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Personal Statement
My research interests lie in exploiting properties of diamond that allow it to sense electric and magnetic fields. By optically imaging sub-100nm particles of diamond, I hope to use them as sensors for detecting the fields generated by living cells, particularly neurons.
In order to take advantage of the small size of the nanodiamond, I also use superresolution techniques to increase the precision with which we can determine the location of the nanodiamond. As the particles are embedded in living tissue, it will also be necessary to use adaptive optics methods to correct for the optical aberrations introduced by the tissue and which, uncorrected, would degrade the quality of the imaging.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Dortmund
Award Date: 1 Nov 2004
Keywords
- Physics,
- Optics
- Super-resolution microscopy
- Diamond
- Adaptive Optics
- Neural Imaging
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Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Sutter, Lena
McKee, D., Patton, B. & Sutter, L.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/08/21 → 1/08/24
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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The impact of artificial light on arctic marine organisms and ecosystems during the polar night (Deep Impact) | Sutter, Lena
McKee, D., Patton, B. & Sutter, L.
1/08/21 → 1/08/24
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Low-cost, open-access quantitative phase imaging of algal cells using the transport of intensity equation
Grant, S. D., Richford, K., Burdett, H. L., McKee, D. & Patton, B. R., 29 Jan 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 1, 12 p., 191921.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)13 Downloads (Pure) -
Adapting the 3D-printed Openflexure microscope enables computational super-resolution imaging
Grant, S. D., Cairns, G. S., Wistuba, J. & Patton, B. R., 26 Nov 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: F1000Research. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)26 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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M4All: MultiModal Modular Microscopy for All
Cairns, G. S. (Creator), Patton, B. (Contributor) & Grant, S. (Contributor), 1 Nov 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5569710, https://github.com/NanoBioPhotonics-Strathclyde/M4All/tree/1.0.0
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Refractive Index of Algae Measured with a Low Cost, Open Access Microscope
Patton, B. (Creator), Grant, S. (Creator), McKee, D. (Creator) & Burdett, H. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 17 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.15129/e85e0b91-bff9-49ac-b1eb-035132b5a77c, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/640755v1
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Prizes
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Tom Gibson Memorial Award
Patton, Brian (Recipient), 28 Sep 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Superresolution microscopy and adaptive optics for deep tissue microscopy using nanodiamonds
Graeme Johnstone (Speaker), Brian Patton (Contributor) & Gemma Sharon Cairns (Contributor)
2 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Nanodiamonds for adaptive optics enhanced two photon excitation microscopy
Graeme Johnstone (Speaker), Brian Patton (Contributor) & Gemma Sharon Cairns (Contributor)
9 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation