Dr Paolo Annibale, from the School of Physics and Astronomy and a member of the Centre of Biophotonics, has received a Research Leadership Award totalling £990,994. Funding will support Dr Annibale’s research project…
The Centre of Biophotonics celebrated a workshop on 1 September 2022. The event was attended by 55 researchers working across four Schools (Physics and Astronomy, Medicine, Biology, Psychology and Neurosciences) and…
Paolo’s research webpage It is a real pleasure to welcome Dr Paolo Annibale as new Group Leader at the CoB. Paolo has been appointed Reader to the School of Physics and Astronomy and joined the School and the CoB in…
A major advance in RNA imaging. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an important molecule that has long been thought of as a simple cellular messenger. However, it is now clear that this molecule is involved in several…
Scientists from the CoB learn to measure the tiniest forces living cells exert at sheer WARP speed. Writing in Nature Communications (Friday 11 June 2021), the team of researchers, led by the School of Physics and…
The IMARIS 9.7 package will soon be available at the CoB for image analysis and processing. The package gives access to visualization of complex 3D and 4D datasets, smart detection of objects, tracking and lineage,…
A Zeiss LSM800 with Airyscan Super-resolution confocal microscope has been added to the CoB range of high-spatial resolution microscopes. The microscope bas been installed within the Biomedical Science Research…
The lightest light- the future of digital displays and brain science A team of scientists from the University of St Andrews has developed a new way of making the most durable, lightweight and thinnest light source…
RS MacDonald Charitable Trust funds Neurophotonics research at the CoB We are pleased to announce that our recent bid to The RS MacDonald Charitable trust has been successful and they have generously agreed to fund…
Shining light on whisky Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed an innovative new technique using lasers to accurately measure the authenticity of some of the world’s most exclusive whiskies –…