Research groups

Dr. Ilary Allodi
School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Neural Circuits of Disease Laboratory
Keywords: ALS-FTD pathophysiology, spatial transcriptomics, multiplexing

Dr. Paolo Annibale
School of Physics and Astronomy
Lab signalling Processes and Receptors
Keywords: GPCR, Fluorescence Microscopy, Super-Resolution Imaging, Scanning Probe Microscopy

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

Dr. Graham Bruce
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: Raman spectroscopy, optical manipulation, holographic laser beam shaping

Dr John Danial
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: Single-molecule instrumentation and software, structural imaging

Prof. Kishan Dholakia
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: optical trapping, light-sheet microscopy, raman spectroscopy

Prof. Andrea di Falco
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: nanophotonics, metamaterials, non-linear optics, photonic crystals, plasmonics

Dr. David Ferrier
School of Biology
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

Prof. Gareth Miles
School of Psychology and Neurosciences
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

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

Prof. Ifor Samuel
School of Physics and Astronomy
Keywords: photodynamic theraphy, diagnostics and sensing, organic semiconductors, fluorescence, wearable optoelectronics

Dr. Alan Stewart
School of Medicine
Keywords: fatty acids and zinc dynamics, glycoproteins, plasma proteomics

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
Soft materials, chemical sensing, nanophotonics, laser development

Dr. Juan Varela
School of Physics and Astronomy
Neurophotonics at the nanoscale
Keywords: single-molecule in vivo imaging, biophysics, protein aggregates and clearance in neurological disorders

Dr. Maarten Zwart
School of Psychology and Neurosciences
Keywords: generation of movement by the brain, imaging, electrophysiology