Colour from structure, with Thomas Parton

Our guest this week is Thomas Parton, a PhD student in the Vignolini Lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. His research studies how colour emerges from the micro-structure of different materials that are found in nature. In this episode, we discuss his recent work studying structural colour in bio-films of rod-shaped bacteria, as well as discussing the importance of interdisciplinarity in science, and the value of taking inspiration from nature. The BlueSci Podcast is run by the Cambridge University Science Magazine, currently hosted by Ruby Coates and Simone Eizagirre and sponsored by Greiner Bio-One and Nature Careers . Visit to access our free magazine, and find out how to get involved. If you enjoyed this episode, please

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Colour from structure, with Thomas Parton is an episode from BlueSci Podcast by Cambridge Uni Science Magazine.

This episode is 00:31:56 long.

This episode was published on Mar 9, 2021.

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