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  1. Ion Beam Imaging Shows Selective Thallium-201 Uptake in Cell Nuclei: Impact on Cellular Dosimetry and Radiotoxicity of Auger Electron Emitters

    Article • Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, November 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  2. Sequential application of Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry after vacuum metal deposition on glass, polyethylene terephthalate and polyvinyl chloride

    Article • Science & Justice, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  3. Differential impacts of nickel toxicity: NiO and NiSO4 on skin health and barrier function

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  4. Correlative multimodal imaging of tissue structure, metabolome and elemental distribution using stimulated Raman scattering, desorption electrospray ionisation and MeV ion beam analysis

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  5. Multimodal Ion Beam Imaging to Correlate Elements and Metabolites at the Micron Scale Using Water Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and MeV Ion Beam Analysis

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  6. Single-Cell Lipidomics by LC-MS Interlaboratory Study Reveals the Impact of X-ray Irradiation on a Pancreatic Cancer Cell Line and Its Bystanders

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  7. Single-cell lipidomics: protocol development for reliable cellular profiling using capillary sampling

    Article • The Analyst, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  8. Single-cell lipidomics: performance evaluation across four liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) systems

    Article • The Analyst, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  9. Single-Cell Lipidomics: An Automated and Accessible Microfluidic Workflow Validated by Capillary Sampling

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  10. Single cell–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (SC-ICP-MS) reveals metallic heterogeneity in a macrophage model of infectious diseases

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  11. Challenges in Lipidomics Biomarker Identification: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving Reproducibility

    Article • Metabolites, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  12. Measurement of isoniazid in tuberculosis patients using finger sweat with creatinine normalisation: A controlled administration study

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  13. Single-Cell Untargeted Lipidomics Using Liquid Chromatography and Data-Dependent Acquisition after Live Cell Selection

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  14. Emerging Technologies: Use of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Forensic Evidence

    Article • December 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  15. Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Metabolomics Identifies Variations in Robustness of Biomarkers

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  16. Single-Cell Lipidomics Using Analytical Flow LC-MS Characterizes the Response to Chemotherapy in Cultured Pancreatic Cancer Cells

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  17. Noninvasive drug adherence monitoring of antipsychotic patients via finger sweat testing

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  18. Spatial single cell metabolomics: Current challenges and future developments

    Article • Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  19. Expanding the Efficacy of Fingermark Enhancement Using ToF-SIMS

    Article • Molecules, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  20. Multimodal Imaging of Metals in a Retinal Degeneration Model to Inform on Ocular Disease

    Article • Analytica—A Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  21. Expanding the boundaries of atomic spectroscopy at the single-cell level: critical review of SP-ICP-MS, LIBS and LA-ICP-MS advances for the elemental analysis of tissues and single cells

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  22. A Multimodal Desorption Electrospray Ionisation Workflow Enabling Visualisation of Lipids and Biologically Relevant Elements in a Single Tissue Section

    Article • Metabolites, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  23. One‐shot 13C15N‐metabolic flux analysis for simultaneous quantification of carbon and nitrogen flux

    Article • Molecular Systems Biology, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  24. Nanocapillary sampling coupled to liquid chromatography mass spectrometry delivers single cell drug measurement and lipid fingerprints

    Article • The Analyst, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  25. Improving the technological readiness of time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for enhancing fingermark recovery - towards operational deployment

    Article • Science & Justice, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  26. Exploring New Methods to Study and Moderate Proton Beam Damage for Multimodal Imaging on a Single Tissue Section

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, November 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  27. Multi-Omics Reveals Mechanisms of Partial Modulation of COVID-19 Dysregulation by Glucocorticoid Treatment

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  28. Untargeted saliva metabolomics by liquid chromatography—Mass spectrometry reveals markers of COVID-19 severity

    Article • PLOS One, September 2022, PLOS

    Dr Melanie J Bailey, Drupad Trivedi

  29. Colocation of Lipids, Drugs, and Metal Biomarkers Using Spatially Resolved Lipidomics with Elemental Mapping

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  30. Metabolomics Markers of COVID-19 Are Dependent on Collection Wave

    Article • Metabolites, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  31. An integrated analysis and comparison of serum, saliva and sebum for COVID-19 metabolomics

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  32. Surface Analysis Techniques in Forensic Science: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Operational Deployment

    Article • Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, June 2022, Annual Reviews

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  33. Pandemic, Epidemic, Endemic: B Cell Repertoire Analysis Reveals Unique Anti-Viral Responses to SARS-CoV-2, Ebola and Respiratory Syncytial Virus

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, May 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  34. Potential to Use Fingerprints for Monitoring Therapeutic Levels of Isoniazid and Treatment Adherence

    Article • ACS Omega, April 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  35. Bayesian multi-model-based 13C15N-metabolic flux analysis quantifies carbon-nitrogen metabolism in mycobacteria

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  36. An Integrated Analysis and Comparison of Serum, Saliva and Sebum for COVID-19 Metabolomics

    Article • March 2022, Research Square

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  37. Systematic review with meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy for COVID-19 by mass spectrometry

    Article • Metabolism, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  38. Correlative Imaging of Trace Elements and Intact Molecular Species in a Single-Tissue Sample at the 50 μm Scale

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  39. Changes to the sebum lipidome upon COVID-19 infection observed via rapid sampling from the skin

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, March 2021, Elsevier

    Drupad Trivedi, Dr Melanie J Bailey

  40. Imaging mass spectrometry: a new way to distinguish dermal contact from administration of cocaine, using a single fingerprint

    Article • The Analyst, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  41. Loss of a pyoverdine secondary receptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa results in a fitter strain suitable for population invasion

    Article • The ISME Journal, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  42. The forensic exploitation of fingermark chemistry: A review

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Forensic Science, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  43. Exploration of Matrix Effects in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Cisplatin-Treated Tumors

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  44. The COVID-19 MS Coalition—accelerating diagnostics, prognostics, and treatment

    Article • The Lancet, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  45. On the relevance of cocaine detection in a fingerprint

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  46. Fully Degradable Thioester-Functional Homo- and Alternating Copolymers Prepared through Thiocarbonyl Addition–Ring-Opening RAFT Radical Polymerization

    Article • Macromolecules, January 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  47. Detection of mephedrone and its metabolites in fingerprints from a controlled human administration study by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and paper spray-mass spectrometry

    Article • The Analyst, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  48. Nanoextraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Delivers Improved Spatially Resolved Analysis

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  49. Distinguishing between Contact and Administration of Heroin from a Single Fingerprint using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Analytical Toxicology, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  50. Paper spray screening and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry confirmation for medication adherence testing: A two‐step process

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  51. Determination of Deposition Order of Toners, Inkjet Inks, and Blue Ballpoint Pen Combining MeV-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Particle Induced X-ray Emission

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  52. Unusual sources of Sn in GSR. An experimental study by SEM and IBA

    Article • Science & Justice, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  53. True one cell chemical analysis: a review

    Article • The Analyst, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  54. Mass Spectrometry Methods for the Recovery of Forensic Intelligence from Fingermarks

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  55. Exploring a route to a selective and sensitive portable system for explosive detection– swab spray ionisation coupled to of high-field assisted waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS)

    Article • Forensic Science International Synergy, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  56. Application of Various Normalization Methods for Microscale Analysis of Tissues Using Direct Analyte Probed Nanoextraction

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  57. Noninvasive Detection of Cocaine and Heroin Use with Single Fingerprints: Determination of an Environmental Cutoff

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, March 2018, AACC

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  58. Rapid, Secure Drug Testing Using Fingerprint Development and Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, September 2017, AACC

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  59. A diagnostic test for cocaine and benzoylecgonine in urine and oral fluid using portable mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  60. Analysis of urine, oral fluid and fingerprints by liquid extraction surface analysis coupled to high resolution MS and MS/MS – opportunities for forensic and biomedical science

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  61. Rapid detection of cocaine, benzoylecgonine and methylecgonine in fingerprints using surface mass spectrometry

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey, Dr Simona Francese

  62. Did you fake that certificate, or were you awarded it? We can tell from the fingerprints!

    Article • The Analyst, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Benjamin J Jones, Dr Melanie J Bailey

  63. Editorial

    Article • X-Ray Spectrometry, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  64. Biomass preservation in impact melt ejecta

    Article • Nature Geoscience, November 2013, Nature

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  65. Integrated Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) in Gunshot Residue (GSR) characterisation

    Article • Forensic Science International, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  66. Chemical changes exhibited by latent fingerprints after exposure to vacuum conditions

    Article • Forensic Science International, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  67. The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

    Article • Astronomy and Astrophysics, February 2013, EDP Sciences

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  68. Enhanced imaging of developed fingerprints using mass spectrometry imaging

    Article • The Analyst, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  69. A new quantitative method for gunshot residue analysis by ion beam analysis

    Article • The Analyst, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  70. In situ analysis of cadmium sulphide chemical bath deposition by an optical fibre monitor

    Article • Thin Solid Films, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  71. Chemical Characterization of Latent Fingerprints by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Mega Electron Volt Secondary Mass Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, X-ray Photoelectron S...

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Benjamin J Jones, Dr Melanie J Bailey

  72. Determination of the Deposition Order of Overlapping Latent Fingerprints and Inks Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  73. Evaluation of Particle-Induced X-ray Emission and Particle-Induced γ-ray Emission of Quartz Grains for Forensic Trace Sediment Analysis

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  74. Concentration of various trace elements in the rat retina and their distribution in different structures

    Article • Metallomics, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  75. “Total IBA” – Where are we?

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  76. Elemental and structural studies at the bone-cartilage interface

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  77. Influence of implantation conditions of He + ions on the structure of a damaged layer in GaAs(001)

    Article • phys stat sol (a), October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  78. Elemental and structural studies at the bone–cartilage interface

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  79. Synchrotron and ion beam studies of the bone–cartilage interface

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  80. A flock of sheep, goats and cattle: ancient DNA analysis reveals complexities of historical parchment manufacture

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  81. Depth profiling of fingerprint and ink signals by SIMS and MeV SIMS

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  82. On artefacts in the secondary ion mass spectrometry profiling of high fluence H+ implants in GaAs

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  83. Microbeam PIXE analysis of platinum resistant and sensitive ovarian cancer cells

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  84. 19th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  85. Surface analysis techniques in forensic science

    Article • Surface and Interface Analysis, May 2010, Wiley

    Mr Paul Trevorrow, Dr Melanie J Bailey

  86. Applications of condensed matter understanding to medical tissues and disease progression: Elemental analysis and structural integrity of tissue scaffolds

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  87. Accurate determination of the Ca:P ratio in rough hydroxyapatite samples by SEM-EDS, PIXE and RBS-a comparative study

    Article • X-Ray Spectrometry, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  88. Characterisation of inhomogeneous inclusions in Darwin glass using ion beam analysis

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  89. Characterisation of gunshot residue particles using self-consistent ion beam analysis

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  90. Trace element profiling of gunshot residues by PIXE and SEM-EDS: a feasibility study

    Article • X-Ray Spectrometry, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  91. High concentration Mn ion implantation in Si

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  92. Characterisation of thin film chalcogenide PV materials using MeV ion beam analysis

    Article • April 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  93. The thermoluminescence response of doped SiO2 optical fibres subjected to photon and electron irradiations

    Article • Applied Radiation and Isotopes, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  94. Characterising ion-cut in GaAs by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  95. The influence of the ion implantation temperature and the dose rate on smart-cut© in GaAs

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey

  96. The influence of the ion implantation temperature and the flux on smart-cut© in GaAs

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie J Bailey