International Year of Light — Bringing Lasers to Life

At Scotland’s kick-off event for the International Year of Light, which took place on 23/2/2015 in Edinburgh, Marcel Schubert and Markus Karl explain to the general public how lasers work and how we plan to bring them to life in future biolasers. Co-starring with Marcel and Markus was a small “open cavity” laser that was … Read more

Andrew Morton and Laura Tropf join the Gather Lab

Andrew Morton and Laura Tropf have joined the Gather Lab from the beginning of 2015. Andrew has done his PhD on neurobiology. He will complement the team’s cell biology expertise and will help with testing and appying the new photonic tools developed by the group. Laura does her PhD on strong light-matter coupling in optical microstructures based … Read more