Research group September 2010. From left to right: Anja Nenninger, Tomasz Goral, Sam Benson, Dennis Nürnberg, Joanna Sacharz, Giulia Mastroianni, Lu-ning Liu, Conrad Mullineaux, Tchern Lenn, Samantha Bryan
I moved to QMUL in January 2005. Previously I was in the Department of Biology at UCL. My background is in photosynthesis research, and at QMUL we are part of a large grouping with interests in photosynthesis and bioenergetics, including John Allen, Peter Heathcote, Norbert Krauss, Jon Nield, Alexander Ruban and Brenda Thake . Much of our current research is based around the use of fluorescence microscopy as a tool to probe the cell biology of bacteria and organelles, and Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching (FRAP) to probe the mobility of molecules within cells. FRAP has been widely used as a tool in eukaryotic cell biology. We have adapted the technique for use in smaller cell compartments (prokaryotic cells and chloroplasts). We combine FRAP with other microscopic techniques, plus spectroscopy, molecular biology and biochemistry. See below for details:
