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Dr Mark Tarn

Dr Mark Tarn

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I am currently a researcher at the University of Leeds, working on microfluidic platforms for ice nucleation studies. I obtained an MChem degree (2007) and a PhD (2011) in analytical chemistry from the University of Hull (UK). I then worked as a post doc at KIST Europe (Germany) from 2011-2012 on the development of detection systems for capillary electrophoresis. Prior to my position at Leeds, I was a postdoc on a project involving miniaturised quality control testing in positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer production from 2012-2016 (University of Hull).

I now work within the Ice Nucleation Group in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) at the University of Leeds, and jointly with the Molecular & Nanoscale Physics (MNP) Group in the Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

Development of a new microfluidics instrument to measure the concentration of atmospheric ice nucleating particles

  • Professor Ben Murray
  • Dr. Jung-uk Shim

'Ice Nucleating Particles in the Marine Atmosphere (MarineIce)', ERC (European Research Council), 2015-2020

Papers

  • Tarn MD; Sikora SNF; Porter GCE; O'Sullivan D; Adams M; Whale TF; Harrison AD; Vergara-Temprado J; Wilson TW; Shim J-u; Murray BJ (2018) The study of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles via microfluidically generated droplets, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 22, pp.52. doi: 10.1007/s10404-018-2069-x
  • Castro ER; Tarn MD; Ginterová P; Zhu H; Xu Y; Neužil P (2018) Determination of dynamic contact angles within microfluidic devices, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 22, pp.51. doi: 10.1007/s10404-018-2066-0
  • Lu B; Tarn MD; Pamme N; Georgiou TK (2018) Fabrication of tailorable pH responsive cationic amphiphilic microgels on a microfluidic device for drug release, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 56, pp.59-66. doi: 10.1002/pola.28860
  • Alorabi AQ; Tarn MD; Gómez-Pastora J; Bringas E; Ortiz I; Paunov VN; Pamme N (2017) On-chip polyelectrolyte coating onto magnetic droplets - Towards continuous flow assembly of drug delivery capsules, Lab on a Chip, 17, pp.3785-3795. doi: 10.1039/c7lc00918f
  • Lee SJ; Castro ER; Guijt RM; Tarn MD; Manz A (2017) Van de Graaff generator for capillary electrophoresis, Journal of Chromatography A, 1517, pp.195-202. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.08.026
  • Ngamsom B; Truyts A; Fourie L; Kumar S; Tarn MD; Iles A; Moodley K; Land KJ; Pamme N (2017) A microfluidic device for rapid screening of E. coli O157:H7 based on IFAST and ATP bioluminescence assay for water analysis, Chemistry - A European Journal, 23, pp.12754-12757. doi: 10.1002/chem.201703487
  • Mosley O; Melling L; Tarn MD; Kemp C; Esfahani MMN; Pamme N; Shaw KJ (2016) Sample introduction interface for on-chip nucleic acid-based detection of Helicobacter pylori from stool samples, Lab on a Chip, 16, pp.2108-2115. doi: 10.1039/c6lc00228e
  • Phurimsak C; Tarn MD; Pamme N (2016) Magnetic particle plug-based assays for biomarker analysis, Micromachines, 7, 77. doi: 10.3390/mi7050077
  • Taggart MP; Tarn MD; Esfahani MMN; Schofield DM; Brown NJ; Archibald SJ; Deakin T; Nicole Pamme N; Thompson LF (2016) Development of radiodetection systems towards miniaturised quality control of PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals, Lab on a Chip, 16, pp.1605-1616. doi: 10.1039/c6lc00099a
  • Tarn MD; Maneuski D; Alexander R; Brown NJ; O’Shea V; Pimlott SL; Pamme N; Archibald SJ (2016) Positron detection in silica monoliths for miniaturised quality control of PET radiotracers, Chemical Communications, 52, pp.7221-7224. doi: 10.1039/c6cc00660d
  • Esfahani MMN; Tarn MD; Choudhury TA, Hewitt LC; Mayo AJ; Rubin TA; Waller MR; Christensen MG; Dawson A; Pamme N (2016) Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students, Biomicrofluidics, 011301. doi: 10.1063/1.4940884
  • Lu B; Tarn MD; Pamme N; Georgiou TK (2016) Microfluidically fabricated pH-responsive anionic amphiphilic microgels for drug release, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4, pp.3086-3093. doi: 10.1039/c5tb02378e
  • Tarn MD; Elders LT; Peyman SA; Pamme N (2015) Diamagnetic repulsion of particles for multilaminar flow assays, RSC Advances, 5, pp.103776-103781. doi: 10.1039/c5ra21867e
  • Lu B; Tarn MD; Pamme N; Georgiou TK (2015) Tailoring pH-responsive acrylic acid microgels with hydrophobic crosslinks for drug release, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp.4524-4529. doi: 10.1039/c5tb00222b
  • Phurimsak C; Tarn MD; Peyman SA; Greenman J; Pamme N (2014) On-chip determination of C-reactive protein using magnetic particles in continuous flow, Analytical Chemistry, 86, pp.10552-10559. doi: 10.1021/ac5023265
  • Phurimsak C; Yildirim E; Tarn MD; Trietsch SJ; Hankemeier T; Pamme N; Vulto P (2014) Phaseguide assisted liquid lamination for magnetic particle-based assays, Lab on a Chip, 14, pp.2334-2343. doi: 10.1039/c4lc00139g
  • Tarn MD; Lopez-Martinez MJ; Pamme N (2014) REVIEW: On-chip processing of particles and cells via multilaminar flow streams, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 406, pp.139-161. doi: 10.1007/s00216-013-7363-6
  • Arima V; Pascali G; Lade O; Kretschmer HR; Bernsdorf I; Hammond V; Watts P; De Leonardis F; Tarn MD; Pamme N; Cvetkovic BZ; Dittrich PS; Vasovic N; Duane R; Jaksic A; Zacheo A; Zizzari A; Marra L; Perrone E; Salvadori PA; Rinaldi R (2013) Radiochemistry on chip: Towards dose-on-demand synthesis of PET radiopharmaceuticals, Lab on a Chip, 13, pp.2328-2336. doi: 10.1039/c3lc00055a
  • Tarn MD; Peyman SA; Pamme N (2013) Simultaneous trapping of magnetic and diamagnetic particle plugs for separations and bioassays, RSC Advances, 3, pp.7209-7214. doi: 10.1039/c3ra40237a
  • Tarn MD; Pascali G; De Leonardis F; Watts P; Salvadori PA; Pamme N (2013) Purification of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose by on-chip solid-phase extraction, Journal of Chromatography A, 1280, pp.117-121. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.01.032
  • Tarn MD; Fakhrullin RF; Paunov VN; Pamme N (2013) Microfluidic device for the rapid coating of magnetic yeast cells with polyelectrolytes, Materials Letters, 95, pp.182-185. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.12.084
  • Vojtíšek M; Tarn MD; Hirota N; Pamme N (2012) Microfluidic devices in superconducting magnets: On-chip free-flow diamagnetophoresis of polymer particles and bubbles, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 13, pp.625-635. doi: 10.1007/s10404-012-0979-6
  • Tarn MD; Pamme N (2011) REVIEW: Microfluidic platforms for performing surface-based clinical assays, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 11, pp.711-720. doi: 10.1586/erm.11.59
  • Rodríguez-Villarreal AI; Tarn MD; Madden LA; Lutz JB; Greenman J; Samitier J; Pamme N (2011) Flow focussing of particles and cells based on their intrinsic properties using a simple diamagnetic repulsion setup, Lab on a Chip, 11, pp.1240-1248. doi: 10.1039/c0lc00464b
  • Al-Hetlani E; Hatt OJ; Vojtíšek M; Tarn MD; Iles A; Pamme N (2010) Sorting and manipulation of magnetic droplets in continuous flow, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1311, pp.167-175. doi: 10.1063/1.3530008
  • Tarn MD; Peyman SA; Robert D; Iles A; Wilhelm C; Pamme N (2009) The importance of particle type selection and temperature control for on-chip free-flow magnetophoresis, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 321, pp.4115-4122. doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.08.016
  • Tarn MD; Hirota N; Iles A; Pamme N (2009) On-chip diamagnetic repulsion in continuous flow, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 10, 014611. doi: 10.1088/1468-6996/10/1/014611

Book chapters

  • Tarn MD; Pamme N (2017) 'On-chip magnetic particle-based immunoassays using multilaminar flow for clinical diagnostics' in Microchip Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1547, edited by V. Taly, J. L. Viovy and S. Descroix. Springer, New York, USA. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6734-6_6
  • Tarn MD; Pamme N (2013) 'Microfluidics' in Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Engineering, edited by J. Reedijk. Elsevier Inc., Waltham, MA, USA. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.05351-8

Selected conference proceedings

Patent applications

  • Archibald SJ; He P; Haswell SJ; Pamme N; Brown NJ; Tarn MD; Alexander R (2016) Radioisotope recovery, Publication no.: WO2016063069 A1, Filing date: 22 October 2015, Publication date: 28 April 2016.
  • Archibald SJ; He P; Haswell SJ; Pamme N; Brown NJ; Tarn MD; Alexander R; Esfahani MMN (2016) Method and apparatus for the analysis of compounds, Publication no.: WO2016063068 A2, Filing date: 22 October 2015, Publication date: 28 April 2016.
  • Archibald SJ; He P; Haswell SJ; Pamme N; Brown NJ; Tarn MD; Alexander R; Esfahani MMN (2016) Monolithic body, Publication no.: WO2016063070 A1, Filing date: 22 October 2015, Publication date: 28 April 2016.
  • Archibald SJ; He P; Haswell SJ; Pamme N; Brown NJ; Tarn MD; Alexander R; Esfahani MMN (2016) System for radiopharmaceutical production, Publication no.: WO2016063072 A1, Filing date: 22 October 2015, Publication date: 28 April 2016.
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Qualifications

  • PhD Chemistry
  • MChem Chemistry with Forensic Science and Toxicology (1st Class)
  • PGDip in Research Training

Professional memberships

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science