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Dr Kevin Francis,
Director, Technical Applications,
Caliper Life Sciences, USA |
Dr Kevin Francis is the Senior Director of Technical Applications at Caliper Life Sciences (formerly Xenogen Corporation) and is a world authority on bioluminescent and fluorescent imaging in vivo using the IVIS, an enabling technology with applications in neurobiology, cancer, stem cells and drug discovery - many of the themes of the 2007 DSB Meeting.
Prior to joining Xenogen in January 1999, he spent several years as a lecturer and research microbiologist at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Nottingham. Kevin's Ph.D is in Molecular Biology from the University of Edinburgh. He has been involved in the development of optical reporter systems for more than 16 years.
Kevin tours widely in the USA, presenting at such prestigious academic institutions as the recent Johns Hopkins University Small animal hands-on workshop in February this year.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
1: Doyle TC, Nawotka KA, Purchio AF, Akin AR, Francis KP, Contag PR.
Expression of firefly luciferase in Candida albicans and its use in the selection of stable transformants.
Microb Pathog. 2006 Feb;40(2):69-81. Epub 2006 Jan 20.
PMID: 16427765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2. Doyle TC, Nawotka KA, Kawahara CB, Francis KP, Contag PR.
Visualizing fungal infections in living mice using bioluminescent pathogenic Candida albicans strains transformed with the firefly luciferase gene.
Microb Pathog. 2006 Feb;40(2):82-90. Epub 2006 Jan 19.
PMID: 16426810 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3. Kadurugamuwa JL, Modi K, Yu J, Francis KP, Orihuela C, Tuomanen E, Purchio AF, Contag PR.
Noninvasive monitoring of pneumococcal meningitis and evaluation of treatment efficacy in an experimental mouse model.
Mol Imaging. 2005 Apr-Jun;4(2):137-42.
PMID: 16105511 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
4. Demidova TN, Gad F, Zahra T, Francis KP, Hamblin MR.
Related Articles, Compound via MeSH, Substance via MeSH, LinkOut
Monitoring photodynamic therapy of localized infections by bioluminescence imaging of genetically engineered bacteria.
J Photochem Photobiol B. 2005 Oct 3;81(1):15-25.
PMID: 16040251 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
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