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 –…
Conformational order in an intrinsically disordered protein Post-translational modification of proteins with ubiquitin represents a widely used mechanism for cellular regulation. Ubiquitin is covalently linked to the…
The new webpage has just been launched! We want to thank every member of the Centre for their help, comments, proofreading and for sending all the material (videos, research information, microscopy images, etc). We are…
Ultraviolet light has bright future in fight against Covid-19 A particular type of ultraviolet light known as far-UVC could be safely used for air disinfection in public places without harming people, according to new…
Fighting TB with light and sound A UK-wide research team, led by the Schools of Physics and Astronomy and Medicine at University of St Andrews, have developed an innovative way to monitor the reaction of living…
A collaboration of Friends: Artists and Scientists on a learning Journey Dr Samantha Pitt is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine here at the University of St Andrews and member of the CoB. Samantha investigates…
It sounds like science fiction – but lasers beating to the rhythm of a live heart is exactly what researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed to improve the understanding of heart failure and to help…
The Laboratory for Biophysics and Biomolecular Dynamics incollaboration with Prof. R. Hay and Dr. Emma Branigan at Dundee University, demonstrates using smFRET that ubiquitin transfer by RING E3 ligases occurs from a…