He/Him: Physicist translating advanced technologies from the lab (mostly) for medical reasearch with Heriot-Watt University and University of Edinburgh.
Joined August 2018
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11 Jul 2025
Excited to see this now published by Caitlin Tye , out now in BioMedical Optics Express (Optica).
Raman through a tiny off the shelf fibre, enable by photon counting tech
doi.org/10.1364/BOE.560826
Some notes on why I am excited about this publication, here:
tanner-lab.org/2025/07/01/ra…
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11 Jul 2025
Published in @OpticaPubsGroup , during her PhD @HeriotWattUni , working applying advanced photonics to healthcare with @uCare_EPSRC and others.
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9 Jun 2025
Nip along to Nottingham on Friday 13th June to join us @IOPMED @IOPOpticalGroup @PhysicsNews in discussing optics for clinical practice, with views from academics developing them and medical practitioners using them in the clinic. Info: iop.eventsair.com/ocp2025/Re… by: Today - 9th
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20 May 2025
Join us @IOPMED @IOPOpticalGroup @PhysicsNews in Nottingham on Friday 13th June discussing optics for clinical practice, with views from academics developing them and medical practitioners using them in the clinic.
Info: iop.eventsair.com/ocp2025/
Registration by: Monday 2nd June
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24 Nov 2024
It was great to be involved in this event and be invited to (badly) express some of my opinions - thinking about bridging the gap between emerging technologies and real world applicaitons....
We in @IOPMED love pushing for more physics to reach healthcare.
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17 Nov 2024
For anyone that wants to know:
(yes I don't post much of interest anyway.... but I do enjoy lurking)
@tannerlab.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/tannerlab.b…
Also easy to find on linkedIn for even drier feeds.
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7 Oct 2024
Great to see this announced and lucky to be involved in it. The MicroTex hub gives us a real opportunity for impactful work over the coming years.
7 Oct 2024
Incredibly excited that our MicroTex Hub has been selected for funding by @EPSRC.
Our team will develop new tools for experimental medicine in the lung, accelerating new therapies for inflammation and infection.
hw.ac.uk/news/2024/new-hub-t…
ukri.org/news/robotic-clothi…
@HeriotWattUni
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Michael Tanner retweeted
27 Sep 2024
💡 New exciting positions opening in the Clinical Microfluidics lab! ✨
1 x PhD studentship in Technologies for circulating tumour DNA preparation
1 x Post-doctoral position in microfluidic and lab automation
Links to adverts in the thread! Please RT 🙏💙
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6 Sep 2024
Another excellent #Photon24 with the @IOPOpticalGroup @IOPMED @iop_conferences and a great time had in conversations with the community. Proud of my group for the work they presented, and we did enjoy the very large sparkly signs....
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6 Sep 2024
And András Kufcsák presented our translation too clinic of a time resolved medical device - and I forgot to take a photo!
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6 Sep 2024
Here is András presenting in Italy (ISSW) instead, but it's just not as fun as #Photon24 ...
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Michael Tanner retweeted
The Single Photon Workshop abstract deadline has been extended to 26th July. So far, there has been a huge response to the conference. See web-site for more details on abstract submission and confirmed invited speakers.
@QCommHub
@QuantIC_QTHub
@HWU_Physics
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7 Mar 2024
This is disturbing.
5 Mar 2024
My statement on recent correspondence relating to Research England’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group.
ALT Graphic with a banner across the top that reads: Statement on recent correspondence relating to Research England’s Expert Advisory Group Followed by a statement from Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and the department's logo bottom right.
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27 Feb 2024
This out in @OpticaPubsGroup Opt. Express.
Great work from Caitlin!
opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.c…
The power of many single photon detectors in a CMOS SPAD array to spectrally multiplex, then measure temperature at all points on a fibre using time.
With @uCare_EPSRC and @HWU_Physics
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27 Feb 2024
As these types of detectors become industrially produced (for LIDAR / self driving cars) I think it is interesting to see how we can apply them to these kind of alternate practical applications.
But in the end - we did it for fun!
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27 Feb 2024
Now Caitlin is applying similar techniques to medical sensing challenges. Also fun....
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