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2008 Group News
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Research Highlights
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Updated 24 Jul 09 |
2008 Group News
15 Dec 08 Sam's paper entitled “Second harmonic generation and two-photon excited autofluorescence microscopy of cardiomyocytes: quantification of cell volume and myosin filaments" is published by the Journal of Biomedical Optics. Fantastic! 03 Dec 08 Christy joins the group as a summer research student. Welcome! 01 Dec 08 Taka joins the group as a summer research student. Welcome! 24 Nov 08 Scott defends Honours thesis and completes Honours year. Congratulations! 18 Nov 08 Tak and a number of collaborating researchers receive a major equipment grant to establish a world class laser facility. Cheers! 17 Nov 08 Lauren joins the group as a summer research student. Welcome! 20 Sep 08 Sam's paper is accepted by the Journal of Biomedical Optics . Great job! 24 Aug 08 Tak presents a poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers In Medicine & Biology held in Big Sky, Montana , USA . Well received! 18 Jul 08 Tak spends a month at Iowa State University (his alma mater) to collaborate with Prof. Jacob Petrich and his group. 14 Jul 08 Mandy, Scott and Sam present talks at the 7th RACI Student Conference on Physical Chemistry, held at McLaren Vale. Bon vino! 30 Jun 08 Tak receives the 2008 Dean of Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching. 04 Jun 08 Tak gives an invited talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. Thanks Ron for hosting! 28 May 08 Mandy defends Honours thesis and completes Honours year. Congratulations! 07 May 08 Mandy and Hannah's paper “ Encapsulation of Curcumin in Cationic Micelles Suppresses Alkaline Hydrolysis” is published in Langmuir. Fastastic! 14 Apr 08 Mandy and Hannah's paper is accepted for publication in Langmuir. Brilliant! 10 Feb 08 Sam and Tak both present talks at The 20th Australian Conference Microscopy and Microanalysis and The 4th Congress the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies in Perth, Western Australia.
Research Highlights
The SHG signal provides high-contrast images of myosin filaments and the TPEF signal can be used to clearly visualize cell morphology. This paper has been published in J. Biomed. Opt.
Curcumin remains encapsulated in CTAB and DTAB micelles at pH 13 but curcumin is dissociated from the SDS micelles to the aqueous phase at this pH. The absence of encapsulation and stabilization in the SDS micellar solution results in rapid hydrolysis of curcumin. For more details, have a look at our paper in Langmuir .
Updated 24 Jul 09