Institute of Agri-Food & Land Use

Lecturer in Biomolecular Binders

Postal Address:
Institute of Agri-Food & Land Use
Queen's University Belfast
David Keir Building
Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5AG

Room:  01.330
Telephone:  +44 (0)28 9097 6535
Fax:  +44 (0)28 9097 6513
Email:  t.fodey@qub.ac.uk

Qualifications

Graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry (GRSC), 1993, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

Profile

Since 1986, Terry has been involved in the research and development of various techniques to analyse food products for the presence of contaminants such as veterinary drugs and marine biotoxins.  This research involved the use of chromatographic and immunochemical based assays such as thin layer chromatography (TLC), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and biosensor immunoassay to produce rapid screening tests designed to detect food contaminating residues in the parts per billion range.  Terry has extensive experience in the production of antibodies to low molecular weight compounds and the chemical conjugation techniques required to prepare immunogenic complexes of these compounds.

Terry became a Graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry (GRSC) in 1993 at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and obtained his PhD from Queens University Belfast for his thesis in novel approaches for the production of a range of specific antibodies to food contaminants in 2008.

He is currently the leader of a substrand of the ASSET programme in the Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use where he is investigating the use of biosensor technology as a tool to assure the safety and quality of products of the food industry.

Publications

Thompson, C.S., Traynor, I.M., Fodey, T.L., Crooks, S.R.H. (2009). Improved screening method for the detection of a range of nitroimidazoles in various matrices by optical biosensor.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 637: 259-264.

Fodey, T.L., Greer, N.M., Crooks, S.R.H. (2009). Antibody production: Low dose immunogen vs. low incorporation hapten using salmeterol as a model.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 637: 328-332.

Preston, A., Fodey, T.L., Douglas, A., Elliott, C. (2009). Monoclonal antibody development for acrylamide-adducted human heamoglobin: a biomarker of dietry acrylamide exposure.  Journal of Immunological Methods, 341: 19-29.

Thompson, C.S., Haughey, S.A., Traynor, I.M., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C.T., Antignac, J.P., Le Bizec, B., Crooks, S.R.H. (2008). Effective monitoring for ractopamine residues in samples of animal origin by SPR biosensor and mass spectrometry.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 608: 217-225.

Preston, A., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C. (2008). Development of a high-throughput enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the routine detection of the carcinogen acrylamide in food, via rapid derivatisation pre-analysis.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 608: 178-185.

Fodey, T.L., Delahaut, P., Charlier, C., Elliott, C. (2008). Comparison of three adjuvants used to produce polyclonal antibodies to veterinary drugs.  Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 122: 25-34.

Wilson, S., Fodey, T.L., Traynor, I., Elliott, C.T. (2007). Development and validation of an optical SPR biosensor assay for tiamulin in grass and groundwater.  Food and Agricultural Immunology, 18: 213-220.

Llamas, N.M., Stewart, L., Fodey, T.L., Higgins, H.C., Velasco, M.L.R., Botana, L.M. Elliott, C.T. (2007). Development of a novel immunobiosensor method for the rapid detection of okadaic acid contamination in shellfish extracts.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 389(2): 581-587.

Campbell, K., Stewart, L.D., Doucette, G.J., Fodey, T.L., Haughey, S.A., Vilarino, N., Kawatsu, K., Elliott, C.T. (2007). Assessment of specific binding proteins suitable for the detection of paralytic shellfish poisons using optical biosensor technology.  Analytical Chemistry, 79: 5906-5914.

Fodey, T.L., Delahaut, P., Elliott, C.T. (2007). Use of antigen mimics to produce specific antibodies to anti-coccidial drugs.  Journal of Immunological Methods, 323(1): 31-38.

Fodey, T.L., Murilla, G., Cannavan, A., Elliott, C. (2007). Characterisation of antibodies to chloramphenicol, produced in different species by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and biosensor technologies.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 592(1): 51-57.

Campbell, K., Fodey, T.L., Flint, J., Danks, C., Danaher, M., O'Keeffe, M., Kennedy, D.G., Elliott, C. (2007). Development and validation of a lateral flow device for the detection of nicarbazin contamination in poultry feeds.   Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55(6): 2497-2503.

Wesongah, J.O., Murilla, G.A., Guantai, A.N., Elliott, C., Fodey, T.L., Cannavan, A. (2007). A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of chloramphenicol.  Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 30(1) 68-73.

Traynor, I.M., Plumpton, L., Fodey, T.L., Higgins, C., Elliott, C.T. (2006). Immunobiosensor detection of domoic acid as a screening test in bivalve molluscs: Comparison with liquid chromatography-based analysis.  Journal of AOAC International, 89(3): 868-872.

Shelver, W.L., Keum, Y-S., Li, Q-X., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C.T. (2005). Development of an immunobiosensor assay for the beta-adrenergic compound zilpaterol.  Food and Agricultural Immunology, 16(3): 199-211.

Mortier, L., Huet, A.C., Daeseleire, E., Huyghebaert, G., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C., Delahaut, P., Van Peteghem, C. (2005). Deposition and depletion of five anticoccidials in eggs.  Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 53(18): 7142-7149.

Huet, A.C., Mortier, L., Daeseleire, E., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C., Delahaut, P. (2005). Development of an ELISA screening test for nitroimidazoles in egg and chicken, muscle.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 534(1): 157-162.

Huet, A.C., Mortier, L., Daeseleire, E., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C., Delahaut, P. (2005). Screening for the coccidiostats halofuginone and nicarbazin in egg and chicken muscle: development of an ELISA.  Food Additives and Contaminants, 22(2): 128-134.

Cooper, J., Delahaut, P., Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C.T. (2004). Development of a rapid screening test for veterinary sedatives and the beta-blocker carazolol in porcine kidney by ELISA.  Analyst, 129(2): 169-174.

Connolly, L., Fodey, T.L., Crooks, S.R.H., Elliott, C.T. (2003). The production and characterisation of an antibody to detect the coccidiostat toltrazuril and its metabolite Ponazuril.  Analyst, 128: 459-461.

Fodey, T.L., Connolly, L., Crooks, S.R.H., Delahaut, P., Elliott, C.T. (2003). The production and characterisation of polyclonal antibodies to a range of nitroimidazoles.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 483: 193-200.

McCarney, B., Traynor, I.M., Fodey, T.L., Crooks, S.R.H., Elliott, C.T. (2003). Surface plasmon resonance biosensor screening of poultry liver and eggs for nicarbazin residues.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 483: 165-169.

Connolly, L., Fodey, T.L., Crooks, S.R.H., Delahaut, P., Elliott, C.T. (2002). The production and characterisation of dinitrocarbanilide antibodies raised using antigen mimics.  Journal of Immunological Methods, 264(1-2): 45-51.

Crooks, S.R.H., Fodey, T.L., Gilmore, G.R., Elliott, C.T. (1998). Rapid screening for monensin residues in poultry plasma by a dry reagent dissociation enhanced lanthanide fluoroimmunoassay.  Analyst, 123(12): 2493-2496.

Fodey, T.L., Crooks, S.R.H., Elliott, C.T., McCaughey, W.J. (1997). Comparison of porcine urine and bile as matrices to screen for the residues of two sulfonamides using a semi-automated immunoassay.  Analyst, 122(2): 165-168.

Fodey, T.L., Elliott, C.T., Crooks, S.R.H., McCaughey, W.J. (1996). The appraisal of an automated multi-immunoaffinity chromatography system to detect anabolic agents in bile and urine.  Food and Agricultural Immunology, 8(3): 157-167.