Frankie Rawson (191D-B4E5-F787)

Curriculum Vitae

Frankie Rawson

Dr Rawson received a BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry from the University of Huddersfield in 2004. As part of his degree he spent a year placement at Covance Laboratories working in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Toxicology. He subsequently returned to Covance after completion of his degree and worked within the Cytogenetics Laboratory. This then led him to study for a PhD in which he developed electrochemical biosensors for detecting toxicity from 3D organotypic liver spheroids under the supervision of Professor John Hart at the University of the West of England. He then moved to New Zealand to undertake a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Canterbury under the guidance of Prof Alison Downard within the Department of Chemistry. His research here focused on the development of conducting surfaces that could "wire" into cell membrane and cell wall redox sites. This allowed for the capture of electrons from cells and shed new light on their biological origin. This was followed by a Post Doc at the University of Birmingham within the Mendes Laboratory in the School of Chemical Engineering. Here he combined his previous skills to develop nanostructured electrodes that could electrochemically communicate with the internal environment of cells. He then moved to Nottingham within the School of Pharmacy in 2013 to take up an Independent Early Career Leverhulme Fellowship.In 2016 he was awarded a Nottingham Research Fellowship and promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. Dr Rawson's research is truly multidisciplinary spanning the chemical-biology interface. His expertise therefore spans multiple disciplines which include Electrochemistry, Cell Surface Biochemistry, Bionanotechnology, Surface Chemistry, Electroceutics, Functional Materials and Biosensors and Bioelectronics. He has been awarded with several grants worth more than £3.2M in total. Dr Rawson teaches on the Pharmacy module Medical Diagnostics (B34MED) and Masters in Bioengineering module Biomedical Applications of Biomaterials (MM4BAB) Dr Rawson has supervised 4 PhD's to completion and he is currently supervising 8 PhD students and 22 masters students.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Frankie Rawson

Citation names

Rawson, Frankie
Frankie J Rawson

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 191D-B4E5-F787
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4872-8928

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2005/10/01 - 2008/09/30 Concluded	PhD (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Electroanalytical Chemistry University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom "The design, development and application of a novel electrochemical biosensor/sensor system for the real-time monitoring of in-vitro cell toxicity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass
2000/09/01 - 2004/06/01 Concluded	BSc (Hons) andBiochemistry (Bachelor) Major in Biochemistry University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom "Characterisation of Oxalate Oxidase" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	2:1

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom
	University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019 - 2024	High resolution, cryogenic analytical and transfer scanning electron microscope (HR-CAT-SEM) EP/S021434/1 Researcher University of Nottingham School of Chemistry, United Kingdom	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Ongoing
2018 - 2023	Wireless communication with cells towards bioelectronic treatments of the future EP/R004072/1 Principal investigator University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Ongoing
2015 - 2023	Nottingham-Rothamsted Doctoral Training Partnership BB/M008770/1 Supervisor University of Nottingham School of Biosciences, United Kingdom	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Ongoing
2020 - 2020	BBSRC DTP Studenship: Artificial vs Synthetic bioolgy approaches for electrically wiring of bacteria - Principal investigator	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2014 - 2018	Differentiating cell state using nanoelectrochemical sensors for monitoring reactive oxygen species in real-time BB/L017059/1 Principal investigator University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Concluded
2016 - 2016	KTP: Innovate UK/Surescreen Diagnostics Limited. Develop, transfer andembed analytical bioscience expertise in the areas of diagnostic technology - Researcher
2015 - 2015	Artificial functional scaffolds for synthetic tissues - Principal investigator
2014 - 2014	EPSRC Jump Start Research award made under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre in Innovative Manufacturing in Materials for Additive Manufacturing - Researcher
2012 - 2012	PSRC equipment sharing grant (PI) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance detection of ROS in response to macrophage stimulations by lipopolysaccharide - Principal investigator	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2019	Nottingham Research Fellowship: Developing electroceutics - Principal investigator	Concluded
2013 - 2013	Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship: Interfacing Electrochemical Nano- Systems with Single Cell for Real-Time Cellular Communication - Principal investigator	Leverhulme Trust

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018 - 2018	EPSRC Block Grant for equipment - Principal investigator University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Concluded
2017 - 2017	Awarded Studentship - EPSRC Regenerative Medicine CDT: Developing bioelectronics for treating cancer - Principal investigator	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Ongoing
2016 - 2016	Awarded Studentship - BBSRC Synbio: Hijacking electron transport systems - Principal investigator	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2013 - 2013	RSC Analytical Biosciences Group travel bursary award - Principal investigator	Royal Society of Chemistry
2013 - 2013	Best Paper Prize from college of EPS - Principal investigator

Outputs

Publications

Book

Rawson, F.J.. Interfacing cells with nanostructured electrochemical sensors for enhanced biomedical sensing. 2014.

Journal article

Rawson, Frankie. "Iron-Catalysed Radical Polymerisation by Living Bacteria". Angewandte Chemie (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201915084.
10.1002/ange.201915084
Rawson, Frankie. "Wireless Nanobioelectronics for Electrical Intracellular Sensing". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b01374.
10.1021/acsanm.9b01374
Rawson, Frankie. "Wireless Bioelectronics Towards Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme". Neuro-Oncology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noz167.062.
10.1093/neuonc/noz167.062
Rawson, Frankie. "Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior". Advanced Functional Materials (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902016.
10.1002/adfm.201902016
Rawson, Frankie. "Real-time bacterial detection with an intracellular ROS sensing platform". Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111430.
10.1016/j.bios.2019.111430
Rawson, Frankie. "Mechanistic insight into heterogeneity of trans-plasma membrane electron transport in cancer cell types". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.06.012.
10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.06.012
Rawson, Frankie. "Mammalian-Cell-Driven Polymerisation of Pyrrole". ChemBioChem (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201800630.
10.1002/cbic.201800630
Rawson, Frankie. "Reversible, High-Affinity Surface Capturing of Proteins Directed by Supramolecular Assembly". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b00927.
10.1021/acsami.9b00927
Rawson, Frankie. "Remotely Controlled in Situ Growth of Silver Microwires Forming Bioelectronic Interfaces". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b22075.
10.1021/acsami.8b22075
Rawson, Frankie. "Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine". Bioelectronic Medicine (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42234-018-0001-z.
10.1186/s42234-018-0001-z
Rawson, Frankie. "New Perspectives on Iron Uptake in Eukaryotes". Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2018.00097.
10.3389/fmolb.2018.00097
Sherman, H.G.; Jovanovic, C.; Stolnik, S.; Rawson, F.J.. "Electrochemical System for the Study of Trans-Plasma Membrane Electron Transport in Whole Eukaryotic Cells". Analytical Chemistry 90 4 (2018): 2780-2786. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042255880&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04853
Hicks, J.M.; Wong, Z.Y.; Scurr, D.J.; Silman, N.; Jackson, S.K.; Mendes, P.M.; Aylott, J.W.; Rawson, F.J.. "Tailoring the Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Modified Indium Tin Oxide via in Situ Grafting of Aryl Diazonium". Langmuir 33 20 (2017): 4924-4933. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019843640&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00494
Zarrar Hussein; Frankie J. Rawson; Pola G. Oppenheimer; Aaron Acton; Paula M. Mendes. "Length-Selective Chemical Assembly of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes". Adv. Mater. Interfaces (2016): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500860.
10.1002/admi.201500860
Rawson, F.J.; Cole, M.T.; Hicks, J.M.; Aylott, J.W.; Milne, W.I.; Collins, C.M.; Jackson, S.K.; Silman, N.J.; Mendes, P.M.. "Electrochemical communication with the inside of cells using micro-patterned vertical carbon nanofibre electrodes". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85000716940&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1038/srep37672
Frankie J. Rawson; Jacqueline Hicks; Nicholas Dodd; Wondwossen Abate; David J. Garrett; Nga Yip; Gyorgy Fejer; et al. "Fast, Ultrasensitive Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species Using a Carbon Nanotube Based-Electrocatalytic Intracellular Sensor". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7 42 (2015): 23527-23537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b06493.
10.1021/acsami.5b06493
Frankie James Rawson. "New dimensions in controlling cellular function with electroceutics". Therapeutic Delivery 6 1 (2015): 5-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/tde.14.105.
10.4155/tde.14.105
Alex Stephenson-Brown; Sue Yong; Muhammad H. Mansor; Zarrar Hussein; Nga-Chi Yip; Paula M. Mendes; John S. Fossey; Frankie J. Rawson. "Electronic communication of cells with a surface mediated by boronic acid saccharide interactions". Chem. Commun. 51 97 (2015): 17213-17216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc04311e.
10.1039/c5cc04311e
Hao Zhou; Qing Liu; Frankie J. Rawson; Wei Ma; Da-Wei Li; Di Li; Yi-Tao Long. "Optical monitoring of faradaic reaction using single plasmon-resonant nanorods functionalized with graphene". Chem. Commun. 51 15 (2015): 3223-3226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07939f.
10.1039/c4cc07939f
Minhaj Lashkor; Frankie J. Rawson; Alex Stephenson-Brown; Jon A. Preece; Paula M. Mendes. "Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion". Chem. Commun. 50 98 (2014): 15589-15592. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc06649a.
10.1039/c4cc06649a
Minhaj Lashkor; Frankie J. Rawson; Jon A. Preece; Paula M. Mendes. "Switching specific biomolecular interactions on surfaces under complex biological conditions". Analyst 139 21 (2014): 5400-5408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4an01225a.
10.1039/c4an01225a
Nga-Chi Yip; Frankie J Rawson; Chi Wai Tsang; Paula M Mendes. "Real-time electrocatalytic sensing of cellular respiration". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 57 (2014): 303-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.01.059.
10.1016/j.bios.2014.01.059
Frankie J. Rawson; Alison J. Downard; Keith H. Baronian. "Electrochemical detection of intracellular and cell membrane redox systems in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Sci. Rep. 4 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05216.
10.1038/srep05216
Chao Jing; Frankie James Rawson; Hao Zhou; Xin Shi; Wen-Hui Li; Da-Wei Li; Yi-Tao Long. "New Insights into Electrocatalysis Based on Plasmon Resonance for the Real-Time Monitoring of Catalytic Events on Single Gold Nanorods". Anal. Chem. 86 11 (2014): 5513-5518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac500785u.
10.1021/ac500785u
Parvez Iqbal; Frankie J. Rawson; Watson K.-W. Ho; Siu-Fung Lee; Ken Cham-Fai Leung; Xingyong Wang; Akash Beri; et al. "Surface Molecular Tailoring Using pH-Switchable Supramolecular Dendron-Ligand Assemblies". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6 9 (2014): 6264-6274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am501613c.
10.1021/am501613c
Chun L. Yeung; Xingyong Wang; Minhaj Lashkor; Eleonora Cantini; Frankie J. Rawson; Parvez Iqbal; Jon A. Preece; Jing Ma; Paula M. Mendes. "Modulation of Biointeractions by Electrically Switchable Oligopeptide Surfaces: Structural Requirements and Mechanism". Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1 2 (2014): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201300085.
10.1002/admi.201300085
Rawson, F. J.; Yeung, C. L.; Jackson, S. K.; Mendes, P. M.. "Tailoring 3D Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Anchored to Indium Tin Oxide for Natural Cellular Uptake and Intracellular Sensing". Nano Letters 13 1 (2013): 1-8. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000313142300001&KeyUID=WOS:000313142300001.
10.1021/nl203780d
Rawson, F J; Yeung, C L; Jackson, S K; Mendes, P M. "Intracellular 'wiring' for real-time cell communication.". Nano reviews 4 (2013): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:23956819&KeyUID=MEDLINE:23956819.
10.3402/nano.v4i0.22429
Pranzetti, Alice; Mieszkin, Sophie; Iqbal, Parvez; Rawson, Frankie J.; Callow, Maureen E.; Callow, James A.; Koelsch, Patrick; Preece, Jon A.; Mendes, Paula M.. "An Electrically Reversible Switchable Surface to Control and Study Early Bacterial Adhesion Dynamics in Real-Time". Advanced Materials 25 15 (2013): 2181-2185. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000317664700011&KeyUID=WOS:000317664700011.
10.1002/adma.201204880
Cait M. Costello; Chun L. Yeung; Frankie J. Rawson; Paula M. Mendes. "Application of nanotechnology to control bacterial adhesion and patterning on material surfaces". Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 7 6 (2012): 634-651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17458080.2012.740640.
10.1080/17458080.2012.740640
Frankie J. Rawson; Andrew J. Gross; David J. Garrett; Alison J. Downard; Keith.H.R. Baronian. "Mediated electrochemical detection of electron transfer from the outer surface of the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Electrochemistry Communications 15 1 (2012): 85-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2011.11.030.
10.1016/j.elecom.2011.11.030
David J. Garrett; Paula A. Brooksby; Frankie J. Rawson; Keith H. R. Baronian; Alison J. Downard. "Reproducible Fabrication of Robust, Renewable Vertically Aligned Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Epoxy Composite Electrodes". Anal. Chem. 83 21 (2011): 8347-8351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac201769t.
10.1021/ac201769t
Nicholas D. Haslett; Frankie J. Rawson; Frèdèric Barriëre; Gotthard Kunze; Neil Pasco; Ravi Gooneratne; Keith H.R. Baronian. "Characterisation of yeast microbial fuel cell with the yeast Arxula adeninivorans as the biocatalyst". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26 9 (2011): 3742-3747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2011.02.011.
10.1016/j.bios.2011.02.011
Frankie J. Rawson; David J. Garrett; Donal Leech; Alison J. Downard; Keith H.R. Baronian. "Electron transfer from Proteus vulgaris to a covalently assembled, single walled carbon nanotube electrode functionalised with osmium bipyridine complex: Application to a whole cell biosensor". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26 5 (2011): 2383-2389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2010.10.016.
10.1016/j.bios.2010.10.016
Chelikani, V.; Rawson, F.J.; Downard, A.J.; Gooneratne, R.; Kunze, G.; Pasco, N.; Baronian, K.H.R.. "Electrochemical detection of oestrogen binding protein interaction with oestrogen in Candida albicans cell lysate". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26 9 (2011): 3737-3741. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955475579&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.bios.2011.01.016
Roy M. Pemberton; Frankie J. Rawson; Jinsheng Xu; Robin Pittson; Guido A. Drago; John Griffiths; Simon K. Jackson; John P. Hart. "Application of screen-printed microband biosensors incorporated with cells to monitor metabolic effects of potential environmental toxins". Microchim Acta 170 3-4 (2010): 321-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00604-010-0326-0.
10.1007/s00604-010-0326-0
Rawson, F.J.; Jackson, S.K.; Hart, J.P.. "Voltammetric behavior of DNA and its derivatives using screen printed carbon electrodes and its possible application in genotoxicity screening". Analytical Letters 43 10-11 (2010): 1790-1800. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954836517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1080/00032711003653908
Rawson, F.J.; Purcell, W.M.; Xu, J.; Pemberton, R.M.; Fielden, P.R.; Biddle, N.; Hart, J.P.. "A microband lactate biosensor fabricated using a water-based screen-printed carbon ink". Talanta 77 3 (2009): 1149-1154. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57149146028&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.talanta.2008.08.020
Rawson, F.J.; Purcell, W.M.; Xu, J.; Cowell, D.C.; Fielden, P.R.; Biddle, N.; Hart, J.P.. "Fabrication and characterisation of novel screen-printed tubular microband electrodes, and their application to the measurement of hydrogen peroxide". Electrochimica Acta 52 25 (2007): 7248-7253. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547565536&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.electacta.2007.05.062