Dr Aislin Sheldon
Pronouns: They/Them
Aislin’s research non-invasively investigates the human visual system in both health and in conditions that cause visual dysfunction. They specialize in high field imaging (3 and 7 tesla) and predominantly use static, dynamic and multi voxel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) to measure neurometabolites within the occipital lobe.
They completed their D.Phil. (PhD) in Clinical Neurosciences at The University of Oxford, co-supervised by Professor Holly Bridge at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging and Professor Susan Downes at the Oxford Eye Hospital. Their D.Phil. project investigated degeneration and the capacity for reorganisation in the adult human cortex after vision loss from Stargardt macular dystrophy. Within this project Aislin specialized using magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI), population reception field mapping (pRF) and resting state fMRI techniques.
They then completed their first Postdoctoral position at the University of Oxford co-supervised by Dr Helen Barron and Professor Jill O’Reilly. Their project aimed to understand the glutamatergic response function (GRF) using functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS).
Ais joined the Schallmo Lab in May 2024 as a Postdoctoral Associate with the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, and is using MRS, psychophysics and computational modelling to understand how visual perception is affected in people with psychosis.
In their free time they like to cycle and bake, and they care deeply about LGBTQIA+ rights, social justice, averting the climate crisis, and veganism.
Links:
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aislin-Sheldon
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=H_kN0-YAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1&oi=ao
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/aislinsheldon
