Professor Jamie Hobbs

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Professor of Experimental Physics

Professor of Physics

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Professor Jamie Hobbs
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
D19
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Research interests
  • Scanning probe microscopy
  • Biological Physics
  • Soft matter Physics
  • Polymer Crystallization
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Nature, 582(7811), 294-297.
  • Kumar S, Cartron ML, Mullin N, Qian P, Leggett GJ, Hunter CN & Hobbs JK (2016) . ACS Nano.
  • Savage RC, Mullin N & Hobbs JK (2015) . Macromolecules, 48(17), 6160-6165.
  • Bailey RG, Turner RD, Mullin N, Clarke N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2014) . Biophysical Journal, 107(11), 2538-2545.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Garcia Maset R, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Hapeshi A, Clifton LA, Hobbs JK, Harrison F, Perrier S & Hall SCL (2025) . Biomacromolecules, 26(10), 6854-6868.
  • Tinajero-Trejo M, Aindow M, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Adedeji-Olulana AF, Sutton JAF, Wacnik K, Jia Y, Bilyk B, Yu W , Hobbs JK et al (2025) . Science Advances, 11(15).
  • Adedeji-Olulana AF, Wacnik K, Lafage L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Tinajero-Trejo M, Sutton JAF, Bilyk B, Irving SE, Portman Ross CJ, Meacock OJ , Randerson SA et al (2024) . Science, 386(6721), 573-580.
  • Cook M, Stevenson B, Jacobs LA, Leocadio Victoria D, Cisneros B, Hobbs JK, Stewart CL & Winder SJ (2024) . Cells, 13(5).
  • Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2023) . mBio, 14(5).
  • Sutton JAF, Cooke M, Tinajero-Trejo M, Wacnik K, Salamaga B, Portman-Ross C, Lund VA, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2023) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.
  • Sheng Q, Zhang M-Y, Liu S-M, Chen Z-W, Yang P-L, Zhang H-S, Liu M-Y, Li K, Zhao L-S, Liu N-H , Liu L-N et al (2023) . Science Advances, 9(3).
  • Tinajero-Trejo M, Carnell O, Kabli AF, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Han A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) . Communications Biology, 5(1).
  • Ngalim SH, Yusoff N, Johnson RR, Abdul Razak SR, Chen X, Hobbs JK & Lee YY (2022) . Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 175, 63-72.
  • Wacnik K, Rao VA, Chen X, Lafage L, Pazos M, Booth S, Vollmer W, Hobbs JK, Lewis RJ & Foster SJ (2022) . mBio, 13(4).
  • Bilyk BL, Panchal VV, Tinajero-Trejo M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) . Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 86(2).
  • Zotev PG, Wang Y, Sortino L, Severs Millard T, Mullin N, Conteduca D, Shagar M, Genco A, Hobbs JK, Krauss TF & Tartakovskii AI (2022) . ACS Nano, 16(4), 6493-6505.
  • Vasilev C, Swainsbury DJK, Cartron ML, Martin EC, Kumar S, Hobbs JK, Johnson MP, Hitchcock A & Hunter CN (2022) . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1863(2).
  • Salamaga B, Kong L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, von und zur Muhlen M, Gibson JF, Grybchuk D, Tooke AK, Panchal V, Culp EJ , Tatham E et al (2021) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(44).
  • Chen X, Hughes R, Mullin N, Hawkins RJ, Holen I, Brown NJ & Hobbs JK (2021) . Nanoscale, 13(43), 18237-18246.
  • Tank RKG, Lund VA, Kumar S, Turner RD, Lafage L, Pasquina Lemonche L, Bullough PA, Cadby A, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2021) . ACS Nano, 15(10), 16011-16018.
  • Lee AJ, Endo M, Hobbs JK, Davies AG & Wälti C (2021) . Nucleic Acids Research, 49(7), 4197-4197.
  • Hughes R, Chen X, Cowley N, Ottewell PD, Hawkins RJ, Hunter KD, Hobbs JK, Brown NJ & Holen I (2021) . Cancers, 13(6).
  • Lee AJ, Endo M, Hobbs JK, Davies AG & Wälti C (2021) . Nucleic Acids Research, 49(3), 1426-1435.
  • Alexeev EM, Mullin N, Ares P, Nevison-Andrews H, Skrypka O, Godde T, Kozikov A, Hague L, Wang Y, Novoselov KS , Fumagalli L et al (2020) . ACS Nano, 14(9), 11110-11119.
  • Panchal VV, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Hornby DP, Green J, Hobbs JK, Kelley WL , Zenkin N et al (2020) . PLoS Pathogens, 16(7).
  • Chen X, Hughes R, Mullin N, Hawkins RJ, Holen I, Brown NJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Biophysical Journal, 119(3), 502-513.
  • Janganan TK, Mullin N, Dafis-Sagarmendi A, Brunt J, Tzokov SB, Stringer S, Moir A, Chaudhuri RR, Fagan RP, Hobbs JK & Bullough PA (2020) . mSphere, 5(4).
  • Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Nature, 582(7811), 294-297.
  • Viljoen A, Foster SJ, Fantner GE, Hobbs JK & Dufrêne YF (2020) . mBio, 11(1).
  • Nwokeoji AO, Kumar S, Kilby PM, Portwood DE, Hobbs JK & Dickman MJ (2019) . Analyst, 144(16), 4985-4994.
  • Nwokeoji AO, Kumar S, Kilby PM, Portwood DE, Hobbs JK & Dickman MJ (2019) . Analyst, 144(22), 6773.
  • Hughes R, Chen X, Hunter KD, Hobbs JK, Holen I & Brown NJ (2019) . The FASEB Journal, 33(11), 12768-12779.
  • Wang J-Y, Mullin N & Hobbs JK (2018) . Nanotechnology, 29(33).
  • Woolfenden HC, Baillie AL, Gray JE, Hobbs JK, Morris RJ & Fleming AJ (2018) . Trends in Plant Science, 23(9), 822-832.
  • Wood WHJ, MacGregor-Chatwin C, Barnett SFH, Mayneord GE, Huang X, Hobbs JK, Hunter CN & Johnson MP (2018) . Nature Plants, 4(391).
  • Turner RD, Mesnage S, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2018) . Nature Communications, 9.
  • Wood WHJ, MacGregor-Chatwin C, Barnett S, Mayneord G, Huang X, Hobbs J, Hunter CN & Johnson M (2018) . Nature Plants, 4, 116-127.
  • Lee AJ, Endo M, Hobbs JK & Wälti C (2017) . ACS Nano, 12(1), 272-278.
  • Lee AJ, Sharma R, Hobbs JK & Wälti C (2017) . Nucleic Acids Research, 45(20), 11743-11751.
  • Carter R, Woolfenden H, Baillie A, Amsbury S, Carroll S, Healicon E, Sovatzoglou S, Braybrook S, Gray JE, Hobbs J , Morris RJ et al (2017) . Current Biology, 27(19), 2974-2983.
  • El Zubir O, Xia S, Ducker RE, Wang L, Mullin N, Cartron ML, Cadby AJ, Hobbs JK, Hunter CN & Leggett GJ (2017) . Langmuir.
  • Hunt L, Amsbury S, Baillie A, Movahedi M, Mitchell AM, Afsharinafar M, Swarup R, Denyer T, Hobbs J, Swarup K , Fleming AJ et al (2017) . Plant Physiology, 174(2), 689-699.
  • Johnson A, Madsen J, Chapman P, Alswieleh A, Al-Jaf O, Bao P, Hurley CR, Cartron ML, Evans SD, Hobbs JK , Hunter CN et al (2017) . Chemical Science, 8, 4517-4526.
  • Alharbe LG, Register RA & Hobbs JK (2017) . Macromolecules, 50(3), 987-996.
  • Kumar S, Cartron ML, Mullin N, Qian P, Leggett GJ, Hunter CN & Hobbs JK (2016) . ACS Nano.
  • Turner RD, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2016) . Methods in Molecular Biology, 1440, 3-9.
  • Wheeler R, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Salamaga B, Mesnage S, Mohamad SA, Hayhurst EJ, Horsburgh M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2015) . MBio, 6(4).
  • Savage RC, Mullin N & Hobbs JK (2015) . Macromolecules, 48(17), 6160-6165.
  • Kasprzewska A, Carter R, Swarup R, Bennett M, Monk N, Hobbs JK & Fleming A (2015) . The Plant Journal, 83(4), 705-718.
  • Lee AJ, Szymonik M, Hobbs JK & Wälti C (2015) . Nano Research, 8(6), 1811-1821.
  • Chapman P, Ducker RE, Hurley CR, Hobbs JK & Leggett GJ (2015) . Langmuir.
  • Bailey RG, Turner RD, Mullin N, Clarke N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2014) . Biophysical Journal, 107(11), 2538-2545.
  • Mullin N & Hobbs JK (2014) . Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11).
  • Korolkov VV, Mullin N, Allen S, Roberts CJ, Hobbs JK & Tendler SJB (2013) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(33), 14128-14129.
  • Turner RD, Hurd AF, Cadby A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2013) . Nat Commun, 4, 1496.
  • Korolkov VV, Mullin N, Allen S, Roberts CJ, Hobbs JK & Tendler SJB (2012) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(45), 15909-15916.
  • ul-Haq E, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Ahmad SAA, Wong LS, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ, Micklefield J, Roberts CJ & Weaver JMR (2011) . JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 26(24), 2997-3008.
  • Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) . Molecular Microbiology, 82(5), 1096-1109.
  • Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) . Mol Microbiol, 82(5), 1096-1109.
  • Mullin N & Hobbs JK (2011) . Physical Review Letters, 107(19).
  • Kailas L, Terry C, Abbott N, Taylor R, Mullin N, Tzokov SB, Todd SJ, Wallace BA, Hobbs JK, Moir A & Bullough PA (2011) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(38), 16014-16019.
  • Liu Z, Ul-Haq E, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ, Zhang Y, Weaver JMR & Roberts CJ (2011) . Microelectronic Engineering, 88(8), 2109-2112.
  • Liu Z, ul-Haq E, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ, Zhang Y, Weaver JMR & Roberts CJ (2011) Parallel scanning near-field photolithography in liquid: The Snomipede. Microelectronic Engineering.
  • Battaglia G, LoPresti C, Massignani M, Warren NJ, Madsen J, Forster S, Vasilev C, Hobbs JK, Armes SP, Chirasatitsin S & Engler AJ (2011) . Small, 7(14), 2010-2015.
  • Humphris ADL, Zhao B, Catto D, Howard-Knight JP, Kohli P & Hobbs JK (2011) . Rev Sci Instrum, 82(4), 043710.
  • Howard-Knight JP & Hobbs JK (2011) . J APPL PHYS, 109(7).
  • Zeng X, Kieffer R, Glettner B, Nürnberger C, Liu F, Pelz K, Prehm M, Baumeister U, Hahn H, Lang H , Gehring GA et al (2011) . Science, 331(6022), 1302-1306.
  • Ahmad SAA, Wong LS, ul-Haq E, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ & Micklefield J (2011) . J Am Chem Soc, 133(8), 2749-2759.
  • Weber CHM, Liu F, Zeng XB, Ungar G, Mullin N, Hobbs JK, Jahr M & Lehmann M (2010) . SOFT MATTER, 6(21), 5390-5396.
  • ul Haq E, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Ahmad SAA, Wong L-S, Armes SP, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ, Micklefield J, Roberts CJ & Weaver JMR (2010) . Nano Lett, 10(11), 4375-4380.
  • Austin D, Mullin N, Bismuto A, Luxmoore I, Adawi AM, Revin DG, Soulby M, Cockburn JW, Jiang Q, Krysa AB , Cullis AG et al (2010) . IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 22(16), 1217-1219.
  • Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) . Nature Communications, 1(3).
  • Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) . Nat Commun, 1, 26.
  • Austin D, Mullin N, Luxmoore I, Sandall IC, Cullis AG, Bismuto A, Faist J, Hobbs JK & Wilson LR (2010) . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(15).
  • Lord TD, Hobbs JK, Terry AE, Kvick A & Hanna S (2010) . MACROMOLECULES, 43(7), 3365-3375.
  • Ma Y, Qi B, Ren YJ, Ungar G, Hobbs JK & Hu WB (2009) . J PHYS CHEM B, 113(41), 13485-13490.
  • Zhao B, Howard-Knight JP, Humphris ADL, Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) . Rev Sci Instrum, 80(9), 093707.
  • Hobbs JK, Farrance OE & Kailas L (2009) . POLYMER, 50(18), 4281-4292.
  • Farrance OE, Jones RAL & Hobbs JK (2009) . POLYMER, 50(15), 3730-3738.
  • Hobbs JK, Mullin N, Weber CHM, Farrance OE & Vasilev C (2009) 'Watching' processes in soft matter with SPM. MATER TODAY, 12(7-8), 26-33.
  • Mullin N, Vasilev C, Tucker JD, Hunter CN, Weber CHM & Hobbs JK (2009) . APPL PHYS LETT, 94(17).
  • Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Hayhurst EJ, Walker MG, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) . Ultramicroscopy, 109(7), 775-780.
  • Ahmad SAA, Wong LS, ul-Haq E, Hobbs JK, Leggett GJ & Micklefield J (2009) . J Am Chem Soc, 131(4), 1513-1522.
  • Hayhurst EJ, Kailas L, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2008) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(38), 14603-14608.
  • Howard-Knight JP & Hobbs JK (2008) . APPL PHYS LETT, 93(10).
  • Ma Y, Hu W, Hobbs J & Reiter G (2008) . Soft Matter, 4(3), 540-540.
  • Mullin N & Hobbs J (2008) . Applied Physics Letters, 92(5).
  • Kailas L, Vasilev C, Audinot JN, Migeon HN & Hobbs JK (2007) . MACROMOLECULES, 40(20), 7223-7230.
  • Farrance OE, Hobbs JK & Jones RAL (2007) Surface effects on PHB crystallization. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 234.
  • Kailas L, Vasilev C & Hobbs JK (2007) Investigating homogeneous nucleation and phase transformations in iPP nanodroplets using temperature controlled AFM. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 234.
  • Hobbs JK (2007) . Lecture Notes in Physics, 714, 373-389.
  • Hobbs JK (2006) . POLYMER, 47(15), 5566-5573.
  • (2006) . The Analyst, 131(2), 179-179.
  • Hobbs JK & Register RA (2006) . MACROMOLECULES, 39(2), 703-710.
  • Hobbs JK, Vasilev C & Humphris ADL (2006) . Analyst, 131(2), 251-256.
  • Hobbs JK, Vasilev C & Humphris ADL (2005) . POLYMER, 46(23), 10226-10236.
  • Humphris ADL, Miles MJ & Hobbs JK (2005) . Applied Physics Letters, 86(3), 1-3.
  • Sanz N, Hobbs JK & Miles MJ (2004) In situ annealing and thickening of single crystals of C(294)H(590)observed by atomic force microscopy. LANGMUIR, 20(14), 5989-5997.
  • Organ SJ, Hobbs JK & Miles MJ (2004) . MACROMOLECULES, 37(12), 4562-4572.
  • Zeng X, Ungar G, Liu Y, Percec V, Dulcey AE & Hobbs JK (2004) . Nature, 428(6979), 157-160.
  • Organ SJ, Li J, Terry AE, Hobbs JK & Barham P (2004) . POLYMER, 45(26), 8925-8936.
  • Li J, Organ SJ, Terry AE, Hobbs JK & Barham PJ (2004) . POLYMER, 45(26), 8937-8947.
  • Li J, Organ SJ, Hobbs JK, Terry AE, Barham PJ & Seebach D (2004) . POLYMER, 45(26), 8913-8923.
  • Janganan TK, Mullin N, Tzokov SB, Stringer S, Fagan RP, Hobbs JK, Moir A & Bullough PA () . Food Microbiology, 59, 205-212.

Conference proceedings

  • Hobbs JK, Burns JM, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Tank RK, Mullin N & Foster SJ (2017) . EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S100-S100)
  • Kumar S, Mullin N, Cartron ML, Leggett GJ, Foster SJ, Hunter CN & Hobbs JK (2017) High-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) imaging of native biological membrane systems. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S368-S368)
  • Jenkins NC, Albon JG, Hobbs JK & Brown NJ (2017) Effects of temperature and substrate on breast cancer cell lines. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S400-S400)
  • Burns JM, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Turner RD, Mullin N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) High resolution atomic force microscopy of living S. aureus bacterial cell wall. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S291-S291)
  • Lemonche LP, Kumar S, Turner RD, Burns JM, Mullin N, Tank RK, Owen DS, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) Death or alive? Correlating the cell wall structure of sacculi and living bacteria using AFM. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S295-S295)
  • Savage RC & Hobbs JK (2016) . Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 22(S3) (pp 1858-1859). Cambridge, 24 July 2016 - 24 July 2016.
  • Hu WB, Cai T, Ma Y, Hobbs JK, Farrance O & Reiter G (2009) . FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, Vol. 143 (pp 129-141)
  • Hobbs JK, Humphris ADL & Miles MJ (2005) Following processes in synthetic polymers with scanning probe microscopy. APPLICATIONS OF SCANNED PROBE MICROSCOPY TO POLYMERS, Vol. 897 (pp 194-206)
  • Lord TD, Hanna S, Kvick Ã…, Hobbs JK, Terry AE & Wright J (2005) . Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, Vol. 61(a1) (pp c391-c391)
  • Hobbs JK, Winkel AK, McMaster TJ, Humphris ADL, Baker AA, Blakely S, Aissaoui M & Miles MJ (2001) Some recent developments in SPM of crystalline polymers. Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 167(1) (pp 1-14)

Datasets

  • Lemonche LP, Burns J, Turner R, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson J, Chakrabarti B, Bullough P, Foster S & Hobbs J (2020) .
  • Panchal V, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton J, Carnell O, Hornby D, Green J, Hobbs J, Kelley W , Zenkin N et al .

Preprints

  • Verma V, Brudenell EL, Cussons S, Phipps J, Kong SC, Sayers JR & Hobbs JK (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Salgueiro V, Bertol J, Gutierrez C, Serrano-Mestre JL, Ferrer-Luzon N, Vázquez-Iniesta L, Palacios A, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Espaillat A, Lerma L , Weinrick B et al (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Janganan TK, Mullin N, Dafis-Sagarmendi A, Brunt J, Tzokov SB, Stringer S, Moir A, Chaudhuri R, Fagan RP, Hobbs JK & Bullough PA (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Research group
Teaching activities
  • PHY6510 The Theory and Practical Application of Imaging
Professional activities and memberships
  • Advisory Board member for Physics of Life Network III and for the Rosetrees Physics of Medicine Network
  • Member of the RMS Scanning Probe Microscopy Committee

Departmental administration

  • Director of Research (-present)