NZIC conference
The group attended the NZIC conference in November.
Keith gave talks on low-frequency Raman spectroscopy and excited state systems. MJ and Peter gave posters.
Keith’s talks
MJ’s poster
Khansa, MJ and others at the conference dinner
Dodd Walls Symposium
The group attended the Dodd Walls Symposium in November.
Here are some photos
At the poster session: Peter, Anam, Khansa, Yasmin Keith and MJ
At the poster session: MJ, Yasmin, Anam and Sara
MJ and Peter at the Veritide visit on the Friday of the conference
Khansa attends MESA bootcamp
Elkhansa Elbashier attended the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientists Association (MESA) Bootcamp 2024 and had the opportunity to meet with other MESA members from other Universities! 
Congrats to Peter
Peter new paper has recently been published in Pharmaceuticals.
Remoto, P. J. G; Gordon, K. C.; Fraser-Miller S. J. A Quantitative Chemometric Study of Pharmaceutical Tablet Formulations Using Multi-Spectroscopic Fibre Optic Probes. Pharmaceuticals 2024, 17, 1659. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17121659
The work describes how spatially offset Raman may be used with firbe-optic probes to investigate composition of tablet formulations.
Materials
The power of networking
Yasmin, Anam, Khansa, and Peter attended the “The Power of Networking – Let Us Enlighten You” Dodd-Walls Centre event, 24 October, where they happened to bump into Dr. Jonathan Barnsley. Jon is working with the group on a water analysis project which was part of Sam McCullogh’s BSc(Hons) project.
Jervee at the Riddet Institute Student Colloquium
Jervee participated in the Riddet Institute Student Colloquium 2024 held from August 27 to 29 at Massey University. She delivered a concise 3-minute presentation on her research findings. She had the opportunity to meet Dr. Fatema Ahmmed.
Congratulations Mitchell
Congratulations to Mitchell on his first paper. The work details that use of off-set Raman spectroscopy to investigate calcification in a tissue phantom and has implications for non-invasive breast cancer analysis
Chalmers, M. C.; Tomberg, T.; Gordon, K. C.; Fraser-Miller, S. J. Discriminating Model Microcalcifications Immersed and Under Varying Depths of Wax Using Deep Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy Practica 2024, 2 (4), 1 – 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551857241302079 (acccessed 2024/12/15).
