MD FRCSE FRCSG FRCOphth
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- j.forrester@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room 4.24 Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Tel: 01224 437507
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Forrester received his MD, ChB from Glasgow University, Scotland in 1970. In 1980 he received his MD also from the University of Glasgow. Between 1979-1984 he was Consultant Ophthalmologist/Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology at Glasgow University. In 1984 he was appointed to his current post, Cockburn Professor of Ophthalmology University of Aberdeen/Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Grampian.
He has over the years received 16 awards and Visiting Professorships including the London Hospital Prize for Original Research in Ophthalmology in 1977, the Duke Elder Medal and the Ida Mann Medal in 1991. He received the Spinoza Professorship in Amsterdam in 1998 and the Kimura Lectureship as Visiting Professor (UCSF) University of California, San Francisco in 2004.
His main areas of research are Diabetic Retinopathy, Angiogenesis, Endothelial Cell Function, Ocular Immunology, Uveitis, Autoimmune Disease, Imaging in Ophthalmology, Wound Healing and Corneal Transplantation and has published over 260 papers.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Physicians of Edinburgh, Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
He was Chairman of the RCOphth Medical Ophthalmology Training Sub-Committee and the RCOphth Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines Committee and a member of the MRC Advisory Board. He was previously Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology 1992-2000. He is currently an Editorial Board member of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, European Journal of Ophthalmology and Current Eye Research.
- Publications
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Challenges in the Treatment of Ocular Connective Tissue Diseases.
Ophthalmology - Current Medical Literature, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 113-24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterferon-a: a key factor in autoimmune disease?
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 3946-3950Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-0058
The roles of calcium signaling and ERK1/2 phosphorylation in a Pax6(+/-) mouse model of epithelial wound-healing delay
BMC Biology, vol. 4, 27Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-4-27
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3684/1/The_roles_of_calcium.pdf
Sialoadhesin promotes the inflammatory response in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis
The Journal of Immunology, vol. 177, pp. 2258-2264Contributions to Journals: ArticlesElectrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-gamma and PTEN
Nature, vol. 442, pp. 457-460Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04925
Involvement of CCR5 in the passage of Th-1-type cells across the blood-retina barrier in experimental autoimmune uveitis
Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 435-443Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.0305130
CD4 T cell-dependent autoimmunity against a melanocyte neoantigen induces spontaneous vitiligo and depends upon Fas-Fas ligand interactions
The Journal of Immunology, vol. 177, pp. 2055-3062Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProperties of porcine and recombinant human collagen matrices for optically clear tissue engineering applications
Biomacromolecules, vol. 7, pp. 1819-1828Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bm060160o
Ultra-wide-field fluorescein angiography of the ocular fundus
American Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 525-527Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2005.02.055
CD34+ corneal stromal cells are bone marrow-derived and express hemopoietic stem cell markers
Stem Cells, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 507-515Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1634/stemcells.2004-0291
FTY720 in corneal concordant xenotransplantation
Transplantation, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 297-303Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TP.0000151005.37985.DE
Evaluation of MRI for in vivo monitoring of retinal damage and detachment in experimental ocular inflammation
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 61-68Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.20326
Choroidal dendritic cells require activation to present antigen and resident choroidal macrophages potentiate this resonse
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 369-377Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.054197
Cyclosporine vs tacrolimus therapy for posterior and itnermediate uveitis
Archives of Ophthalmology, vol. 123, pp. 634-641Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.123.5.634
Cytokine gene polymorphism in sympathetic ophthalmia
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 46, pp. 4245-4250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.05-0126
Effect of TGF-(beta)2 and Anti-TGF(beta)2 antibody in a new in vivo rodent model of posterior capsule opacification
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 46, pp. 4260-4266Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.05-0168
Electrical inhibition of lens epithelial cell proliferation: an additional factor in secondary cararact?
The FASEB Journal, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 842-844Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.04-2733fje
Photodynamic therapy for inflammatory choroidal neovascularisation unresponsive to immunosuppression
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 89, pp. 147-150Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.046623
Posterior capsule opacification in mice
Archives of Ophthalmology, vol. 123, no. 1, pp. 71-77Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.123.1.71
Susceptibility of corneal allografts and xenografts to antibody-mediated rejection
Immunology Letters, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 211-213Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2005.03.013
Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes in autoimmune disease
Critical Reviews in Immunology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 72-102Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1615/CritRevImmunol.v25.i2.10
Nerve regeneration and wound healing are stimulated and directed by an endogenous electrical field in vivo
Journal of Cell Science, vol. 117, no. 20, pp. 4681-4690Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.01341
The scanning laser ophthalmoscope--a review of its role in bioscience and medicine
Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1085-1096Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/49/7/001
Lymph node removal enhances corneal graft survival in mice at high risk of rejection
BMC Ophthalmology, vol. 4, 3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-4-3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3909/1/lymph_node_removal.pdf
Recruitment of IFN-γ-Producing (Th1-Like), Cells into the Inflamed Retina In Vivo Is Preferentially Regulated by P-Sellectin Glycoprotein Ligand 1:P/E-Selectin Interactions
Journal of Immunology, vol. 172, no. 5, pp. 3215-3224Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus