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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Bi-directional migration of lens epithelial cells in a physiological electrical field
Experimental Eye Research, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 29-37Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00257-9
Control of myeloid activity during retinal inflammation
Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 161-166Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.1102535
Electric fields and MAP kinase signaling can regulate early wound healing in lens epithelium
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 244-249Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.02-0456
Genetic polymorphism of HLA DR in a Scottish population of patients with pars planitis
European Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 433-438Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHGF, MAPK, and a small physiological electric field interact during corneal epithelial cell migration
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 540-547Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.02-0570
High glucose concentration decreases insulin-like growth factor type 1-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in bovine retinal endothelial cells
Metabolism, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 547-551Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/meta.2003.50046
Interferon alpha 2a in IRPB-derived peptide-induced EAU--part I
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol. 528, pp. 537-540Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMacrophages eyed in macular degeneration
Nature Medicine, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1350-1351Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1103-1350
Mooren's ulcer resolved with campath-1H
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 87, no. 7, pp. 924-925Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.87.7.924
Neutralizing tumor necrosis factor-alpha activity suppresses activation of infiltrating macrophages in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 3034-3041Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.02-1156
Physiological electric fields control the G1/S phase cell cycle checkpoint to inhibit endothelial cell proliferation
The FASEB Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 458-460Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.02-0510fje
The relative contribution of medical and surgical referrals to the workload in general ophthalmic practice
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 87, no. 8, pp. 933-935Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.87.8.933
Tolerance and autoimmunity in the eye: a role for CD8 T cells in organ-specific autoimmunity in the retina
Immunology, vol. 110, no. 3, pp. 293-295Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01774.x
Involvement of CD44 in leukocyte trafficking at the blood-retinal barrier
Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 1133-1141Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSecretion of interleukin-10 or interleukin-12 by LPS-activated dendritic cells is critically dependent on time of stimulus relative to initiation of purified DC culture
Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 978-985Contributions to Journals: ArticlesElectrical cues regulate the orientation and frequency of cell division and the rate of wound healing in vivo
PNAS, vol. 99, no. 21, pp. 13577-13582Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.202235299
Genetic analysis of the role of G protein-coupled receptor signaling in electrotaxis
Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 157, no. 6, pp. 921-927Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200112070
Membrane lipids, EGF receptors, and intracellular signals colocalize and are polarized in epithelial cells moving directionally in a physiological electric field
The FASEB Journal, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 857-859Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-0811fje
True colour imaging of the fundus using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
Physiological Measurement, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/23/1/301
Constitutive retinal CD200 expression regulates resident microglia and activation state of inflammatory cells during experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis
American Journal of Pathology, vol. 161, no. 5, pp. 1669-1677Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEfficiency of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of intermediate and posterior uveitis
Ophthalmologe, vol. 99, no. 9, pp. 691-694Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00347-002-0651-8
Evaluation of corneal graft rejection in a mouse model
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 108-113Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.1.108
Grading of pars planitis by ultrasound biomicroscopy--echographic and clinical study
European Journal of Ultrasound, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 139-144Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-8266(02)00035-6
Imaging ocular immune responses by intravital microscopy
International Reviews of Immunology, vol. 21, no. 2-3, pp. 255-272Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08830180212065
Improved leukocyte tracking in mouse retinal and choroidal circulation
Experimental Eye Research, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 403-410Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/exer.2001.1134