Colin Grant
Lecturer in Biophysics
School of Chemistry and Biosciences
Bradford University
United Kingdom
Biography
Colin Grant was appointed Lecturer in Medical Engineering in 2013, and moved to Faculty of Life Sciences in 2017, taking up a Lectureship in Biophysics and Bio-imaging. Colin is a graduate from University of Bradford, obtaining a first class honours BEng in Medical Engineering in 2001 and an MPhil in 2003. He obtained his PhD in Biological Physics from University of Manchester working on botanical biofilms. He worked for three years in the Astbury Centre, University of Leeds working on collagen/amyloid fibrils; followed by one year at University of Leeds, School of Physics, working on the biophysics of retina and macular hole formation/closure. Colin has been a module leader on a number of different modules, including Implant design & Technology, Healthcare Technology, Cell & Tissue Biology, Technology Mathematics, Nano-Science & Nano-Medicine and Imaging His background has been predominantly investigating the nano-science and nano-mechanics of biological soft matter. He has been researching using atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanoindentation, ellipsometry, small angle neutron scattering and contact angle goniometry.
Research Interest
Nano-mechanics of biological matter Surface characterisation Collagenous tissue Tattoo ink nano-particles Hydrogels Semi-crystalline polymers
Publications
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Grant CA, Twigg PC, Barker R and Tobin DJ (2015): "Tattoo ink nanoparticles in skin tissue and fibroblasts" Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 6 1183-1191
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Nair K, Whiteside BR, Grant CA, Patel R and Paradkar R (2015): "Investigation of plasma treatment on micro-injection moulded microneedle for drug delivery" Pharmaceutics, 7 471-485.
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Grant CA, Twigg PC and Tobin DJ (2017): "Nano-scale Observations of Tattoo Pigments in Skin by Atomic Force Microscopy " Current Problems in Dermatology , 48 97-102
