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October 2021
Congratulations to Vicky McGuire, who walked the virtual London Marathon at the weekend in a fantastic time of 6h 37m 05s. Vicky has raised almost double her initial target for the British Porphyria Association, an amazing achievement to go alongside her marathon walk. Vicky is the scientific lead for the Scottish Cutaneous Porphyria Service, which analyses patient samples to diagnose cutaneous porphyrias, a set of diseases that can cause light sensitivity. Vicky is just £70 from double her original target, help her reach it by donating here.
August 2021
October 2020
- Baseggio-Conrado, A., Fanelli, S., McGuire, V.A. and Ibbotson, S.H. Role of Hypotaurine in Protection against UVA?Induced Damage in Keratinocytes. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13334
- Bedair, K.F. and Dawe, R.S. A retrospective review of factors associated with response to phototherapy and PUVA for atopic eczema. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12609
- Kotb, I., O’Mahoney, P., Lesar, A., Eadie, E. and Ibbotson, S.H. Daylight Photodynamic Therapy for actinic keratosis: Is it affected by the British weather? Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12610
- McLellan, L.J., Morelli, M., Simeone, E., Khazova, M., Ibbotson, S.H., Eadie, E. SmartPDT®: smartphone enabled real-time dosimetry via satellite observation for daylight photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 2020;31:101914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101914
September 2020
April 2020
- Campbell, J. Safe and Effective Use of Phototherapy and Photochemotherapy in the Treatment of Psoriasis. British Journal of Nursing. 2020;29(10):547-552. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.10.547
- Bedair, K., Elhadad, A., Hamad, S., Ferguson, J., Donnan, P., Dawe, R.S. No Association Between Whole-Body Ultraviolet A1 Phototherapy and Skin Cancers in Humans: A Cancer Registry Linkage Study. British Journal of Dermatology. 2020. Accepted online. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.19041
- Barnard, I.R.M., Eadie, E. and Wood, K. Further evidence that far-UVC for disinfection is unlikely to cause erythema or pre-mutagenic DNA lesions in skin. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2020. Accepted online. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12580
- Stephens, R., Holmes, J. and Eadie, E. Lesion Compression During Light Activation May Improve Efficacy of Photodynamic Treatment (PDT) of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC): Preliminary Results and Rationale. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 2020. Accepted online. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.16503
- O’Mahoney, P. and Eadie, E. Bring the Sunshine Indoors: Easy Dosimetry for Indoor Daylight Photodynamic Therapy. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2020;96(2):434-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13192
- Todd, B.K., Lesar, A., O’Mahoney, P., Eadie, E., Ibbotson, S.H. Is there an optimal irradiation dose for PDT: 37 Jcm-2 or 75 Jcm-2? British Journal of Dermatology. 2020;185(5):1287-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18644
- Barnard, I.R.M., Eadie, E., McMillan, L., Moseley, H., Brown, C.T.A., Wood, K., Dawe, R. Could psoralen plus ultraviolet A1 (“PUVA1”) work? Depth penetration achieved by phototherapy lamps. British Journal of Dermatology. 2020;182(3):813-814. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18561
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
January 2020
The Scottish Cutaneous Porphyria Team with their Certificate of Accreditation
November 2019
The board of ideas being worked upon by staff and patients
October 2019
Closer to home, Prof. Ibbotson also spoke with Primary Care in NHS Tayside on Diagnosing Photosensitivity Diseases, raising awareness of photosensitivity and the Scottish Photobiology Service.
October 2019
The Photobiology Unit's Paul O'Mahoney with Phil Jupitus and fellow amateur comedians.
September 2019
Dr Paul O'Mahoney talking abot light and light sensitivity at Doors Open 2019
September 2019
John Foerster and Robert Dawe. Phototherapy achieves significant cost savings by the delay of drug based treatment in psoriasis.
Isla R. M. Barnard, Ewan Eadie, Lewis McMillan, Harry Moseley, Tom Brown, Kenneth Wood and Robert Dawe. Could psoralen plus ultraviolet A1 ("PUVA1") work? Depth penetration achieved by phototherapy lamps.
Paul O'Mahoney, Marina Khazova, Ewan Eadie and Sally H. Ibbotson. Measuring Daylight: A Review of Dosimetry in Daylight Photodynamic Therapy.
August 2019
Professor Ferguson, previous Head of the Photobiology Unit, receives a Lifetime Achievement Award.
August 2019
Clockwise from top left: The Photobiology Team (Paul O'Mahoney, Luke McLellan, Ewan Eadie, Isla Barnard, Vicky McGuire), Luke presenting on SmartPDT, Ewan presenting on patient preference for daylight PDT, Isla presenting on monte carlo modelling of UV transport in skin.
July 2019
May 2019
Mr Lewis McMillan, PhD student at University of St Andrews and collaborator of the Photobiology Unit, wins the British Medical Laser Association presentation award in science and safety for his talk on modelling tissue ablation by fractional lasers.
April 2019
Summary of a Scottish Photobiology Service Patient and Public Involvement Event held at the V&A Dundee