetoreception in homing pigeons: A novel approach
Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
01/10/11 – 30/09/14 £248,049
JP Aggleton, , S Vann, SM O’Mara (Dublin), JT Erichsen
Cellular substrates supporting the mnemonic functions of Papez’ circuit
Wellcome Trust Project grant
01/10/10 – 30/09/13 £205,032
SM O’Mara (Dublin), JP Aggleton, S Vann, JT Erichsen
Cellular substrates supporting the mnemonic functions of Papez’ circuit
Wellcome Trust Project grant
01/10/10 – 30/09/13 €220,932
AJ Quantock (& co-applicants incl. JT Erichsen)
BBSRC Doctoral Training Grant
01/10/09 – 30/09/16 £212,040
Current Studentship Grants
JM Woodhouse, JT Erichsen, C Williams (Bristol Eye Hospital)
The assessment of tracking difficulties in children
College of Optometrists (UK)
01/10/11 – 30/09/14
Recent Past Grant Support
JT Erichsen
European Conference on Magnetic Sensors & Actuars & Satellite Wire Workshop
Royal Society International Travel Grants - 2010/R2 Conference Participation
2010-2011 £1,400
JP Aggleton, SM O’Mara, JT Erichsen & S Vann
Why are there parallel hippocampal – diencephalic pathways for event memory?
Wellcome Trust Project Grant
2007-2010 £158,395
JT Erichsen
Visual stimulus generation equipment for Research Unit for Nystagmus
Nystagmus Network (UK)
2008 £11,000
JT Erichsen (PI) & other co-applicants
Multidisciplinary core facility for microscopic image analysis and 3-D stereology
BBSRC JREI
2006 £69,864
JA Guggenheim, JT Erichsen & PM Hocking
Mapping QTL for ocular component dimensions in chicken
BBSRC Project Grant
2005-2008 £265,360
Recent Research Seminars
July 2010- Invited speaker, EMSA Conference, Bodrum, Turkey
Nov 2010- Invited speaker, Society of Low Vision Specialists, Denmark
“A stable view of the world: Why do we move our eyes?”
July 2011- Invited speaker, Gordon Conference, Maine, USA:
Eye movements: The motor system that sees the world
“Magnetoreception in homing pigeons: The dynamics of saccadic head movements"