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Research overview
Biophotonics & biophysics:
- bio-derived optical structures and devices
- biological lasers (living lasers)
- optical devices based of fluorescent proteins
- cellular biomechanics
- nanophotonic biosensors
Organic electronics / OLEDs:
- nano- and micro-patterning of organic semiconductors
- OLED optics and outcoupling, nano-photonic structures
- spectroscopy and molecular orientation
- organic electronics in lab-on-chip systems
- white OLEDs
Plasmonics:
- plasmonic lasers / spasers
- optical amplification
- ‘molecular’ plasmonics
- organic/inorganic hybrid systems
- plasmonic waveguides and sensors
More on http://gatherlab.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Harnessing the orientation of columnar discotic liquid crystals for narrowband blue emission with enhanced out-coupling efficiency toward improvement of SP-OLEDs performance
De, J., Gupta, A. K., Litvinas, D., Tenopala-Carmona, F., Lehmann, M., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 14 p., e28081.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-power pulsed electrochemiluminescence for optogenetic manipulation of Drosophila larval behaviour
Moon, C.-K., König, M., Sircar, R., Butscher, J. F., Alle, R., Meerholz, K., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 5 Feb 2026, In: Light: Science & Applications. 15, 11 p., 104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Students as carbon accountants: calculating carbon costs of a PhD in neuroscience
Smith, W. V., Bebbington, A., Sircar, R., Gather, M. & Pulver, S., 1 Feb 2026, In: Genetics. 232, 2, iyaf268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes
Sun, Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Sethi, S. K., Dash, S. N., Kovalik, M. E., Sempowski, B., Strickland, S., Raina, R., Sperati, C. J., Tian, X., Ishibe, S., Hall, G. & Gather, M. C., 1 Apr 2025, In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 328, 4, p. F578-F595 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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DNA sensing with whispering gallery mode microlasers
Caixero, S., Dörrenhaus, R., Popczyk, A., Schubert, M., Kath-Schorr, S. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2025, In: Nano Letters. 25, 11, p. 4467–4475Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Datasets
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Development of High Efficiency OLEDs for Applications in Optogenetics (thesis data)
Deng, Y. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 20 May 2025
DOI: 10.17630/290effde-8e02-46a8-88d1-5ed9f6b25589
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Data underpinning - Single cell induced optical confinement in biological lasers
Karl, M. (Creator), Dietrich, C. P. (Creator), Schubert, M. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), Turnbull, G. A. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 9 Feb 2017
DOI: 10.17630/5db16bfb-7619-480d-a9b8-623eda60d020
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Data underpinning - Optofluidic Distributed Feedback Lasers with Evanescent Pumping - Reduced Threshold and Angular Dispersion Analysis
Karl, M. (Creator), Schubert, M. (Creator), Whitworth, G. L. (Creator), Dietrich, C. P. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), Turnbull, G. A. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 28 Jun 2016
DOI: 10.17630/0ed7dad7-75e1-4ab9-9845-c455d1a7c6a4
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Data underpinning - High-brightness organic light-emitting diodes for optogenetic control of Drosophila locomotor behaviour
Morton, A. (Creator), Murawski, C. (Creator), Pulver, S. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 3 Aug 2016
DOI: 10.17630/75928445-e77c-4f79-9b7f-d7d697ab7f29
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Biophotonic Tools to Image Cellular Mechanics (thesis data)
Meek, A. T. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 2 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.17630/5b6e124f-b488-4ab6-8ab4-fbecce8f3d46
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Projects
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Optical tweezers-confocal microscope: A correlative, ultra-stable, optical tweezers-confocal microscope for high-resolution molecular and cellular mechanobiology
Penedo, C. (PI), Annibale, P. (CoI), Bruce, G. (CoI), Gather, M. (CoI), Guimaraes da Silva, R. (CoI), Melo Czekster, C. (CoI), O'Hagan, D. (CoI), Schwarz-Linek, U. (CoI), Smith, T. K. (CoI), Tilsner, J. (CoI), Varela, J. (CoI) & White, M. (CoI)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Standard
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TRACER: ERC-2022-POC1. TRACER: A new generation of secure barcodes based on polymer membrane lasers
Gather, M. (PI)
1/06/23 → 30/11/24
Project: Standard
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IBIS: Phase 2: IBIS: Implantable bioluminescence interface system for an all-optical neuroprosthesis to the visual cortex
Gather, M. (PI)
7/08/18 → 6/08/19
Project: Standard
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Resonant and shaped photonics for under: Resonant and shaped photonics for understanding the physical and biomedical world
Dholakia, K. (PI) & Gather, M. (CoI)
1/08/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Standard
Prizes
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2016 Paterson Medal and prize of the Institute of Physics
Gather, M. C. (Recipient), Jun 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)