Light sabers to light scapels;
making practical tools from light
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Sensor
Technologies,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Liverpool John Moores University
Duncan is a multidisciplinary researcher with a background in
analytical instrumentation and surface chemistry. Originally based at
the Institute of Chemical Biology at Imperial College in London, he
moved to Liverpool John Moores University in 2014 to develop his
research in microfluidic platforms for chemical analysis and drug
delivery, and to explore the potential of recent discoveries in single
cell biology using thin film semiconductors. Alongside his
academic studies, Dr Casey develops instrumentation for his spin -off
company, anywhereHPLC Ltd. [You can read about Imperial spin out company here].
Duncan's talk will address some of the challenges and needs for instrumentation in the contemporary Life Sciences. When scientists want to investigate
very small systems like individual cells, a very precise toolkit is needed with
the ability to pick up and deliver material at tiny length scales. Focused,
shaped light enables researchers to dissect cells or deliver material using
nothing more than a laser beam.
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Widnes SciBar is for anyone with an
interest
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