Laurence Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Research interests:

Nanoparticles, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Tissue Culture, Live-Cell Imaging.

Professional activities:

2024–Present: Research Scientist, Nano Optics, Institute of Photonics and Electronics ASCR, v. v. i.,  Prague, Czech Republic

2021–2024: Postdoc, Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands

2017–2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Department of Physics, Durham University, United Kingdom

Education:

2017: PhD. In Chemistry (Bionanointeractions), University College Dublin

2012: B.Sc. Science with Nanotechnology, School of Physics, Clinical and Optometric Sciences, Technical University Dublin

Fellowships and awards:

2012: EMBARK Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Irish Research Council 

Selected publications:

Journal Papers:

1. Gonzalez-Gutierrez, C.; Bharmal, N. A.; Rodriguez-Muro, J.; Buendia-Roca, A.; Yang, H.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Morris, T. J.; De Cos Juez, F. J. Laboratory Demonstration of Single-Camera PPPP Wavefront Sensing Using Neural Networks. Int. J. Optomechatronics 2024, 18 (1), 2386985. https://doi.org/10.1080/15599612.2024.2386985.
2. Ortiz-Perez, A.; Zhang, M.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Izquierdo-Lozano, C.; Albertazzi, L. Advanced Optical Imaging for the Rational Design of Nanomedicines. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2024, 204, 115138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2023.115138.
3. Åberg, C.; Varela, J. A.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Dawson, K. A. Spatial and Structural Metrics for Living Cells Inspired by Statistical Mechanics. Sci. Rep. 2016, 6 (1), 34457. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34457.
4. Meder, F.; Thomas, S. S.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Alahmari, A.; Wang, S.; Beirne, J. G.; Vaz, G.; Redmond, G.; Dawson, K. A. Labeling the Structural Integrity of Nanoparticles for Advanced In Situ Tracking in Bionanotechnology. ACS Nano 2016, 10 (4), 4660–4671. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b01001.
5. Hudecz, D.; Rocks, L.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Herda, L.-M.; Dawson, K. A. Reproducibility in Biological Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier. Eur. J. Nanomedicine 2014, 6 (3). https://doi.org/10.1515/ejnm-2014-0021.
6. Sandin, P.; Fitzpatrick, L. W.; Simpson, J. C.; Dawson, K. A. High-Speed Imaging of Rab Family Small GTPases Reveals Rare Events in Nanoparticle Trafficking in Living Cells. ACS Nano 2012, 6 (2), 1513–1521. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn204448x.