Professor Matteo Carandini (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his invaluable contributions to scientific research. He is among a cohort of 90 outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world to be selected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Earning a Fellowship of the Royal Society means joining the most eminent scientists, technologists and engineers from or