{"id":21,"date":"2020-04-21T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk\/cob2\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:00:38","slug":"research-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/biophotonics\/research-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Research groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Ilary Allodi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Psychology and Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neural Circuits of Disease Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: ALS-FTD pathophysiology, spatial transcriptomics, multiplexing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Paolo Annibale<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab signalling Processes and Receptors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: GPCR, Fluorescence Microscopy, Super-Resolution Imaging, Scanning Probe Microscopy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Marcus Bischoff<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Biology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developmental Biology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Developmental and cell biology of Drosophila, morphogenesis, in vivo<\/em> 4D imaging, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration, tissue mechanics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Tom Brown<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultrafast biophotonics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optical coherence tomography, photodynamic theraphy, femtosecond lasers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Graham Bruce<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Faciliy Manager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Raman spectroscopy, optical manipulation, holographic laser beam shaping<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr John Danial<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Super-resolution<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Single-molecule instrumentation and software, structural imaging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kishan Dholakia<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optical manipulation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: optical trapping, light-sheet microscopy, raman spectroscopy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Andrea di Falco<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthetic Optics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: nanophotonics, metamaterials, non-linear optics, photonic crystals, plasmonics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. David Ferrier<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDGE<\/span> Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: organism evolution-development, Hox genes, amphioxus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Malte Gather<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft-matter photonics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: organic electronics, cellular biomechanics, living lasers, nanophotonic biosensors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Frank Gunn-Moore<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molecular Neurobiology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Dementia, biochemistry, neurobiology, drug discovery, biophotonics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Gareth Miles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Psychology and Neurosciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neural control of movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: neuroscience, motor control, spinal cord, motor neuron disease<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Carlos Penedo<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy, School of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laborato<\/span>ry for biophysics and biomolecular dynamics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: single-molecule biophysics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Samantha Pitt<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metal ions<\/span> in medicine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: cardiovascular research, ion channels, calcium signalling, pharmacology, electrophysiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Stephan Pulver<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Psychology and Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neural control of locomotion in Drosophila<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Drosophila, motor control, central pattern generators, neuroethology, neuromodulation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Ifor Samuel<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organic semiconductor center<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: photodynamic theraphy, diagnostics and sensing, organic semiconductors, fluorescence, wearable optoelectronics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Alan Stewart<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metal ions in medicine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: fatty acids and zinc dynamics, glycoproteins, plasma proteomics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Javier Tello<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molecular medicine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: hormones, reproduction, fertility, neuroendocrinology, neuropeptides<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jens Tilsner<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Biology and James Hutton Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plant molecular virology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywprds: plasmodesmata, plant viruses, RNA imaging, cell biology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Graham Turnbull<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organic semiconductor center<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft materials, chemical sensing, nanophotonics, laser development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Juan Varela<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neurophotonics at the nanoscale<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: single-molecule in vivo imaging, biophysics, protein aggregates and clearance in neurological disorders<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Maarten Zwart<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Psychology and Neurosciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neurosciences<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: generation of movement by the brain, imaging, electrophysiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Judith Sleeman<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

School of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RNA processing and transport<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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