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2024

Wahid, Maheen and Mackenzie, Graeme and Rooney, Liam M. and Greig, Justin C. and McConnell, Gail and Combet, Emilie and Gray, Stuart and Murray, James T. and Currie, Susan and Gould, Gwyn W. and Cunningham, Margaret R. (2024) From freeze to function : optimised cryopreservation and mitochondrial analysis workflow for skeletal muscle biopsies. BMC Methods, 1 (1). 16. ISSN 3004-8729

Baxter, Katherine and Rooney, Liam and Foylan, Shannan and Gould, Gwyn and McConnell, Gail (2024) Revealing the ultrastructure of live Candida albicans using stimulated emission depletion microscopy. Other. bioRxiv.

Pereira, Ana Rita and Rooney, Liam M and Gomes, Inês B and Simões, Manuel and McConnell, Gail (2024) The impact of methylparaben and chlorine on the architecture of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia biofilms. Science of the Total Environment, 951. 175646. ISSN 1879-1026

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam and Feeney, Morgan and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2024) Quantifying the fractal complexity of nutrient transport channels in Escherichia coli biofilms under varying cell shape and growth environment. Microbiology, 170 (11). 001511. ISSN 1465-2080

Shi, Jiezhong and Wan, Yifei and Jia, Haoyang and Skeldon, Gregor and Cornelissen, Dirk Jan and Wesencraft, Katrina and Wu, Junxi and McConnell, Gail and Chen, Quan and Liu, Dongsheng and Shu, Wenmiao (2024) Printing cell embedded sacrificial strategy for microvasculature using degradable DNA biolubricant. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. e202417510. ISSN 1521-3773

Geiser, Angéline and Currie, Susan and Al-Hasani, Hadi and Chadt, Alexandra and McConnell, Gail and Gould, Gwyn W. (2024) A novel 3D imaging approach for quantification of GLUT4 levels across the intact myocardium. Journal of Cell Science, 137 (20). jcs262146. ISSN 0021-9533

Rooney, Liam M. and Christopher, Jay and Watson, Ben and Susir Kumar, Yash and Copeland, Laura and Walker, Lewis D. and Foylan, Shannan and Amos, William B. and Bauer, Ralf and McConnell, Gail (2024) Printing, characterizing, and assessing transparent 3D printed lenses for optical imaging. Advanced Materials Technologies, 9 (15). 2400043. ISSN 2365-709X

Clapperton, Megan and Kunanandam, Tash and Florea, Catalina D. and Douglas, Catriona M. and McConnell, Gail (2024) Multimodal optical mesoscopy reveals the quantity and spatial distribution of gram-positive biofilms in ex vivo tonsils. Journal of Microscopy, 295 (2). pp. 121-130. ISSN 0022-2720

Bowman, Richard and Müllenbroich, Caroline and Diederich, Benedict and McConnell, Gail and Faez, Sanli and Arancio, Julieta (2024) Open, reproducible hardware for microscopy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 382 (2274). 20230112. ISSN 1471-2962

Bentley-Abbot, Calum and Heslop, Rhiannon and Pirillo, Chiara and Chandrasegaran, Praveena and McConnell, Gail and Roberts, Ed and Hutchinson, Edward and MacLeod, Annette (2024) An easy to use tool for the analysis of subcellular mRNA transcript colocalisation in smFISH data. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). 8348. ISSN 2045-2322

Christopher, Jay and Donnachie, Mark and Rooney, Liam and McConnell, Gail and Uttamchandani, Deepak and Bauer, Ralf (2024) Using 3D printed optical elements for multifocal image scanning microscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, 12827. 1282702. ISSN 0277-786X

Christopher, Jay and Rooney, Liam M. and Donnachie, Mark and Uttamchandani, Deepak and McConnell, Gail and Bauer, Ralf (2024) Low-cost 3D printed lenses for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 15 (4). pp. 2224-2237. ISSN 2156-7085

Rooney, Liam M. and Dupuy, Lionel X. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2024) Construction and characterisation of a structured, tuneable, and transparent 3D culture platform for soil bacteria. Microbiology, 170 (1). 001429. ISSN 1465-2080

Baxter, Katherine J. and Sargison, Fiona A. and Fitzgerald, J. Ross and McConnell, Gail and Hoskisson, Paul A. (2024) Time-lapse mesoscopy of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus dual-species biofilms reveals a structural role for the hyphae of C. albicans in biofilm formation. Microbiology, 170 (1). 001426. ISSN 1465-2080

2023

Christopher, Jay and Rooney, Liam M. and Donnachie, Mark and Uttamchandani, Deepak and McConnell, Gail and Bauer, Ralf (2023) Low-cost 3D printed lenses for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. Other. bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Rooney, Liam M. and Christopher, Jay and Watson, Ben and Susir Kumar, Yash and Copeland, Laura and Walker, Lewis D. and Foylan, Shannan and Amos, William B. and Bauer, Ralf and McConnell, Gail (2023) Printing, characterising, and assessing transparent 3D printed lenses for optical imaging. Other. bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam and Feeney, Morgan and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2023) Fractal complexity of Escherichia coli nutrient transport channels is influenced by cell shape and growth environment. Other. bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Clapperton, Megan and Kunanandam, Tash and Florea, Catalina D. and Douglas, Catriona M. and McConnell, Gail (2023) Multimodal optical mesoscopy reveals the quantity and spatial distribution of gram-positive biofilms in ex vivo tonsils. Other. bioRxiv, Ithaca, NY.

Christopher, Jay and Rooney, Liam and McConnell, Gail and Bauer, Ralf (2023) Using 3D printed optics for fluorescence microscopy. In: Microscience Microscopy Congress 2023, 2023-07-03 - 2023-07-06, Manchester Central.

Foylan, Shannan and Schniete, Jana Katharina and Kölln, Lisa Sophie and Dempster, John and Hansen, Carsten Gram and Shaw, Michael and Bushell, Trevor John and McConnell, Gail (2023) Mesoscale standing wave imaging. Journal of Microscopy, 295 (1). pp. 33-41. ISSN 0022-2720

Hasani, Hamid and Sun, Jipeng and Zhu, Shuyu I. and Rong, Qiangzhou and Willomitzer, Florian and Amor, Rumelo and McConnell, Gail and Cossairt, Oliver and Goodhill, Geoffrey J. (2023) Whole-brain imaging of freely-moving zebrafish. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17. 1127574. ISSN 1662-453X

Foylan, S. and Amos, W. B. and Dempster, J. and Köelln, L. and Hansen, C. G. and Shaw, M. and McConnell, G. (2023) MesoTIRF : a prism-based total internal reflection fluorescence illuminator for high resolution, high contrast imaging of large cell populations. Applied Physics Letters, 122 (11). 113701. ISSN 0003-6951

Tinning, Peter W. and Schniete, Jana K. and Scrimgeour, Ross and Kölln, Lisa S. and Rooney, Liam M. and Bushell, Trevor J. and McConnell, Gail (2023) A simple image processing pipeline to sharpen topology maps in multi-wavelength interference microscopy. Optics Letters, 48 (5). pp. 1092-1095. ISSN 0146-9592

Rooney, Liam M. and Bottura, Beatrice and Baxter, Katherine and Amos, William B. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2023) Addressing multi-scale microbial challenges using the Mesolens. Journal of Microscopy, 296 (2). pp. 139-144. ISSN 0022-2720

2022

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2022) Intra-colony channel morphology in Escherichia coli biofilms is governed by nutrient availability and substrate stiffness. Biofilm, 4. 100084. ISSN 2590-2075

Battistella, Eliana and Schniete, Jan and Wesencraft, Katrina and Quintana, Juan F. and McConnell, Gail (2022) Light-sheet mesoscopy with the Mesolens provides fast sub-cellular resolution imaging throughout large tissue volumes. iScience, 25 (9). 104797. ISSN 2589-0042

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam M and Hoskisson, Paul A and McConnell, Gail (2022) Intra-colony channel morphology in Escherichia coli biofilms is governed by nutrient availability and substrate stiffness. Other. bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Battistella, Eliana and Quintana, Juan F. and McConnell, Gail (2022) Application of light-sheet mesoscopy to image host-pathogen interactions in intact organs. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology : Parasite and Host, 12. 903957. ISSN 2235-2988

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2022) Quantifying the effect of substrate composition on intra-colony channel morphology in E. coli biofilms using a custom-made open-source image analysis pipeline. In: European Light Microscopy Initiative 2022, 2022-06-07 - 2022-06-10, Turku, Finland.

Munck, Sebastian and Cawthorne, Christopher and Escamilla‐Ayala, Abril and Kerstens, Axelle and Gabarre, Sergio and Wesencraft, Katrina and Battistella, Eliana and Craig, Rebecca and Reynaud, Emmanuel G. and Swoger, Jim and McConnell, Gail (2022) Challenges and advances in optical 3D mesoscale imaging. Journal of Microscopy, 286 (3). pp. 201-219. ISSN 0022-2720

Bottura, Beatrice and Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2022) Intra-colony channel morphology in Escherichia coli biofilms is governed by nutrient availability and substrate stiffness. In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2022, 2022-04-03 - 2022-04-07, Belfast International Conference Centre.

McFarlane, Mollie and Hall, Nicholas and McConnell, Gail (2022) Enhanced fluorescence from semiconductor quantum dot-labelled cells excited at 280 nm. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 10 (2). 025004. ISSN 2050-6120

Kölln, Lisa Sophie and Salem, Omar and Valli, Jessica and Hansen, Carsten Gram and McConnell, Gail (2022) Label2label : training a neural network to selectively restore cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy. Journal of Cell Science, 135 (3). jcs258994. ISSN 0021-9533

2021

Graser, Marisa and Wark, Alastair and Day, Sarah and Sandison, Mairi and McConnell, Gail and Buis, Arjan (2021) Investigating the response of skeletal muscle to prosthesis-related loading conditions : an ex vivo animal model. In: International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics 18th World Congress, 2021-11-01 - 2021-11-04, Virtual.

Shaw, Michael and Claveau, Rémy and Manescu, Petru and Elmi, Muna and Brown, Biobele J and Scrimgeour, Ross and Kölln, Lisa S and McConnell, Gail and Fernandez‐Reyes, Delmiro (2021) Optical mesoscopy, machine learning, and computational microscopy enable high information content diagnostic imaging of blood films. Journal of Pathology, 255 (1). pp. 62-71. ISSN 0022-3417

Bottura, Beatrice and Hoskisson, Paul and McConnell, Gail (2021) Fractal patterns in E. coli biofilms are preserved under various growth conditions. In: Strathclyde Doctoral School Multidisciplinary Symposium, 2021-06-01 - 2021-06-04.

Bottura, Beatrice and Hoskisson, Paul and McConnell, Gail (2021) Using the Mesolens to observe structural changes in E. coli mature colony biofilms under different nutrient availability. In: SUPA Virtual Gathering, 2021-05-25 - 2021-05-27.

Brown, Cara and Mullins, Linda J. and Wesencraft, Katrina and McConnell, Gail and Beltran, Mariana and Henderson, Neil C. and Conway, Bryan and Hoffmann, Scott and Rider, Sebastian and Mullins, John J. (2021) ScRNA transcription profile of adult zebrafish podocytes using a novel reporter strain. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 55. pp. 35-47. ISSN 1015-8987

Schniete, Jana K. and Tinning, Peter W. and Scrimgeour, Ross C. and Robb, Gillian and Kölln, Lisa S. and Wesencraft, Katrina and Paul, Nikki R. and Bushell, Trevor J. and McConnell, Gail (2021) An evaluation of multi-excitation-wavelength standing-wave fluorescence microscopy (TartanSW) to improve sampling density in studies of the cell membrane and cytoskeleton. Scientific Reports, 11. 2903. ISSN 2045-2322

2020

Francis, Robert J. and Robb, Gillian and McCann, Lee and Khatri, Bhagwati and Keeble, James and Dagg, Belinda and Amos, Brad and Salguero, Francisco J. and Ho, Mei Mei and Bullen, Anwen and McConnell, Gail and MacLellan-Gibson, Kirsty (2020) Three-dimensional in situ morphometrics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection within lesions by optical mesoscopy and novel acid-fast staining. Scientific Reports, 10. 21774. ISSN 2045-2322

Rooney, Liam M. and Amos, William B. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2020) Intra-colony channels in E. coli function as a nutrient uptake system. ISME Journal, 14 (10). pp. 2461-2473. ISSN 1751-7362

McFarlane, Mollie and McConnell, Gail (2020) Characterisation of a deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diode emission pattern via fluorescence. Measurement Science and Technology, 31 (7). 077001. ISSN 0957-0233

Rooney, Liam M. and Kölln, Lisa S. and Scrimgeour, Ross and Amos, William B. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2020) Three-dimensional observations of an aperiodic oscillatory gliding behavior in Myxococcus xanthus using confocal interference reflection microscopy. mSphere, 5 (1). e00846-19. ISSN 2379-5042

2019

Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2019) Of microscopes and microbes : characterising a novel nutrient uptake system in Escherichia coli biofilms. In: FEMS 2019, 2019-07-07 - 2019-07-11, SEC Centre.

Tinning, P. W. and Schniete, J. K. and Scrimgeour, R. and McConnell, G. (2019) TartanSW : filling the information gap in standing wave microscopy. In: Photonex, 2019-06-05 - 2019-06-05, Technology & Innovation Centre.

Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2019) Visualising the structure of bacterial communities : characterising a novel nutrient uptake system in Escherichia coli biofilms. In: Photonex, 2019-06-05 - 2019-06-05, Technology & Innovation Centre.

2018

Schniete, Jan and Franssen, Aimee and Dempster, John and Bushell, Trevor J and Amos, William Bradshaw and McConnell, Gail (2018) Fast optical sectioning for widefield fluorescence mesoscopy with the mesolens based on HiLo microscopy. Scientific Reports, 8. 16259. ISSN 2045-2322

Rooney, Liam M. and McCann, Lee and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Applying the Mesolens to microbiology : investigating the structural organisation of bacterial biofilms. In: RMS Frontiers in Bioimaging 2018, 2018-06-27 - 2018-06-28, TIC, University of Strathclyde.

Rooney, Liam M. and McCann, Lee and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Applying the mesolens to microbiology : visualising biofilm architecture and substructure. In: 18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2018, 2018-06-05 - 2018-06-08.

Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility. In: 18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2018, 2018-06-05 - 2018-06-08.

Tinning, Peter W. and Scrimgeour, Ross and McConnell, Gail (2018) Standing wave microscopy of red blood cell membrane morphology with high temporal resolution. In: 18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2018, 2018-06-05 - 2018-06-08.

Rooney, Liam M. and McCann, Lee and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Applying the mesolens to microbiology : visualising biofilm architecture and substructure. In: SULSA Antimicrobial Resistance Conference, 2018-04-26 - 2018-04-28, Technology and Innovation Centre.

Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility. In: EMBO Practical Course on Advanced Optical Microscopy for Cell Biology, 2018-04-04 - 2018-04-14, The Marine Biological Association.

McConnell, G. and Amos, W.B. (2018) Application of the mesolens for sub-cellular resolution imaging of intact larval and whole adult Drosophila : confocal mesoscopy of Drosophila. Journal of Microscopy. ISSN 0022-2720

Tinning, Peter W. and Scrimgeour, Ross and McConnell, Gail (2018) Widefield standing wave microscopy of red blood cell membrane morphology with high temporal resolution. Biomedical Optics Express, 9 (4). pp. 1745-1761. ISSN 2156-7085

Rooney, Liam M. and Hoskisson, Paul A. and McConnell, Gail (2018) Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility. In: Spatiotemporal Organization of Bacterial Cells, 2018-03-14 - 2018-03-16.

Tinning, P. W. and Franssen, A. J. P. M. and Hridi, S. U. and Bushell, T. J. and McConnell, G. (2018) A 340/380 nm light emitting diode illuminator for Fura-2 AM ratiometric Ca2+ imaging of live cells with better than 5 nM precision. Journal of Microscopy, 269 (3). pp. 212-220. ISSN 0022-2720

2017

Tinning, Peter William and Franssen, Aimee and Hridi, Shehla Unaiza and Bushell, Trevor and McConnell, Gail (2017) A 340/380 nm light emitting diode illuminator for Fura-2 AM ratiometric Ca2+ imaging of live cells with better than 5 nM precision. In: Microscience Microscopy Congress 2017, 2017-07-03 - 2017-07-06.

Scrimgeour, Ross and Tinning, Peter William and Li, David and McConnell, Gail (2017) A computational method for two-dimensional quantitative analysis of standing wave images of red blood cells. In: Microscience Microscopy Congress 2017, 2017-07-03 - 2017-07-06.

Macrae, C. D. and Fraczek, E. and Newton, M. E. and Dhillon, H. and Bennett, A. and Markham, M. and Diggle, P. and Breeze, B. G. and Dale, M. and Savitski, V. and Griffin, P. F. and Kemp, A. and Riis, E. and McConnell, G.; (2017) Optical detection of magnetic resonance in nitrogen vacancy centre ensembles in bulk diamond using an off-resonant probe laser beam. In: The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2017. The Optical Society, DEU. ISBN 978-1-5090-6736-7

Tinning, Peter William and Franssen, Aimee and Hridi, Shehla Unaiza and Bushell, Trevor and McConnell, Gail (2017) A 340/380 nm light emitting diode illuminator for Fura-2 AM ratiometric Ca2+ imaging of live cells with better than 5 nM precision. In: Photonex, 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-14.

Hridi, Shehla Unaiza and McCann, Lee and McConnell, Gail and Bushell, Trevor J and Jiang, Hui-Rong (2017) Increased expression of IL-16 in the brain of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Brain and Neuroscience Advances. P-M113. ISSN 2398-2128

Karim, Reatul and Somani, Sukrut and Al Robaian, Majed and Mullin, Margaret and Amor, Rumelo and McConnell, Gail and Dufès, Christine (2017) Tumor regression after intravenous administration of targeted vesicles entrapping the vitamin E α-tocotrienol. Journal of Controlled Release, 246. pp. 79-87. ISSN 0168-3659

2016

Trägårdh, J. and Schniete, J. and Parsons, M. and McConnell, G. (2016) A femtosecond Raman generator for long wavelength two-photon and third harmonic generation imaging. APL Photonics, 1 (9). 091303. ISSN 2378-0967

Hridi, Shehla Unaiza and McCann, Lee and McConnell, Gail and Bushell, Trevor and Jiang, Hui-Rong (2016) Expression of IL-16 in central nervous system during the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. In: BSI/NVVI congress 2016, 2016-12-06 - 2016-12-09, ACC.

McConnell, Gail and Trägårdh, Johanna and Amor, Rumelo and Dempster, John and Reid, Es and Amos, William Bradshaw (2016) A novel optical microscope for imaging large embryos and tissue volumes with sub-cellular resolution throughout. eLife, 5. e18659. ISSN 2050-084X

Tragardh, Johanna and Murtagh, Michelle and Robb, Gillian and Parsons, Maddy and Lin, Jipeng and Spence, David J. and McConnell, Gail (2016) Two-color, two-photon imaging at long excitation wavelengths using a diamond Raman laser. Microscopy and Microanalysis. ISSN 1431-9276

Murtagh, Michelle and Lin, Jipeng and Trägårdh, Johanna and Mcconnell, Gail and Spence, David J. (2016) Ultrafast second-stokes diamond raman laser. Optics Express, 24 (8). pp. 8149-8155. ISSN 1094-4087

Amor, Rumelo and McDonald, Alison and Trägårdh, Johanna and Robb, Gillian and Wilson, Louise and Abdul Rahman, Nor Zaihana and Dempster, John and Amos, William Bradshaw and Bushell, Trevor J. and McConnell, Gail (2016) Widefield two-photon excitation without scanning : live cell microscopy with high time resolution and low photo-bleaching. PLOS One, 11 (1). 0147115. ISSN 1932-6203

2015

Trägårdh, Johanna and Robb, Gillian and Gadalla, Kamal K.E. and Cobb, Stuart and Travis, Christopher and Oppo, Gian-Luca and McConnell, Gail (2015) Label-free imaging of thick tissue at 1550nm using a femtosecond optical parametric generator. Optics Letters. ISSN 0146-9592

Tragardh, Johanna and Robb, Gillian and Gadalla, Kamal and Cobb, Stuart and Travis, Christopher and Oppo, Gian-Luca and McConnell, Gail (2015) A femtosecond-pulsed tunable optical parametric generator at 1530-1790 nm for label-free third harmonic generation imaging. In: CLEO Europe - EQEC 2015, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25.

Amor, Rumelo and Mahajan, Sumeet and Amos, William B. and McConnell, Gail; (2015) Standing-wave excitation of fluorescence in a laser-scanning microscope allows precise contour mapping of the red blood cell membrane. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE, USA. ISBN 9781628414202

McDonald, Alison and McConnell, Gail and Cox, David C. and Riis, Erling and Griffin, Paul F. (2015) 3D mapping of intensity field about the focus of a micrometer–scale parabolic mirror. Optics Express, 23 (3). pp. 2375-2382. ISSN 1094-4087

Trägårdh, J. and Robb, G. and Amor, R. and Amos, W. B. and Dempster, J. and McConnell, G. (2015) Exploration of the two-photon excitation spectrum of fluorescent dyes at wavelengths below the range of the Ti:Sapphire laser. Journal of Microscopy. ISSN 0022-2720

Trägårdh, J. and MacRae, K. and Travis, C. and Amor, R. and Norris, G. and Wilson, S.H. and Oppo, G.-L. and McConnell, G. (2015) A simple but precise method for quantitative measurement of the quality of the laser focus in a scanning optical microscope. Journal of Microscopy. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0022-2720

2014

Amor, Rumelo and Mahajan, Sumeet and Amos, William Bradshaw and McConnell, Gail (2014) Standing-wave-excited multiplanar fluorescence in a laser scanning microscope reveals 3D information on red blood cells. Scientific Reports, 4. 7359. ISSN 2045-2322

Amos, William and Trägårdh, Johanna and Amor, Rumelo and Dempster, John and McConnell, Gail (2014) A new giant lens for confocal mesoscopy. In: Photon14, 2014-09-01 - 2014-09-04, Imperial College London.

Trägårdh, Johanna and Norris, Greg and Wilson, Stuart and Travis, Christopher and Oppo, Gian-Luca and McConnell, Gail (2014) A simple technique for measuring the M2 parameter and the optical focus of the light exiting the objective lens in a laser scanning microscope. In: Photon14, 2014-09-01 - 2014-09-04, Imperial College London.

Trägårdh, Johanna and Robb, Gillian and Amor, Rumelo and Dempster, John and McConnell, Gail (2014) Efficient excitation of blue emitting dyes by two-photon microscopy at visible wavelengths. In: Focus on Microscopy, FOM 2014, 2014-04-13 - 2014-04-16.

Amos, William and Trägårdh, Johanna and Amor, Rumelo and Dempster, John and McConnell, Gail (2014) A new giant lens for confocal mesoscopy. In: Focus on Microscopy, FOM 2014, 2014-04-13 - 2014-04-16.

Norris, Greg and Wilson, Stuart and Trägårdh, Johanna and Travis, Christopher and Oppo, Gian-Luca and McConnell, Gail (2014) A simple technique for measureing the M2 parameter, optical focus, astigmatism and ellipticity of the light exiting an objective lens in a laser scanning microscope. In: Focus on Microscopy, FOM 2014, 2014-04-13 - 2014-04-16.

2013

Travis, C. and Norris, G. and McConnell, G. and Oppo, G.-L. (2013) Energy shedding during nonlinear self-focusing of optical beams. Optics Express, 21 (20). pp. 23459-23470. ISSN 1094-4087

Lemarié, Fanny and Chang, Chun Wai and Blatchford, David and Amor, Rumelo and Norris, Greg and Tetley, Laurence and McConnell, Gail and Dufès, Christine (2013) Antitumor activity of the tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate encapsulated in targeted vesicles after intravenous administration. Nanomedicine, 8 (2). pp. 181-192. ISSN 1743-5889

Martin, Tamara Patricia and Norris, Greg and McConnell, Gail and Currie, Susan (2013) A novel approach for assessing cardiac fibrosis using label-free second harmonic generation. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging.

2012

Norris, Greg and Gebril, Ayman M and Ferro, Valerie and McConnell, Gail (2012) Methanol immersion reduces spherical aberration of water dipping lenses at long wavelengths used in multi-photon laser scanning microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 3 (12). pp. 3314-3324. ISSN 2156-7085

Norris, G and Amor, R and Dempster, J and Amos, W B and McConnell, G (2012) Increased signals from short-wavelength-excited fluorescent molecules using sub-Ti:Sapphire wavelengths. Journal of Microscopy, 248 (2). pp. 200-207. ISSN 0022-2720

Amor, R and Norris, G and Dempster, J and Amos, W B and McConnell, G (2012) A compact instrument for adjusting laser beams to be accurately coincident and coaxial and its use in biomedical imaging using wave-mixed laser sources. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83 (8). 083705. ISSN 0034-6748

McConnell, Gail (2012) Electron microscopic measurement of the size of the optical focus in laser scanning microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18 (3). pp. 596-602. ISSN 1431-9276

Norris, Greg and Amor, Rumelo and Dempster, John and Amos, William B and McConnell, Gail (2012) A promising new wavelength region for three-photon fluorescence microscopy of live cells. Journal of Microscopy, 246 (3). pp. 266-273.

McDonald, Alison and Harris, John and MacMillan, Debbi and Dempster, John and McConnell, Gail (2012) Light-induced Ca(2+) transients observed in widefield epi-fluorescence microscopy of excitable cells. Biomedical Optics Express, 3 (6). pp. 1266-1273.

2011

Fu, J.Y. and Zhang, Wei and Blatchford, David and Tetley, Laurence and Mcconnell, Gail and Dufès, Christine (2011) Novel tocotrienol-entrapping vesicles can eradicate solid tumors after intravenous administration. Journal of Controlled Release, 154 (1). pp. 20-26. ISSN 0168-3659

Fu, Ju Yen and Zhang, Wei and Blatchford, David and Tetley, Laurence and Mcconnell, Gail and Dufès, Christine (2011) Novel tocotrienol-entrapping vesicles can eradicate solid tumors after intravenous administration. In: 38th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Soceity, 2011-07-30 - 2011-08-03. (Unpublished)

McConnell, Gail and Amos, William and Wilson, Tony; (2011) Confocal microscopy. In: Handbook of Comprehensive Biophysics. Elsevier.

2010

Kek, W.K. and Foulds, Wallace S. and McConnell, Gail and Wright, Amanda and Girkin, John and Wilson, Clive (2010) Two-photon fluorescence excitation microscopy to assess transscleral diffusional pathways in an isolated perfused bovine eye model. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 51 (10). pp. 5182-5189. ISSN 0146-0404

Zhang, Wei and Parsons, Maddy and McConnell, Gail (2010) Flexible and stable optical parametric oscillator based laser system for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 73 (6). pp. 650-656.

Granados, Eduardo and Pask, Helen M and Esposito, Elric and McConnell, Gail and Spence, David. J. (2010) Multi-wavelength, all-solid-state, continuous wave mode locked picosecond Raman laser. Optics Express, 18 (5). pp. 5289-5294.

Norris, G and McConnell, G (2010) Relaxed damage threshold intensity conditions and nonlinear increase in the conversion efficiency of an optical parametric oscillator using a bi-directional pump geometry. Optics Express, 18 (5). pp. 3993-3999. ISSN 1094-4087

Zhang, Wei and McDonald, Alison and Ackemann, Thorsten and Riis, Erling and McConnell, Gail (2010) Femtosecond synchronously in-well pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser. Optics Express, 18 (1). pp. 187-192. ISSN 1094-4087

2008

McConnell, G. (2008) Pulse shapes for optimized two-photon laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (20). p. 205502. ISSN 1361-6463

Harris, J. and McConnell, G. (2008) Optical trapping and manipulation of live T cells with a low numerical aperture lens. Optics Express, 16 (18). pp. 14036-14043. ISSN 1094-4087

Esposito, E. and Keatings, Stefanie and Gardner, Kyle and Harris, J. and Riis, E. and McConnell, G. (2008) Confocal laser scanning microscopy using a frequency doubled vertical external cavity surface emitting laser. Review of Scientific Instruments, 79 (8). ISSN 0034-6748

Smith, R.W. and Robinson, J.P. and Zucker, R.M. and Geddes, C.D. and Kachelmeier, A. and McConnell, G. and Merrifield, C. and Murphy, R. (2008) Perspectives on cellular analysis: linking quantitation to structure and function by instrumental methods and analysis. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 14 (Supple). pp. 752-753. ISSN 1431-9276

Keatings, Stefanie Renaud and Zhang, Wei and McConnell, G. (2008) Characterization of microscope objective lenses from 1,400 to 1,650 nm to evaluate performance for long-wavelength nonlinear microscopy applications. Microscopy Research and Technique, 71 (7). pp. 517-520. ISSN 1059-910X

Harris, J. and Norris, G. and McConnell, G. (2008) Characterisation of periodically poled materials using nonlinear microscopy. Optics Express, 16 (8). pp. 5667-5672. ISSN 1094-4087

2007

Caorsi, V. and Ronzitti, E. and Vicidomini, G. and Krol, S. and McConnell, G. and Diaspro, A. (2007) FRET measurements on fuzzy fluorescent nanostructures. Microscopy Research and Technique, 70 (5). pp. 452-458. ISSN 1059-910X

Esposito, E. and Harris, J. and McConnell, G. (2007) Fast wavelength-tunable ultra-violet laser source for confocal Fura-2AM imaging. Optics Communications, 270 (2). pp. 470-473. ISSN 0030-4018

McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Ameer-Beg, S.M. and Barber, P.R. and Banerjee, B.V.A. and Watson, D.T. and Cook, R. (2007) Time-correlated single-photon counting fluorescence lifetime confocal imaging of decayed and sound dental structures with a white-light supercontinuum source. Journal of Microscopy, 225 (2). pp. 126-136. ISSN 0022-2720

Esposito, E. and Harris, J. and Burns, D. and McConnell, G. (2007) Measurement of white-light supercontinuum beam properties from a photonic crystal fibre using a laser scanning confocal microscope. Measurement Science and Technology, 18 (8). pp. 2609-2615. ISSN 0957-0233

Halling, P.J. and Deere, J. and Maltman, B.A. and Flitsch, S.L. and McConnell, G. and Lalaouni, A. (2007) Real time imaging of protease action on substrates covalently immobilised to polymer supports. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 349 (8-9). pp. 1321-1326. ISSN 1615-4150

2006

McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Poland, S. (2006) Beyond monochromatic light: three-dimensional confocal laser scanning microscopy using a supercontinuum source. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6047. 2Q1 - 2Q5.

McConnell, G. (2006) Improving the penetration depth in multiphoton excitation laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 11 (5). ISSN 1083-3668

McConnell, G. and Poland, S.P. and Girkin, J.M. (2006) Fast wavelength multiplexing of a white-light supercontinuum using a digital micromirror device for improved three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 77 (013702). 013702. ISSN 0034-6748

Leach, J. and Gibson, G.M. and Padgett, M.J. and Esposito, E. and Wright, A. and Girkin, J.M. and McConnell, G. (2006) Generation of achromatic bessel beams using a compensated spatial light modulator. Optics Express, 14 (12). pp. 5581-5587. ISSN 1094-4087

2005

McConnell, G. (2005) Noise analysis of a white-light supercontinuum light source for multiple wavelength confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38 (15). pp. 2620-2624. ISSN 1361-6463

Girkin, J.M. and McConnell, G. (2005) Advances in laser sources for confocal and multiphoton microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 67 (1). pp. 8-14. ISSN 1059-910X

Griffin, C. and Gu, E. and Choi, H.W. and Jeon, C.W. and Girkin, J.M. and Dawson, M.D. and McConnell, G. (2005) Beam divergence measurements of InGaN/GaN micro-array light-emitting diodes using confocal microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 86 (4). ISSN 0003-6951

Thornton, Paul D. and McConnell, G. and Ulijn, R.V. (2005) Enzyme responsive polymer hydrogel beads. Chemical Communications (London) (47). pp. 5913-5915. ISSN 0009-241X

McConnell, G. and Ferguson, A.I. (2005) Simultaneous stimulated Raman scattering and second harmonic generation in periodically poled lithium niobate. Optics Express, 13 (6). pp. 2099-2104. ISSN 1094-4087

2004

McConnell, G. (2004) Confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy with a visible continuum source. Optics Express, 12 (13). pp. 2844-2851. ISSN 1094-4087

Choi, H.W. and Liu, C. and Gu, E. and McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Watson, I.M. and Dawson, M.D. (2004) GaN micro-light-emitting diode arrays with monolithically integrated sapphire microlenses. Applied Physics Letters, 84 (13). pp. 2253-2255. ISSN 0003-6951

McConnell, G. and Riis, E. (2004) Photonic crystal fibre enables short-wavelength two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy with Fura-2. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 49 (20). pp. 4757-4763. ISSN 0031-9155

Gu, E. and Choi, H.W. and Liu, C. and Griffin, C. and Girkin, J.M. and Watson, I.M. and Dawson, M.D. and McConnell, G. and Gurney, A.M. (2004) Reflection/transmission confocal microscopy characterization of single-crystal diamond microlens arrays. Applied Physics Letters, 84 (15). pp. 2754-2756. ISSN 0003-6951

McConnell, G. and Gu, E. and Griffin, C. and Jeon, C.W. and Choi, H.W. and Gurney, A.M. and Girkin, J.M. and Dawson, M.D.; (2004) Two-photon fluorescence imaging of gallium nitride micro-LED arrays. In: Microscopy of semiconducting materials. Institute of Physics Conference Series, 180 . Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom, pp. 341-344. ISBN 0750309792

McConnell, G. and Riis, E. (2004) Two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy using photonic crystal fibre. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 9 (5). pp. 922-927. ISSN 1083-3668

McConnell, G. and Riis, E. (2004) Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 78 (5). pp. 557-563. ISSN 0946-2171

Girkin, J.M. and Gu, E. and Griffin, C. and Choi, H.W. and Dawson, M.D. and McConnell, G. (2004) Use of confocal and multiphoton microscopy for the evaluation of micro-optical components and emitters. Microscopy Research and Technique, 64 (4). pp. 293-296. ISSN 1059-910X

2003

Bosman, A.Y. and Ulijn, R.V. and McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Halling, P.J. and Flitsch, S.L. (2003) Using two photon microscopy to quantify enzymatic reaction rates on polymer beads. Chemical Communications (London), 2003 (23). pp. 2790-2791. ISSN 0009-241X

McConnell, G. and Gu, E. and Griffin, C. and Jeon, C.W. and Choi, H.W. and Girkin, J.M. and Dawson, M.D. (2003) Structural and performance evaluation of gallium nitride micro-LED arrays via multiphoton fluorescence imaging. In: Focus on Microscopy, 2003-04-13 - 2003-04-16. (Unpublished)

Ulijn, R.V. and Brazendale, I. and Margetts, G. and Flitsch, S.L. and McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Halling, P.J. (2003) Biocatalysis in reaction mictures with undissolved solid substrates and products. ChemInform, 35 (26). pp. 1339-1346. ISSN 1522-2667

Ulijn, R.V. and Brazendale, I. and Margetts, G. and Flitsch, S.L. and McConnell, G. and Girkin, J.M. and Halling, P.J. (2003) Two photon microscopy to spatially resolve and quantify fluorophores in single bead chemistry. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 5 (3). pp. 215-217. ISSN 1520-4766

McConnell, G. and Gu, E. and Griffin, C. and Jeon, C.W. and Choi, H.W. and Gurney, A.M. and Girkin, J.M. and Dawson, M.D.; Cullis, A.G. and Midgley, P.A., eds. (2003) Two-photon fluorescence imaging of GaN micro-LED arrays. In: Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2003: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Conference. Institute of Physics conference series, 180 . CRC Press, Bristol, United Kingdom, pp. 341-344. ISBN 9780750309790

McConnell, G. and Smith, G.L. and Girkin, J.M. and Gurney, A.M. and Ferguson, A.I. (2003) Two-photon microscopy of fura-2-loaded cardiac myocytes with an all-solid-state tunable and visible femtosecond laser source. Optics Letters, 28 (19). pp. 1742-1744. ISSN 0146-9592

2001

McConnell, G. and Langford, N. and Ferguson, A.I. (2001) Cavity-augmented frequency tripling of a continuous wave mode-locked laser. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34 (16). pp. 2408-2414. ISSN 1361-6463

1999

Graf, T. and McConnell, G. and Ferguson, A.I. and Bente, E. and Burns, D. and Dawson, M.D. (1999) Synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled lithium niobate with 1-W average output power. Applied Optics, 38 (15). pp. 3324-3328. ISSN 1559-128X