Kallepalli Lab
@kallepallilab.bsky.social
🥼Research focussed on clinical translation of classical and quantum optics, led by @OptoPhysAkhil.bsky.social
📝Biophotonics and biomedical optics
📍Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, @UniStrathclyde.bsky.social, Glasgow UK 📸 🩻 🔬
🛜 https://kallepallilab.com
📝Biophotonics and biomedical optics
📍Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, @UniStrathclyde.bsky.social, Glasgow UK 📸 🩻 🔬
🛜 https://kallepallilab.com
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@kallepallilab.bsky.social
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Starting within the Optics Group (Uni. of Glasgow) in 2022, the Lab led by @optophysakhil.bsky.social has worked with >20 students at Glasgow, Imperial & Strathclyde, and w/ collaborators in 🇬🇧🇿🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇭🇮🇹🇦🇹
We wanted to say hello to everyone here and introduce ourselves. Properly. 😉
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We wanted to say hello to everyone here and introduce ourselves. Properly. 😉
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Have you grabbed your tickets yet? Our doctoral student, Fraser is going to be there with his poster “Polarised Fourier ptychography for enhanced imaging of hemozoin crystals in malaria-affected red blood cells: A simulation approach.” ⚛️💡 🔬🦟
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social || @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social || @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
📢 #mmc2025: Deadline for 'Early Bird' tickets is *today* (Friday 16 May)
Don't miss out on discounted rates!
Register now: ow.ly/CweE50VT46S
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social
Don't miss out on discounted rates!
Register now: ow.ly/CweE50VT46S
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Have you grabbed your tickets yet? Our doctoral student, Fraser is going to be there with his poster “Polarised Fourier ptychography for enhanced imaging of hemozoin crystals in malaria-affected red blood cells: A simulation approach.” ⚛️💡 🔬🦟
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social || @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social || @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
How has a month passed by?
We had a wonderful day engaging with the
@instituteofphysics.bsky.social Scotland's Girls in Physics and Engineering event at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Advanced Research Centre! 🧑🏼🏫📚
A huge congratulations on a job well done to Fraser and Naveed 👏🏽👏🏽 ...
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We had a wonderful day engaging with the
@instituteofphysics.bsky.social Scotland's Girls in Physics and Engineering event at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Advanced Research Centre! 🧑🏼🏫📚
A huge congratulations on a job well done to Fraser and Naveed 👏🏽👏🏽 ...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
How has a month passed by?
We had a wonderful day engaging with the
@instituteofphysics.bsky.social Scotland's Girls in Physics and Engineering event at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Advanced Research Centre! 🧑🏼🏫📚
A huge congratulations on a job well done to Fraser and Naveed 👏🏽👏🏽 ...
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We had a wonderful day engaging with the
@instituteofphysics.bsky.social Scotland's Girls in Physics and Engineering event at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Advanced Research Centre! 🧑🏼🏫📚
A huge congratulations on a job well done to Fraser and Naveed 👏🏽👏🏽 ...
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Our group will be at the Riverside Museum (5-7 June), come say hello! 👋🏼
P.S. We have colour-shifting rainbows and spooky blood vessels -- look for "Light in Daily Life" in www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien... 😉
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social || @uofglasgow.bsky.social
P.S. We have colour-shifting rainbows and spooky blood vessels -- look for "Light in Daily Life" in www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien... 😉
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social || @uofglasgow.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our group will be at the Riverside Museum (5-7 June), come say hello! 👋🏼
P.S. We have colour-shifting rainbows and spooky blood vessels -- look for "Light in Daily Life" in www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien... 😉
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social || @uofglasgow.bsky.social
P.S. We have colour-shifting rainbows and spooky blood vessels -- look for "Light in Daily Life" in www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien... 😉
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social || @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2511...
The upcoming Glasgow Science Festival is shaping up to be a fantastic event ⚛️💡
Celebrating 850 years of this incredible city and all things science in it!
Our lab @kallepallilab.bsky.social has a couple of very exciting demonstrations … see you there?
The upcoming Glasgow Science Festival is shaping up to be a fantastic event ⚛️💡
Celebrating 850 years of this incredible city and all things science in it!
Our lab @kallepallilab.bsky.social has a couple of very exciting demonstrations … see you there?
Celebrating Glasgow's dizzying array of research
Over the course of Glasgow’s evolution, one of the key threads is research. Researchers working across the city have made dozens of world-changing…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2511...
The upcoming Glasgow Science Festival is shaping up to be a fantastic event ⚛️💡
Celebrating 850 years of this incredible city and all things science in it!
Our lab @kallepallilab.bsky.social has a couple of very exciting demonstrations … see you there?
The upcoming Glasgow Science Festival is shaping up to be a fantastic event ⚛️💡
Celebrating 850 years of this incredible city and all things science in it!
Our lab @kallepallilab.bsky.social has a couple of very exciting demonstrations … see you there?
We’ve been very, very quiet here, haven’t we? Well! Back at it and keen to share all that we have been up to! 💡
April 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We’ve been very, very quiet here, haven’t we? Well! Back at it and keen to share all that we have been up to! 💡
Wrapped up January with a job well done! 👏🏽 💡
🎓 Our 5th-year students presented their work to the department and did very well! We are biased, of course, having had a wonderful group over the past semester! 😉 ⚛️
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
🎓 Our 5th-year students presented their work to the department and did very well! We are biased, of course, having had a wonderful group over the past semester! 😉 ⚛️
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wrapped up January with a job well done! 👏🏽 💡
🎓 Our 5th-year students presented their work to the department and did very well! We are biased, of course, having had a wonderful group over the past semester! 😉 ⚛️
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
🎓 Our 5th-year students presented their work to the department and did very well! We are biased, of course, having had a wonderful group over the past semester! 😉 ⚛️
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
A big welcome to Naveed Islam who joins our BME community and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today!! 🎉 Naveed will be investigating novel microscopy hardware designs for democratising high-resolution imaging! 💡🔬🔍
February 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A big welcome to Naveed Islam who joins our BME community and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today!! 🎉 Naveed will be investigating novel microscopy hardware designs for democratising high-resolution imaging! 💡🔬🔍
We’ve been a little quiet here, we know! Updates and news coming up but who knew January (the joyful month after the winter break) was full of deadliness! 🫣
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
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February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We’ve been a little quiet here, we know! Updates and news coming up but who knew January (the joyful month after the winter break) was full of deadliness! 🫣
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
Stay tuned, more coming soon!
We will be there, and so will our 'optics' 💡
#BioMedEng25
#BioMedEng25
Big News! 🚀
#BioMedEng25 is coming to Glasgow in September 2025! ✨
Join leading biomedical engineers, researchers, and innovators as we explore the future of healthcare technology, medtech, and bioengineering. 🧬💡
📍 Hosted by the Universities of Strathclyde & Glasgow
📅 4 & 5 September 2025
#BioMedEng25 is coming to Glasgow in September 2025! ✨
Join leading biomedical engineers, researchers, and innovators as we explore the future of healthcare technology, medtech, and bioengineering. 🧬💡
📍 Hosted by the Universities of Strathclyde & Glasgow
📅 4 & 5 September 2025
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We will be there, and so will our 'optics' 💡
#BioMedEng25
#BioMedEng25
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It was a fantastic week for us, who else remembers this day in their ( #optics and #photonics ) labs? 😉💡
@thorlabs.bsky.social
@thorlabs.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It was a fantastic week for us, who else remembers this day in their ( #optics and #photonics ) labs? 😉💡
@thorlabs.bsky.social
@thorlabs.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
It was a fantastic week for us, who else remembers this day in their ( #optics and #photonics ) labs? 😉💡
@thorlabs.bsky.social
@thorlabs.bsky.social
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year ahead!🎄🎉
From us ... to you!
Hope you've had a great 2024 and have a good break ahead!
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@optophysakhil.bsky.social
From us ... to you!
Hope you've had a great 2024 and have a good break ahead!
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@optophysakhil.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year ahead!🎄🎉
From us ... to you!
Hope you've had a great 2024 and have a good break ahead!
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@optophysakhil.bsky.social
From us ... to you!
Hope you've had a great 2024 and have a good break ahead!
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
@optophysakhil.bsky.social
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Call for Papers and Workshops now out! 📝
Will we see you in Glasgow next year? 😉
www.etop-conference.org/paper-submis...
#2025ETOPGlasgow #Glasgow #education #optics #photonics #2025ETOP
@spie.org @optica.bsky.social
Will we see you in Glasgow next year? 😉
www.etop-conference.org/paper-submis...
#2025ETOPGlasgow #Glasgow #education #optics #photonics #2025ETOP
@spie.org @optica.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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2025 already looks good! We will be working with Prof Culver and his team at WashU, developing solutions for safely imaging the brain! 🧠
Stay tuned! 💡
Stay tuned! 💡
Ending 2024 on a high! 🎉
Thanks to the EPSRC, 2025 will see the start of a partnership w/ Washington Univ. in St Louis to investigate approaches for imaging the human brain! 🧠💡
@kallepallilab.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @ukri.org www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathcly...
Thanks to the EPSRC, 2025 will see the start of a partnership w/ Washington Univ. in St Louis to investigate approaches for imaging the human brain! 🧠💡
@kallepallilab.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @ukri.org www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathcly...
Using light to monitor Alzheimer’s disease | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM
2025 already looks good! We will be working with Prof Culver and his team at WashU, developing solutions for safely imaging the brain! 🧠
Stay tuned! 💡
Stay tuned! 💡
We did something today! 😉
Fingers crossed. 🤞
Fingers crossed. 🤞
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November 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
We did something today! 😉
Fingers crossed. 🤞
Fingers crossed. 🤞
Public engagement and outreach have been central to our lab's activities! Here's a kit built and demonstrated at ETOP 2023 and making an appearance at next year's #2025ETOPGlasgow, too!
Looking for a kit for your lab? 💡🚦
#Optics #Photonics #Biophotonics
Looking for a kit for your lab? 💡🚦
#Optics #Photonics #Biophotonics
With #2025ETOPGlasgow coming up, here's a look back at our "Biophotonics For All" kit; showing off spooky blood vessels at #outreach & #scicomm events has never been the same. 👻
A simple kit to show how longer wavelengths penetrate deeper into tissue: tinyurl.com/yuwhxpws
@kallepallilab.bsky.social
A simple kit to show how longer wavelengths penetrate deeper into tissue: tinyurl.com/yuwhxpws
@kallepallilab.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Public engagement and outreach have been central to our lab's activities! Here's a kit built and demonstrated at ETOP 2023 and making an appearance at next year's #2025ETOPGlasgow, too!
Looking for a kit for your lab? 💡🚦
#Optics #Photonics #Biophotonics
Looking for a kit for your lab? 💡🚦
#Optics #Photonics #Biophotonics
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Curious? 💡
Well, join the information session on the 10th of December to find out more! 🗓️
#PhDOpportunity #Optics #Biophotonics 🧠
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbsrc-nort...
Well, join the information session on the 10th of December to find out more! 🗓️
#PhDOpportunity #Optics #Biophotonics 🧠
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbsrc-nort...
November 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Curious? 💡
Well, join the information session on the 10th of December to find out more! 🗓️
#PhDOpportunity #Optics #Biophotonics 🧠
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbsrc-nort...
Well, join the information session on the 10th of December to find out more! 🗓️
#PhDOpportunity #Optics #Biophotonics 🧠
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbsrc-nort...
So pleased this is happening again in 2025! We are definitely coming back for me 😉
Applications for the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 are now OPEN! 🔬✨
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
November 26, 2024 at 9:05 PM
So pleased this is happening again in 2025! We are definitely coming back for me 😉
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🚨 Pre-print alert! 🚨
We have developed a robust protocol to reveal the ultrastructure of live Candida albicans using stimulated emission depletion microscopy, tracking organelles with high spatial precision for more than 12 hours.
Read more (and movies!) at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have developed a robust protocol to reveal the ultrastructure of live Candida albicans using stimulated emission depletion microscopy, tracking organelles with high spatial precision for more than 12 hours.
Read more (and movies!) at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 26, 2024 at 8:51 PM
🚨 Pre-print alert! 🚨
We have developed a robust protocol to reveal the ultrastructure of live Candida albicans using stimulated emission depletion microscopy, tracking organelles with high spatial precision for more than 12 hours.
Read more (and movies!) at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have developed a robust protocol to reveal the ultrastructure of live Candida albicans using stimulated emission depletion microscopy, tracking organelles with high spatial precision for more than 12 hours.
Read more (and movies!) at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 (SOMC25), taking place in Glasgow from 23rd July – 1st August 2025. No previous experience in microscopy necessary! Please find more details at shorturl.at/98lXJ, deadline 17 January 2025.
November 26, 2024 at 8:35 AM
We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 (SOMC25), taking place in Glasgow from 23rd July – 1st August 2025. No previous experience in microscopy necessary! Please find more details at shorturl.at/98lXJ, deadline 17 January 2025.
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A biophotonics and biomedical optics starter pack! 💡
I have been looking for it ... and made it! 😉
Happy to add more, this will be an ever-evolving Pack, I am sure.
#Optics #Photonics #BiomedicaOptics #Biophotonics
go.bsky.app/QMxzkG
I have been looking for it ... and made it! 😉
Happy to add more, this will be an ever-evolving Pack, I am sure.
#Optics #Photonics #BiomedicaOptics #Biophotonics
go.bsky.app/QMxzkG
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM
A biophotonics and biomedical optics starter pack! 💡
I have been looking for it ... and made it! 😉
Happy to add more, this will be an ever-evolving Pack, I am sure.
#Optics #Photonics #BiomedicaOptics #Biophotonics
go.bsky.app/QMxzkG
I have been looking for it ... and made it! 😉
Happy to add more, this will be an ever-evolving Pack, I am sure.
#Optics #Photonics #BiomedicaOptics #Biophotonics
go.bsky.app/QMxzkG
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An idea that started with me as a postdoc (thanks to @milespadgett.bsky.social), gained support from @leverhulme.bsky.social in 2022 and since collaborated globally and with more than 20 students, all of whom have made @kallepallilab.bsky.social better.
Our logo is special, 🧵 shares all! 😉
Our logo is special, 🧵 shares all! 😉
Starting within the Optics Group (Uni. of Glasgow) in 2022, the Lab led by @optophysakhil.bsky.social has worked with >20 students at Glasgow, Imperial & Strathclyde, and w/ collaborators in 🇬🇧🇿🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇭🇮🇹🇦🇹
We wanted to say hello to everyone here and introduce ourselves. Properly. 😉
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We wanted to say hello to everyone here and introduce ourselves. Properly. 😉
1/9 🪡🧵
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
An idea that started with me as a postdoc (thanks to @milespadgett.bsky.social), gained support from @leverhulme.bsky.social in 2022 and since collaborated globally and with more than 20 students, all of whom have made @kallepallilab.bsky.social better.
Our logo is special, 🧵 shares all! 😉
Our logo is special, 🧵 shares all! 😉
What @carstenschulte4.bsky.social said 😉
Our PI @optophysakhil.bsky.social is also a Chancellor’s Fellow @ BME! 🤓
Our PI @optophysakhil.bsky.social is also a Chancellor’s Fellow @ BME! 🤓
The University of Strathclyde is searching new Chancellor's fellows and one position is available at the Department of Biomedical Engineering which is part of CeMi. The Strathclyde Global Talent Programme is an amazing opportunity for ECRs:
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Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Biomedical Engineering (667123)
Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Biomedical Engineering (667123),
Through our Strathclyde Global Talent Programme, we will recruit early career researchers to help us achieve Strathclyde 2030 object...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:18 PM
What @carstenschulte4.bsky.social said 😉
Our PI @optophysakhil.bsky.social is also a Chancellor’s Fellow @ BME! 🤓
Our PI @optophysakhil.bsky.social is also a Chancellor’s Fellow @ BME! 🤓
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The Education and Training in #Optics & #Photonics (ETOP) Conference is coming to Glasgow!
All shares appreciated for #2025ETOPGlasgow 🤝
🛜 www.etop-conference.org
IEEE Photonics Society ~ @spie.org ~ @optica.bsky.social
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All shares appreciated for #2025ETOPGlasgow 🤝
🛜 www.etop-conference.org
IEEE Photonics Society ~ @spie.org ~ @optica.bsky.social
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November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
The Education and Training in #Optics & #Photonics (ETOP) Conference is coming to Glasgow!
All shares appreciated for #2025ETOPGlasgow 🤝
🛜 www.etop-conference.org
IEEE Photonics Society ~ @spie.org ~ @optica.bsky.social
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All shares appreciated for #2025ETOPGlasgow 🤝
🛜 www.etop-conference.org
IEEE Photonics Society ~ @spie.org ~ @optica.bsky.social
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