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Latest News:

• Aug. 2017:  Our new elemental characterisation facility, a Microwave Plasma, Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES) has been installed and is undergoing commissioning studies.  Mostly going to be applied to analytical research for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
  
• 07/03/2017:  Our new Supercontinuum laser from Leukos was installed today.  This laser source will be used for advanced fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy.
  
• July 2016:  The Single Molecule Detection facility has now been upgraded and recommissioned.  This is now set up for a variety of experimental methods including FCS, PCH, FLIM, etc.
  
• 02/03/2016:  Congratulations to Dr. Radu Groza who successfully defended his PhD thesis at his viva exam today.
  
• 27/04/2015:  Awarded SFI Principal Investigator award.  Details here. We will be advertising at least two postdoc and two PhD positions in 2015 on this project (Details on my vacancies page).  In 2016 we will be advertising a further two PhD research posts.
  

Our news archive page, has a detailed list of past events and activities.

The luminol video.(.wmv format).....from the 1st year class of 2010-11.

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Other Links:

• orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-4340
• Research Gate.
  
• Linkedin.
  

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Research activities:

The two key research areas are: 1). Process Analytical Technologies: and 2). Advanced Microscopy & Fluorescence.

In both areas we focus on the development of novel spectroscopic methods of analysis and measurement using fluorescence and Raman spectroscopies. To do this we take several approaches: firstly, we design and build novel instrumentation so that we can analyse particular classes of samples (microscopic to macroscopic, time and frequency domains), then we conduct fundamental research in order to understand the photophysics and photochemistry of the systems being studied, and finally, we apply this knowledge into the development of measurement methodologies that can be utilized by both academic researchers (in the clinical, earth, life, and physical sciences) and the global pharmaceutical sector.

A detailed description of all our activities can be viewed here.

The group (pictured above, May 2017) and the research work is very interdisciplinary in nature and involves and amalgamation of biology, chemistry, physics, information technology, and mathematics. An Ollsceala article about the group can be downloaded from here.   There is also a piece in the Irish Emigrant online, about the project, it can be accessed here.   The Picture on the right shows Dr. Boyan Li at the upright FLIM-FCS system.

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LOCATION:

The NBL laboratories are located in the Physical Chemistry section (PAT/Chemometrics) of the Arts/Science block and in a microscopy laboratory downstairs in chemistry. An interactive campus map is available here.

This is R166 showing the confocal Raman, and the upright confocal FLIM. This lab is now home to 6 advanced microscopy systems including confocal, TIRF, and FLIM systems.	Another view of the lab. showing the inverted FLIM-FCS system used for live cell and protein-surface measurements..
This is the TIRF microscope in R166.	This is the physical chemistry lab showing a UV-Vis, and steady-state fluorescence spectrometer workstation.
This view shows the XRF (with hydraulic press) and HPLC systems in the small general purpose lab.	The spectroscopy equipment room is located in Physical Chemistry and contains the XRF, fluorescence steady-state (with multi-cell holder), and lifetime spectrometers, and the Perkin-Elmer Lambda 950 UV-Visible spectrometer (out of shot).
Spectroscopy workstation in the middle lab, with UV-visible (Cary 60) and fluorescence (Cary Eclipse) spectrometers.	New (Mar. 2017) Supercontinuum laser with frequency doubler for multi-wavelength fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy.  Home built system being assembled to study complex multi-fluorophore systems.

A word document with directions is available here.

Getting to Galway:  Detailed directions for getting to NUI-Galway are available here.
For detailed maps of Galway city and its environs, you should check out www.multimap.com
For the full campus directory (telephone/email/address), you can download an interactive pdf document here.

Biographical Information:

• Personal Professor, School. of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Aug. 2016 - present.
• Honorary President, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Aug. 2008 - 2010.
  
• Senior Lecturer, School. of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Aug. 2006 - Jul. 2016.
• Science Foundation Ireland Investigator, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, NUI-Galway. 2003-08. 
• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, NUI-Galway,. Sept. 2003 - July 2006.
• Research Scientist, NCLA/ Department of Physics, NUI-Galway, 1997 - July 2003.
• Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry, UCC, 1993-1995. 
• Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry) 1989-1994,  NUI- Galway. 
  
• B.Sc. Hons. ( Chemistry) 1985-1989, NUI-Galway.

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