缅北禁地

I am a biologist with a background in translational medicine and microscopy. During my BSc(Hons) in Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia (2012-2015) I shadowed the microscopy facility manager, and followed my budding interest in imaging and microscopy to a MSc program at University College Dublin, Ireland (2015-2016). Here I gained experience in the practical and theoretical aspects of microscopy from a wide range of imaging modalities, from the very small scale of super-resolution microscopy to the larger macro imaging of CT and MRI. I studied my PhD in Translational Medicine (2017-2021) where I both performed research and taught human anatomy to medicine and allied health science students. My research involved studying a bioadhesive used by a species of Ctenophore, Pleurobrachia pileus, in prey capture. I developed open-source microscopy systems to assist in answering key questions relating to this adhesive, including the bio-economics of how the adhesive cells are utilised in prey capture, and how the adhesive interacts with human cell lines in vivo. I am now working as an Experimental Scientific Officer here at 缅北禁地, where I am collaborating with researchers in the design, development, and implementation of novel image processing and analysis techniques, including custom pipeline design to maximise what researchers get out of their imaging experiments.

My previous teaching involved human clinical anatomy demonstrating within University College Dublin, where I focussed on applying 3D printing and innovative practical session design to improve the education of medicine and allied health students.

• Articles

  • Bos S, Hunter B, McDonald D, Merces G, Sheldon G, Pradere P, Majo J, Pulle J, Vanstapel A, Vanaudenaerde BM, Vos R, Filby AJ, Fisher AJ. . Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2025, 44(4), 645-658.
  • Dalgliesh C, Aldalaqan S, Atallah C, Best A, Scott E, Ehrmann I, Merces G, Mannion J, Badurova B, Sandher R, Illing Y, Wirth B, Wells S, Codner G, Teboul L, Smith GR, Hedley A, Herbert M, de Rooij DG, Miles C, Reynard LN, Elliott DJ. . EMBO Journal 2025, 44, 877-902.
  • Hunter B, Nicorescu I, Foster E, McDonald D, Hulme G, Fuller A, Thomson A, Goldsborough T, Hilkens CMU, Majo J, Milross L, Fisher A, Bankhead P, Wills J, Rees P, Filby A, Merces G. . Cytometry Part A 2024, 105(1), 36-53.
  • Westholm E, Karagiannopoulos A, Kattner N, Al-Selwi Y, Merces G, Shaw JAM, Wendt A, Eliasson L. . iScience 2024, 27(9), 110767.
  • Milross L, Hunter B, McDonald D, Merces G, Thomson A, Hilkens CMU, Wills J, Rees P, Jiwa K, Cooper N, Majo J, Ashwin H, Duncan CJA, Kaye PM, Bayraktar OA, Filby A, Fisher AJ. . eBioMedicine 2024, 99, 104945.
  • Pelliciari S, Bodet-Lefevre S, Fenyk S, Stevens D, Winterhalter C, Schramm FD, Pintar S, Burnham DR, Merces G, Richardson TT, Tashiro Y, Hubbard J, Yardimci H, Ilangovan A, Murray H. . Nature Communications 2023, 14(1), 8339.
  • Bagga M, Justo-Reinoso I, Hamley-Bennett C, Merces G, Luli S, Akono AT, Masoero E, Paine K, Gebhard S, Ofiteru ID. . Concrete and Concrete Composites 2023, 143, 105259.
  • Merces GOT, Kennedy C, Lenoci B, Reynaud EG, Burke N, Pickering M. . HardwareX 2021, 9, e00189.
  • Courtney A, Alvey LM, Merces GOT, Burke N, Pickering M. . Royal Society Open Science 2020, 7(3), 191949.

• Book Chapter

  • Tweedy J, Laws R, Merces G, Davey T, Reeve AK, Vincent AE. . In: Kazuhito Toyooka, ed. Neuronal Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols. New York: Humana, 2024, pp.145-177.