Dr Tyron Turnbull

Lecturer

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Year Citation
2025 Liang, S., Van-Chanh Le, Q., Arrua, R. D., Turnbull, T., & Kempson, I. (2025). Improved Control of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Tumor and Metastasis with a pH-Sensitive Hyaluronic Acid Nanocarrier for Doxorubicin Delivery. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 11(1), 623-633.
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2024 Ghasemi, M., Holmes, A., Turnbull, T., & Kempson, I. (2024). Gold Nanoparticle Detection with Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of NAD(P)H in Cancer Cells: An Analytical Approach to Separate Nanoparticle and NAD(P)H Signals. Analytical Chemistry, 96(52), 20435-20444.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2024 Howard, D., Turnbull, T., Wilson, P., Paterson, D. J., Milanova, V., Thierry, B., & Kempson, I. (2024). Quantitative Single-Cell Comparison of Sensitization to Radiation and a Radiomimetic Drug for Diverse Gold Nanoparticle Coatings. Small Science, 4(9), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2023 Sebastian, S., Hoffmann, M. K., Howard, D., Young, C., Washington, J., Unterweger, H., . . . Kempson, I. (2023). Kinetic effects of transferrin-conjugated gold nanoparticles on the antioxidant glutathione-thioredoxin pathway. Antioxidants, 12(8, article no. 1617), 1-21.
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2022 Nazarizadeh, A., Staudacher, A. H., Wittwer, N. L., Turnbull, T., Brown, M. P., & Kempson, I. (2022). Aluminium Nanoparticles as Efficient Adjuvants Compared to Their Microparticle Counterparts: Current Progress and Perspectives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(9), 4707-1-4707-15.
DOI Scopus36 WoS32 Europe PMC26
2022 Howard, D., Turnbull, T., Paterson, D. J., Thierry, B., & Kempson, I. (2022). Cell Size as a Primary Determinant in Targeted Nanoparticle Uptake. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 5(9), 4222-4231.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2021 Ghasemi, M., Turnbull, T., Sebastian, S., & Kempson, I. (2021). The mtt assay: Utility, limitations, pitfalls, and interpretation in bulk and single-cell analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(23), 30 pages.
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2020 Holmes, A. M., Kempson, I., Turnbull, T., Paterson, D., & Roberts, M. S. (2020). Penetration of Zinc into Human Skin after Topical Application of Nano Zinc Oxide Used in Commercial Sunscreen Formulations. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(6), 3640-3647.
DOI Scopus37 WoS34 Europe PMC19
2019 Turnbull, T., Thierry, B., & Kempson, I. (2019). A quantitative study of intercellular heterogeneity in gold nanoparticle uptake across multiple cell lines. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411(28), 7529-7538.
DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC11
2019 Turnbull, T., Douglass, M., Williamson, N. H., Howard, D., Bhardwaj, R., Lawrence, M., . . . Kempson, I. M. (2019). Cross-correlative single-cell analysis reveals biological mechanisms of nanoparticle radiosensitization. ACS Nano, 13(5), 5077-5090.
DOI Scopus49 WoS50 Europe PMC37
2018 Holmes, A. M., Kempson, I., Turnbull, T., Paterson, D., & Roberts, M. S. (2018). Imaging the penetration and distribution of zinc and zinc species after topical application of zinc pyrithione to human skin. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 343, 40-47.
DOI Scopus23 WoS19 Europe PMC13
2017 Turnbull, T., Douglass, M., Bezak, E., Thierry, B., & Kempson, I. (2017). An image processing application for quantitative cross-correlative microscopy for large cell-populations: a gold nanoparticle radiosensitisation study. Powder Diffraction, 32(S2), S33-S37.
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2015 Turnbull, T., Douglass, M., Paterson, D., Bezak, E., Thierry, B., & Kempson, I. (2015). Relating intercellular variability in nanoparticle uptake with biological consequence: a quantitative x-ray fluorescence study for radiosensitization of cells. Analytical Chemistry, 87(21), 10693-10697.
DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC7
2011 Turnbull, T., McKenzie, M. C., & Thomas, J. C. (2011). Statistical measurements of irradiance fluctuations produced by a reflective membrane optical scintillator-II application to an incoherent broadband source. Optics and laser technology, 43(7), 1143-1149.
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Year Citation
2019 Kempson, I., & Turnbull, T. (2019). WO2019079841A1, Nanoparticle cancer therapy.

Courses I teach

  • PHYS 5 Introductory Physics (2025)
  • PHYS 1007 Applied Physics 1 (2025)
  • PHYS 1008 Applied Physics 2 (2025)
  • PHYS 2002 Physics of Materials and Technology (2025)
  • AERO 1011 Aviation Physics (2024)
  • MATH 1066 Essential Mathematics 1: Algebra and Trigonometry (2024)
  • PHYS 5 Introductory Physics (2024)
  • PHYS 1007 Applied Physics 1 (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr QUY VAN CHANH LE

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