RESEARCH GROUPS
Dr. Paolo Annibale
School of Physics and Astronomy
Single-molecule cellular biophysics
Keywords: Single-molecule super-resolution, fluctuation spectroscopy, GCPR signalling, pharmacology
Dr. Marcus Bischoff
School of Biology
Keywords: Developmental and cell biology of Drosophila, morphogenesis, in vivo 4D imaging, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration, tissue mechanics
Prof. Tom Brown
School of Physics and Astronomy
Optical coherence tomography, photodynamic theraphy, femtosecond lasers
Prof. Kishan Dholakia
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: optical trapping, light-sheet microscopy, super-resolution, raman spectroscopy
Prof. Andrea di Falco
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: nanophotonics, metamaterials, non-linear optics, photonic crystals, plasmonics
Dr. Gayle Doherty
School of Psychology and Neurosciences
Signalling pathways and neurological disorders
Keywords: peptide-based therapies, neurodegeneration, cell survival, intracellular signalling
Dr. David Ferrier
School of Biology
EDGE: Evolutionary developmental Genomics Researach Group
Keywords: organism evolution-development, Hox genes, amphioxus
Prof. Malte Gather
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: organic electronics, cellular biomechanics, living lasers, nanophotonic biosensors
Prof. Frank Gunn-Moore
School of Biology
Keywords: Dementia, biochemistry, neurobiology, drug discovery, biophotonics
Dr. Morag Mansley
School of Medicine
Epithelial ion/solute transport
Keywords: protein trafficking, electrophysiology, transcriptomic profiling, corticosteroid movement
Dr Michael Mazilu
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: modelling light-matter interaction, subwavelength focussing, structured illumination
Prof. Gareth Miles
School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Neural control of movement
Keywords: neuroscience, motor control, spinal cord, motor neuron disease
Prof. Carlos Penedo
School of Physics and Astronomy, School of Biology
Laboratory for biophysics and biomolecular dynamics
Keywords: single-molecule biophysics, protein-DNA interactions, RNA folding, organic electronics
Dr. Samantha Pitt
School of Medicine
Keywords: cardiovascular research, ion channels, calcium signalling, pharmacology, electrophysiology
Dr. Stephan Pulver
School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Neural control of locomotion in Drosophila
Keywords: Drosophila, motor control, central pattern generators, neuroethology, neuromodulation
Dr. Paul Reynolds
School of Medicine
Systems pathology and cancer
Keywords: Celullar medicine, systems pathology, cancer drug resistance, podocyte mechanobiology
Prof. Ifor Samuel
School of Physics and Astronomy
Organic semiconductor center
Keywords: photodynamic theraphy, diagnostics and sensing, organic semiconductors, fluorescence, wearable optoelectronics
Dr. Judith Sleeman
School of Biology
Keywords: Cajal bodies, RNA splicing, in vivo imaging, spinal muscular atrophy
Dr Ildiko Somorjai
School of Biology
Comparative regeneration and development
Keywords: amphioxus, regeneration, development, evolution, invertebrate-vertebrate transition
Dr Alan Stewart
School of Medicine
Metal handling in blood plasma
Keywords: albumin, haemostasis, metals, proteomics, thrombosis, zinc.
Dr. Javier Tello
School of Medicine
Keywords: hormones, reproduction, fertility, neuroendocrinology, neuropeptides
Dr. Jens Tilsner
School of Biology and James Hutton Institute
Keywprds: plasmodesmata, plant viruses, RNA imaging, cell biology
Prof. Graham Turnbull
School of Physics and Astronomy
Organic semiconductor center
Soft materials, chemical sensing, nanophotonics, laser development
Dr. Juan Varela
School of Biology
Neurophotonics at the nanoscale
Keywords: single-molecule in vivo imaging, biophysics, protein aggregates and clearance in neurological disorders
Dr. Kenny Wood
School of Physics and Astronomy
Light propagation in biological tissue
Keywords: Monte Carlo simulations, scattering, photodynamic therapy
Dr. Maarten Zwart
School of Psychology and Neurosciences
Neurosciences
Keywords: generation of movement by the brain, imaging, electrophysiology
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS
Dr. Mike MacDonald
University of Dundee
Biophotonics research group
Keywords: light-sheet imaging, cell sorting, opto-acoustics
Dr. Tom Vettenburg
University of Dundee
Computational microscopy lab
Keywords: optical aberrations, light propagation heterogeneous materials, light-sheet microscopy