Julia Noorbakhsh
I am a PhD student in the Imaging Concepts group, working on measuring oxygen metabolism in the retina. In conventional oximetry, indirect measurement of the tissue oxygenation is made by ratio measurements between oxygenated blood in the arteries and de-oxygenated blood in the veins. My project measures oxygen metabolism in cells directly by measuring flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). FAD is an auto-fluorescent electron carrier molecule and essential for cell metabolism in the mitochondria. Using fluorescent and spectral imaging techniques to identify the endogenous fluorophores in the retina the metabolic activity can be tracked. This work will aid in providing advance detection, prevention and treatment in retinal diseases.
My PhD is undertaken within the Centre for Doctoral training in Intelligent Sensing and Measurement, funded by EPSRC. Prior to undertaking my PhD I worked as an Analysis Engineer in Aberdeen. Before this I studied at Strathclyde University where I completed a MSc in Bioengineering. Preceding this I achieved a BSc Honours at the University of Glasgow where I studied a joint degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics.
Supervisors: Prof Andy Harvey and Dr Jonathan Taylor
Contact Details
Tel: 0141-330-3253
Room 246b, Kelvin Building,University of Glasgow,Glasgow, UKG12 8QQ
Research Areas
- Computational Imaging
- Retinal Imaging
- Spectral Imaging
- Advanced biomedical imaging tools