Bioelectronics research

My research interests include:

Application of mathematics to biology

Application of image processing and pattern recognition methods to biological imaging using confocal microscopy

M. J. SWANN, A. GLIDLE, N.GADEGAARD, L. CUI, J. R. BARKER and J. M. COOPER,

Distribution of adsorbed molecules in electronic nose sensors

Physica B 276-278, 357-358 (2000)

L.CUI, M.J. SWANN, A. GLIDLE, J. R. BARKER AND J. M. COOPER

Odour mapping using micro-resistor and piezo-electric sensor pairs

Sensors and Actuators B66,94-97 (2000)

SHANG C., DALY C.J., McGRATH J.C. & BARLER J. R

Neural network based classification of cell images via estimation of fractal dimensions.

In: Perspectives in Neural Computing. Eds. H. Malmgren, M. Borga and L. Niklasson. Springer Press.

(Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Medicine and Biology, Goteborg, Sweden).

pp. 111-116, (2000).

SHANG C., DALY C.J., McGRATH J.C. & BARLER J. R

Analysis and classification of tissue section images using directional fractal dimension features.

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. Vancouver, Canada. (in press 2000)

SHANG C., DALY C.J., McGRATH J.C. & BARLER J. R

Modelling and classification of vascular smooth muscle cell images.

J. IEE Electronics Letters. (in press 2000)

M. J.SWANN, A. GLIDLE,L. CUI, J. R. BARKER AND J. M. COOPER

The determination of gaseous molecular density using a hybrid vapour system

J. Chem. Commun. 2753-2754 (1998).

WATHES, C., LANE, A., SWANN, M.J., GLIDLE, A, MOTTRAM, T., BARKER, J.R., & COOPER, J.M.

Measurement of Perineal Bovine Odour Changes at Oestrus using Artificial Olfaction

. Journal of Reproduction Fertility, Abstr. Ser. 18, 66 (1996).

WATHES, C., LANE, A., MOTTRAM, T., BARKER, J.R., & COOPER, J.M.

Bovine Perineal Odour Changes through the Estrus Cycle.

American Animal Science, Abstr. Ser. (1996).

BARKER J R,

Molecular electronic logic and architectures

in Introduction to Molecular Electronics edited by M Petty, D. Bloor and M. Bryce; Edward Arnold: London , Chapter 16, 345-376 (1995).

COOPER,J.M. , SHEN, J.,YOUNG,F M.,CONNOLLY ,P, BARKER, J.R., AND MOORES, G.

The Imaging of Streptavidin and Avidin using Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy

J. Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 5 (1994)

BARKER,J R, CONNOLLY, P C AND MOORES, G

Interfacing to biological and molecular structures

in Physics of granular electonic systems, edited by D K Ferry, J R Barker, C Jacoboni, Plenum,425-440 (1991).

BARKER, J R

Building molecular electronic systems

Chemistry in Britain 27 728-731 (1991)