Dr Brian Patton

Senior Lecturer

Physics

Personal statement

My research interests lie in exploiting properties of diamond that allow it to sense electric and magnetic fields. By optically imaging sub-100nm particles of diamond, I hope to use them as sensors for detecting the fields generated by living cells, particularly neurons. In order to take advantage of the small size of the nanodiamond, I also use superresolution techniques to increase the precision with which we can determine the location of the nanodiamond. As the particles are embedded in living tissue, it will also be necessary to use adaptive optics methods to correct for the optical aberrations introduced by the tissue and which, uncorrected, would degrade the quality of the imaging.

Prizes and awards

Tom Gibson Memorial Award: Recipient; 28/9/2017

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Publications

Using an autocollimator to align 4f systems: Johnstone Graeme, Patton Brian; (2022); https://doi.org/10.1242/focalplane.11048
Low-cost, open-access quantitative phase imaging of algal cells using the transport of intensity equation: Grant Stephen D, Richford Kyle, Burdett Heidi L, McKee David, Patton Brian R; Royal Society Open Science Vol 7 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191921
Adapting the 3D-printed Openflexure microscope enables computational super-resolution imaging: Grant Stephen D, Cairns Gemma S, Wistuba Jordan, Patton Brian R; F1000Research (2019); https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21294.1
Nanodiamonds enable adaptive-optics enhanced, super-resolution, two-photon excitation microscopy: Johnstone Graeme E, Cairns Gemma S, Patton Brian R; Royal Society Open Science Vol 6 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190589
Three-dimensional STED microscopy of aberrating tissue using dual adaptive optics: Patton Brian R, Burke Daniel, Owald David, Gould Travis J, Bewersdorf Joerg, Booth Martin J; Optics Express Vol 24, pp. 8862-8876 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.008862
All-optical method for characterizing individual fluorescent nanodiamonds: Miles Benjamin T, Greenwood Alexander B, Patton Brian R, Gersen Henkjan; ACS Photonics Vol 3, pp. 343-348 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00732

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Professional activities

Nanodiamonds for adaptive optics enhanced two photon excitation microscopy: Contributor; 9/7/2019
Superresolution microscopy and adaptive optics for deep tissue microscopy using nanodiamonds: Contributor; 2/7/2019
Biophotonics and Biomedical Microscopy: Organiser; 10/10/2018
Future of Optical Techniques in Biology: Speaker; 12/9/2018
RMS Frontiers in Bioimaging 2018: Member of programme committee; 27/6/2018
Annual meeting for the SHIELD Consortium: Invited speaker; 14/6/2018

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Projects

The impact of artificial light on arctic marine organisms and ecosystems during the polar night (Deep Impact) | Sutter, Lena: McKee, David (Principal Investigator) Patton, Brian (Co-investigator) Sutter, Lena (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Sutter, Lena: McKee, David (Principal Investigator) Patton, Brian (Co-investigator) Sutter, Lena (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Craig, Rebecca: Patton, Brian (Principal Investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator) Craig, Rebecca (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | McCarry, Cait: McKee, David (Principal Investigator) Patton, Brian (Co-investigator) McCarry, Cait (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2023
Collaborative Studies of Two Resource Ecosystems in Shelf, Slope and Oceanic Regions of the Norwegian and South-China Seas - Stressor | McCarry, Cait: McKee, David (Principal Investigator) Patton, Brian (Co-investigator) McCarry, Cait (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2023
Follow-up Program of the JSPS Frontiers of Science (FoS) Symposium.: Patton, Brian (Principal Investigator); Follow up visit to lay ground work for future collaborations with nanodiamond and quantum researchers in Japan; 29-Jan-2019 - 12-Jan-2019

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