FABLS has been continuously funding projects that meet general FABLS guidelines. A list of the funded projects are available below:
FABLS Funded Projects |
FABLS Fund Round, Year |
Project CI |
Project Title |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Ron Clarke |
Fluorescence-based Analysis of the Effect of Protein Oligomerisation on Mg2+ Binding to the Sodium Pump |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Michal Godlewski |
Scanning the Finder Grids for Correlative Microscopy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Ian Smyth |
Next Generation Optical Projection Tomography |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Ying Zhu |
Fluorescence Imaging of Polymicrobial Interactions in Dental Biofilm |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Warwick Bowen |
Monitoring Single Molecules With Integrated Microcavities |
| Round 1, 2008 |
David Inglis |
Microfluidic Devices for Rare Cell Enrichment |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Kieran Short |
Imaging and Analysis of Kidney Development using Optical Projection Tomography |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Alejandra Tricerri |
Characterisation of Plasma Membrane Lateral Heterogeneity by Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
David Coutts |
Surface Enhanced CARS Microscopy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Deborah Barton |
Novel Methods to Image Fluorescent Fusion Proteins within Plant Cells by Combining Photooxidation and Correlative Microscopy Techniques |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Thomas Hall |
Establishment of an Analysis Platform for Stem Cell Deployment in Fluorescent Zebrafish Models |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Yabai He |
Biosensing by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Janna Morrison |
Do Small Babies Have Fewer Myofibrils in Their Heart Muscle Cells? |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Benjamin Thierry |
Up-Conversion Energy Transfer for Nanoparticulate-triggered Photodynamic Therapy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Adrian Smith |
Development and Optimisation of OPO-based Multi-photon Fluorescence Imaging |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Krystyna Drozdowicz-Tomsia |
Uniform Nanostructures and Their Applications for Surface Enhanced Fluorescence |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Jim Piper |
Ultra-bright Luminescence Nanoparticles as Cellular Biolabels |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Linda Chen |
Development of a Novel Method to Investigate the Thermal Effects on Small Biological Samples Using Temperature-dependent Fluorescent Dyes |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Cynthia Whitchurch |
Fluorescence Imaging and Analysis of Bacterial Surface Motility |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Brett Hambly |
Mapping Macromolecular Interactions of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C in Health and Disease Using Novel Fluorescence Techniques |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Niina Tujula |
Monitoring the Q-Beta Replicase Assay with Molecular Beacons |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Wenrong Yang |
Topology and Dynamics of Surface-immobilised DNA Hybrids at the Single Molecule Level |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Siyi Ong |
Study of Single DNA Molecule Mechanics Using Optical Tweezers |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Tak Kee |
Characterisation of Conjugated Polymeric Nanoparticles for Bio-imaging Using Two-Photon Fluorescence and Atomic Force Microscopy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Peter Currie |
Inflammation in Muscular Dystrophy |
| Round 1, 2008 |
James Burchfield |
Quantitative Analysis of Fluorescently Determined Biological Processes |
| Round 1, 2008 |
Trevor Smith |
FABLS Strategic Groups Application for developing an Advanced Optical Imaging Facility |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Ron Clarke |
Binding of fluorescently-labelled ATP derivatives to the sodium pump |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Pierre Moens |
Raster scan Image Correlation Spectroscopy in Giant Unilamellar vesicles |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Leann Tilley |
Characterisation of novel red fluorescent proteins to study protein trafficking in malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Riccardo Cicchi |
Metabolic imaging of diseased human skin |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Louise Brown |
FRET-ing over CLIC insertion |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Ken Ghiggino |
Development of “Upconversion” Fluorescence Probes for Life Science Applications |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Morry Silberstein |
In vivo Fluorescent Imaging of the Cutaneous C-Fiber Afferent Nervous System |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Liz Harry |
Bacterial cell biology: Investigating an optical revolution |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Xiaotao Hao |
Fluorescence imaging of aligned macromolecular systems |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Heath Ecroyd |
Investigations into the anti-amyloid properties of curcumin using fluorescence-based spectroscopy |
| Round 2, 2007 |
James Rabeau |
Nanodiamond based biomarkers |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Hemant Bhatta |
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) to study the diffusion through diatoms and other biological membrane |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Kristina Youngs |
Imaging organelle autophagy yeast at super resolution in real-time |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Tak Kee |
Visualising Differentiation of Adult Stem Cells using Nonlinear Microscopy |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Phil Wearne |
Fluorescence spectroscopy and mass spectrometry of biomolecules and nanoparticles |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Robert Richardson-Bryson |
Improvements in Optical Projection Tomography Reconstructions |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Craig Priest |
Online capsule formation by consecutive adsorption of fluorescent polyelectrolyte in a microfluidic network |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Nick Klonis |
High Resolution Imaging of Maurer's Cleft Structures in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Niina Tujula |
Multiplex detection of bacterial pathogens using fluorescence activated cell sorting |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Matthew Nussio |
Construction and Characterisation of Biomimetic Membranes for Use in Drug Binding Studies |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Frederique Vanholsbeeck |
Invisibility in the Ocean |
| Round 2, 2007 |
David James |
A High-throughput Fluorescence Screen to identify novel mediators of insulin action |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Victor Bagratashvili |
Confocal time-resolved and Raman spectral characterisation of photoactive red fluorescent proteins |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Brian Orr |
Coherent Raman Microscopy: An Ongoing Feasibility Study |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Andrei Zvyagin |
Non-linear optical microscopy of cartilage towards in vivo sensor |
| Round 2, 2007 |
Katharina Gaus |
Stimulated emission depletion (STED) fluorescence imaging of cell membrane domains |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Ann Gaeth |
The regulation of copper homeostasis and its role in Menkes disease and other human diseases. |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Craig Lincoln |
Characterisation and Development of GFP Homologs for Use as Fluorescent Markers |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Cris dos Remedios & Filip Braet |
Combining fluorescence probes with scanning electron microscopy to identify peripheral blood leukocytes immobilized on a solid support |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Damian Bird |
Determination of the refractive index dependence of fluorescence resonance energy transfer rates in solution |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Dayong Jin |
Background-free imaging flow cytometry |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Ewa Goldys |
Ultrasensitive bioassays for whole blood analysis |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Kannan Krishnan |
Structure and Function of Human Profilin I |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Martin Harris |
Particle Profile Analysis ( 3D) |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Ron Clarke |
Fluorescence-based analysis of the effect of protein oligomerisation on the kinetics of the sodium pump |
| Round 1, 2007 |
William Hughes |
Imaging Exocytosis; Development of methodologies to determine the role of plasma membrane phospholipids in regulating the ‘final’ steps in exocytotic events. |
| Round 1, 2007 |
Trevor Smith |
Advanced Fluorescence Techniques |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Ron Clarke |
Kinetic analysis of the sodium pump via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Joe Shapter |
Visualising Membrane Interactions with Drugs using Polarity-Sensitive Fluorescence Probes |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Lilian Soon |
Dynamic in vitro and in vivo imaging of photoactivable proteins during cancer cell invasion |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Tak W Kee |
Laser Spectroscopic Investigations on the Photo-Medicinal Effects of the Anti-Tumour Agent Curcumin |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Meredith Wallwork |
Detection of myofibrillar density changes in cardiomyocytes by second harmonic generation as a tool for assessing terminal differentiation in growth restricted fetuses |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Deborah Barton |
Development of Reproducible Methods to Identify the Precise Localisation of Specific Biomolecules to Subcellular Compartments within Plant and Animal Cells using Correlative Imaging Techniques |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Paul Meredith |
The Fluorescent States of Synthetic Eumelanins: The Next Generation of Biophotonic Materials |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Seth Olsen |
Investigating Chromophore-Protein Interactions in Coral Chromoproteins through Real and In Silico mutagenesis |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Frederique Vanholsbeeck |
Macroscopic Fluorescence Applications |
| Round 2, 2006 |
Mark Edwards |
The isolation and characterisation of Endo-β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase from Trichoderma reesei using a novel fluorescence based assay |
| Round 1, 2006 |
David Sampson |
Imaging and characterising skeletal muscle tissue |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Andrei Zvyagin |
Application of luminescent nanodiamonds to intracelluar imaging |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Pall Thordarson |
Electron Transfer in donor-acceptor bioconjugates |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Warwick Bowen |
Biosensing with silicon chip based microcavities |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Andrew Bradbury |
The development of chromobody technology |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Andrew Clayton |
Exploring the Membrane Organization of the Serotonin-1A Receptor in Living Cells by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Daniel Day |
Novel biophotonics techniques for laser tweezing, micro-fluidics and laser transfection. |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Toby Bell |
Single molecule fluorescence of biologically relevant systems. |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Dayong Jin |
Time-gated Luminescence flow cytometry counting method for HIV monitoring in resource poor settings |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Ron Clarke |
Fluorescent-based imaging of electric field strength across cell surfaces |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Brian Orr |
CARS Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy: A Feasibility Study |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Nick Klonis |
Qunatitation of oxidative stress in malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes using a new mouse model |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Seth Olsen |
Investigating Chromophore-Protein Interactions in Coral Chromoproteins through Teal and In Silico mutagenesis |
| Round 1, 2006 |
Michelle Gee |
Evanescent Wave Induced Fluorescence as a Probe of Fluidics in Novel polymer Materials |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Jennifer Dyson |
Super-resolution of Platelet Cytoskeleton using Fluorescence Labeling Techniques |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Seth Olsen |
Investigating Protein-Chromophore interactions in coral chromoproteins through real and in silico mutagenesis |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Peter Karuso |
New Fluorescent Probes for Cell Biology |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Helena Navalainen |
Secretion of gene products from a fungal cell factory |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Anya Salih |
Characterisation of novel fluorescent proteins from marine organisms and development for in vivo fluorescence imaging applications |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Ron Clarke |
In situ measurements of the electrostatic potential within redox proteins via a quinone-linked voltage-sensitive fluorescent probe |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Filip Braet |
Establishment of a New Imaging Method to Correlate Fluorescence- and Electron Microscopic Information on the Same Biological Samples |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Damian Bird |
An Investigation into the Absorption of Nanoparticles through Skin via Time-Resolved Scanning Near-Field Fluorescence Microscopy |
| Round 2, 2005 |
David Sampson |
Innovations in deep tissue imaging |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Pierre Moens |
Dynamic interactions between phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate [PIP2], profilin and actin in Giant Unilamellar vesicles(GUV) |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Dan Nicolau |
Use of quantum dot bioconjugates to visualize in vitro actomyosin motility and its modulation by antibody-antigen interactions; towards an ultra-sensitive biosensing device. |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Charles Cranfield |
Nonlinear optical techniques for activation and imaging of bone cells |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Liz Harry |
Bacterial cell biology: Investigating an optical revolution |
| Round 2, 2005 |
Wouter Kalle |
Immuno-fluorescence measurement of MMR proteins involved in HNPCC |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Alan Trounson |
Raman and Enhanced Raman spectroscopy as micron and sub micron probes of single cells |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Don McNaughton |
| Round 1, 2005 |
John Beardall |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Mark Prescott |
Isolation of novel all-protein chromophores |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Seth Olsen |
Investigating Protein-Chromophore interactions in coral chromoproteins through real and in silico mutagenesis |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Ewa Goldys |
System development for plasmon nanobiosensors for whole blood analysis |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Helena Navalainen |
Secretion of gene products from a fungal cell factory |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Mark Baker |
Development of fluorescent ultra sensitive protein staining technology and its application to the visualisation of low abundance protein biomarkers |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Anya Salih |
Characterisation of novel fluorescent proteins from marine organisms and development for in vivo fluorescence imaging applications |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Ron Clarke |
In situ measurements of the electrostatic potential within redox proteins via a quinone-linked voltage-sensitive fluorescent probe |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Filip Braet |
Establishment of a New Imaging Method to Correlate Fluorescence- and Electron Microscopic Information on the Same Biological Samples |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Paul Mulvaney |
Novel Conjugation techniques for QD Biolabelling of Protein and OligonucleoMoenstides |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Travor Smith |
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Studies of Conformational Changes in Oligonucleotide Sequences On Adsorption |
| Round 1, 2005 |
James Camakaris |
Real time imaging studies of trafficking of copper homeostasis proteins involved in Menkes disease and Alzheimer’s disease |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Ken Ghiggino |
FABLS Sponsorship of XXII International Conference on Photochemistry and Workshop on Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Detection |
| Round 1, 2005 |
David Sampson |
Innovations in deep tissue imaging |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Pierre Moens |
Dynamic interactions between phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate [PIP2], profilin and actin in Giant Unilamellar vesicles(GUV) |
| Round 1, 2005 |
John Harvey |
Macroscopic Fluorescence Applications |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Dan Nicolau |
Use of quantum dot bioconjugates to visualize in vitro actomyosin motility and its modulation by antibody-antigen interactions; towards an ultra-sensitive biosensing device. |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Charles Cranfield |
Nonlinear optical techniques for activation and imaging of bone cells |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Carola Thonil |
Bacterial and fungi cell biology: Investigating 4Pi microscopy |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Liz Harry |
Bacterial cell biology: Investigating an optical revolution |
| Round 1, 2005 |
David Jameson |
Time-Resolved Fluorescence Studies on Ribosome-Associated L12 |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Robert Learnmonth |
Investigation of microbes and their processes by fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Stuart Rumble |
Characterisation of FLIM systems |
| Round 1, 2005 |
Leann Tilley |
Advanced fluorescence microscopy-based techniques for investigating the biology of the malaria parasite |
