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| Group Leader |
Prof. C. Peter Winlove
Prof. of Biomedical Physics
Staff page - Publications
Rm: 614/109 Tel: 4140/4092
Email:
C.P.Winlove
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| Academic and Research Staff |
Dr Karen Knapp
Senior Lecturer in Radiography
Staff page - Publications
Bone Research Group
Rm: 210a Tel: 4133
Email:
K.M.Knapp
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Dr Julian Moger
Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging
Staff page - Publications
Multiphoton Laboratory
Rm: 107 Tel: 4181
Email:
J.Moger
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Dr Peter G. Petrov
Senior lecturer
Staff page - Publications
Biophysics of Membranes
Rm: 108 Tel: 4139
Email:
P.G.Petrov
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Dr Ian Summers
Senior Lecturer
Staff page - Publications
Physics of Human Perception
Rm: 106 Tel: 4083
Email: I.R.Summers
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Dr Jude Meakin
Lecturer
Staff page - Publications
Rm: 114 Tel: 4109
Email: J.R.Meakin
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Ms Rachel Palfrey
Teaching Fellow
Staff page - Publications
Rm: G15 Tel: 4086
Email: R.M.Palfrey
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Dr Sharon Strawbridge
Teaching Fellow
Staff page - Publications
Biomedical Electrochemistry
Rm: G23 Tel: 4084
Email: S.M.Strawbridge
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Mr R. E. Ellis
Principal Experimental Officer
Staff page - Publications
Rm: 307 Tel: 4157
Email:
R.E.Ellis
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Mrs Ellen Green
Research Fellow
Publications
Rm: 109 Tel: 2562
Email:
E.Green
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Dr. Sharon Jewell
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Staff page - Publications
Mechanotransduction
Rm: 109 Tel: 2562
Email:
S.A.Jewell
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Mr James Bell
Research Fellow
Rm: 123 Tel: 4155
Email:
j.s.bell
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Research Fellow
Rm: 123 Tel: 4155
Email: N.L.Garrett
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Dr. Jessica Mansfield
Research Fellow
Rm: 123 Tel: 4155
Email:
J.C.Mansfield
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| Research Students |
Amer Alhussain
PhD Student (Ian Summers)
Project “: Dedication of The Active Areas in the Brain during Different types of Tactile Stimulation to the Fingertip: an fMRI study.
This medical physics project is part of a large study to establish the details of brain activation during touch perception. The project work will involve development of an electromechanical transducer to present spatiotemporal patterns of tactile stimulation of the fingertip. This stimulator is required to work in the high-magnetic-field and low-electrical-noise environmental of a magnetic –resonance imager. The device will probably involve multiple contactors on the skin of the fingertip; each of which has a piezoelectric drive mechanism. Each contactor will be under individual computer control. The project will be based at the Peninsula MR Research centre and in the School of Physics.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: aqma201
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Ahmed Alzahrani
PhD Student (Ian Summers/Julian Moger)
Project “Multi-scale Nanoparticles Contrast Agents;
The aim of this project is to develop a strategy for using nanoparticles as contrast agents that are suitable for both MRI and optical microscopy. The motivation is to provide a tool to correlate the uptake of pharmaceuticals at the tissue scale (measured with MRI) with the location of the pharmaceutical on the cellular scale (measured with optical microscopy).
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: aoma201
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Chester Burbidge
PhD Student
Project “Project Title;
Project description
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: cb308
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PhD Student (Peter Winlove/Ian Summers )
Project “Mechanisms of mechano-neural transduction in pacinian corpuscles;
Tactile perception is fundamental to our ability to interact effectively with our environment. Biophysical knowledge of the system allows the development of virtual reality interfaces. This project investigates how ionic composition, structural integrity and mechanical behaviour with applied force influences neuron activation in the pacinian corpuscles.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: jdad201
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Petre Gologan
PhD Student (Peter Petrov)
Project “Elastic properties of the red blood cell
The fluctuations of red blood cells (RBCs) are closely correlated with their elastic properties. Using phase-contrast video microscopy we record the fluctuations of 2D equatorial contours of the RBCs from which the fluctuation spectrum is obtained and the membrane elastic modulii can be extracted.
The aims of this project are to investigate the effect of the oxidative stress in normal and diabetic RBCs on their membrane elastic properties, as well as quantify the membrane elastic response in other abnormal cells
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: pg253
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Sue Hopkins
PhD Student (Karen Knapp/Chris Smith)
Project “A study into post-traumatic and post-surgical disuse osteopenia and its short- and long-term effects;
Disuse osteopenia is a recognised complication of immobilisation and may occur as a result of inactivity and reduced weight bearing following a lower limb fracture or possibly after total knee replacement surgery. The aim of this study is to investigate the severity and extent of any loss in bone density that results from immobilization and to identify risk factors which may increase the likelihood of future fractures at the hip. This will help to ascertain when and to whom preventative treatments should be administered to reduce any bone density loss.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: sjh217
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PhD Student (Ian Summers)
Project “Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Touch Receptors And Modeling Of Their Behavior ;
My project aims to develop improved MRI techniques for imaging tactile mechanoreceptors and their surrounding adipose tissue. Ultimately, generating a structurally based model of the Pacinian corpuscle’s behavioural response to stimuli.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: kmak201
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Sterenn Le Nen Davey
PhD Student (Peter Petrov/Peter Winlove)
Project “Project Title;
Project description
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: S.Le-Nen-Davey
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Amanda Lindsay
PhD Student (Peter Petrov/Peter Winlove)
Project “Exploration of alpha elastin in 2D films;
This project explores the behaviour of alpha elastin in two-dimensional films using a Langmiur trough techniques. The interaction between alpha elastin and lipids using a combination of Langmuir trough techniques and visible flurorescence microscopy is also being investigated.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: A.R.M.Lindsay
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Alasdair Murray
PhD Student (Ian Summers/Alastair Hibbins/Roy Sambles)
Project “Project title;
Project description
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: arjm201
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PhD Student (Ian Summers)
Project “Development of a Computer Interface for Virtual Touch;
Using hardware developed as part of previous projects, I intend to improve our system of creating virtual fabrics so that they more accuratly represent the real fabrics. This development is to be achieved by increasing our understand of the sense of touch, and running experiments to compare our current rendering strategy to the real fabrics and other rendering strategies.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: mp236
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Adam Pickup-Gerlaugh
PhD Student (Julian Moger)
Project “Project Title;
My project involves developing a type of laser microscope for background free imaging of drug uptake rates in certain types of cell. The aim is to discover mechanisms by which absoption of various pharmaceuticals can be improved. The benefit will hopefully be more effective medicines
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email:
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PhD Student (Ian Summers)
Project “Mechanisms of Mechano-transduction in Pacinian Corpuscles;
My current research is to investigate the mechanism of mechano-transduction in mechanoreceptors, known as Pacinian corpuscles. By using electro-mechanical devices such as servo-nulling pressure and aspiration systems, and microinjection, I hope to collect information and data that will allow me to create a computational model of mechano- transduction in Pacinian corpuscles and its application in further research on haptics.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: sp348
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Barbara Sarri
PhD Student
Project “Interactions between spectrin and lipids;
The cell membrane has a remarkable structure that ensures the optimal cell shape and elastic properties during its lifetime which are of crucial importance to its biological functions. The aim of this project is to investigate how interactions between spectrin (the main element of the Red Blood Cell cytoskeleton) and lipid bilayer influence membrane mesoscopic morphology and biophysics in ways that could be important to cellular function. This will be done using non-linear optical imaging techniques (CARS, SRS, SHG, TPF); thermodynamics techniques and usual methods to probe mechanical properties of lipid membrane. Experiments to study the membrane electrical properties and permeability due to the attachment of spectrin to the cytoskeleton will also be performed.
Rm: 122 Tel: 4142
Email: bcms202
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