Centre staff
Dr Philip Gardiner
Senior lecturer in analytical science
Phone 0114 225 3442
Email p.h.gardiner@shu.ac.uk
Research interests
Trace element metabolism in human health and disease
A study of essential trace elements in relation to human health and disease with particular reference to diseases such as osteoarthritis, cancer and cardiomyopathy is being conducted. This investigation is in collaboration with the Chemistry Department at the University of Zulia, Venezuela.
Functionalised gold nanoparticles for biosensor applications
A major interest in the functionalisation of gold nanoparticles with biomolecules for the detection of drugs and environmental pollutants in biological samples. In collaboration with Dr Neil Bricklebank.
Bioremediation of metal and organic contaminated soils and effluents
In collaboration with Dr Tom Smith.
Bioremediation and bio-precipitation of heavy metals
This investigation is in collaboration with Dr AA Kamne , Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Saratov, Russia.
Recent publications
Al Hasin A, Gurman SJ, Murphy LM, Perry A, Smith TJ, Gardiner PHE 'Remediation of chromium(VI) by a methane-oxidizing bacterium' Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Jan 1;44(1):400-5
D Taylor, C Dalton, A Hall, M. N. Woodroofe, P.H.E. Gardiner ' Recent developments in selenium research' Br J Biomed Sci 2009; 66(2); 107-116
Ju-Nam Y, Allen DW, Gardiner PHE, Bricklebank N 'TI omega-Thioacetylalkylphosphonium salts: Precursors for the preparation of phosphonium-functionalised gold nanoparticles' Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry 2008; 693:3504-3508
Ju-Nam Y, Allen DW, Gardiner PHE, Light ME, Hursthouse MB, Bricklebank N 'The synthesis and characterisation of masked phosphonioalkyl selenoates: Potential ligands for the production of functionalised gold nanoparticles' Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2007; 692: 5065-5070
Tugarova, AV, Kamnev AA, Antonyuk LP, Gardiner PHE ' Azospirillum brasilense resistance to some heavy metals' Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine 2006;9: 242-245
Ju-Nam Y, Bricklebank N, Allen DW, Gardiner PHE, Light ME, Hursthouse MB 'Phosphonioalkylthiosulfate zwitterions - new masked thiol ligands for the formation of cationic functionalised gold nanoparticles' ORGANIC and Biomolecular Chemistry 2006; 4: 4345-4351
Kamnev AA, Tugarova AV, Antonyuk LP, Tarantilis PA, Kulikov LA, Perfiliev YD, Polissiou MG, Gardiner PHE 'Instrumental analysis of bacterial cells using vibrational and emission Mossbauer spectroscopic techniques' Analytica Chimica Acta 2005; 573: 445-452
Colina M, Gardiner PHE, Rivas, Z and Troncone, F (2005). Determination of vanadium species in sediment, mussel and fish muscle tissue samples by liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Analytical Chimica Acta 538: 107-115.
Kamnev AA, Tugarova AV, Antonyuk LP, Tarantilis PA, Polissiou MG and Gardiner PHE (2005). Effects of heavy metals on plant-associated rhizobacteria: Comparison of endophytic and non-phytic strains of Azospirillum brasilense. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 19(1): 91-95.
Tugarova AV, Kamnev AA, Antonyuk LP, Gardiner PHE, Tarantilis PA, Polissiou MG 'Accumulation of heavy metals by the soil bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 and some of its mutant strains' Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine 2004; 8:30-33
Romero-Gonzalez ME, Williams CJ, Gurman SJ, Habesh S and Gardiner PHE (2003). Spectroscopic studies of the biosorption of gold (III) by dealginated seaweed waste. Environmental Science and Technology 37: 4163-4169.
Morton J, Carolan VA and Gardiner PHE (2002). The speciation of inorganic and methylmercury in human hair by high- performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At Spectrom. 17:377-381.
Morton J, Carolan VA, and Gardiner PHE (2002). Removal of exogenously bound elements from human hair by various washing pocedures and determination by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta 455: 23-34.
Kamnev AA, Antonyuk LP, Tugarova AV, Tarantilis PA, Polissiou MG and Gardiner PHE (2002). Metabolic changes in the plant-associated soil bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 J. Mol. Struct. 610: 127-131.
PhD students
- Arhoma Hassan El-Mabrouk - Remediation of contaminated soils using blended binders derived from waste materials
- Nuri Salama - A study of the haemopoietic properties of the plant Solanum torvum
