Institute of Agri-Food & Land Use

Research Assistant

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

Room:  01.303
Telephone:  +44 (0)28 9097 6562
Fax:  +44 (0)28 9097 6513
Email:  j.p.meneely@qub.ac.uk

Profile

Julie obtained her BSc. (Hons) in Applied Biochemical Sciences at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown in 1994.  Since that time she has been employed in both the public and private sectors and has over eleven years of experience in research and development.  From 1996 until 2000 she worked for Queen's University Belfast based at Veterinary Sciences Division as a Research Associate involved in various research projects including a highly successful EC 4th Framework Project (FoodSENSE).  From 2000 to 2006 Julie was Production Manager/Senior Research Scientist at XenoSense supervising the manufacture and quality control of Qflex diagnostics and was also active in steering research and product development projects through to launch.  In 2006 she returned to Queen's University Belfast as Project Manager for a 6th Framework Programme (BioCop).

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals:

McGrath, T., Baxter, A., Ferguson, J., Haughey, S. and Bjurling, P. (2005).  Multisulfonamide screening in porcine muscle using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 529: 123-127

Ferguson, J., Baxter, A., Young, P., Kennedy, G., Elliott, C., Weigel, S., Gatermann, R., Ashwin, H.,Stead, S. and Sharman, M. (2005).  Detection of chloramphenicol and chloramphenicol glucuronide residues in poultry muscle, honey, prawn and milk using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor and Qflex® kit chloramphenicol.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 529: 109-113.

Situ, C., Crooks, S.R.H., Baxter,G.A, Ferguson, J.P., Elliott, C. (2002). On-line detection of sulfamethazine and sulfadiazine in porcine bile using a multi-channel high-throughput SPR biosensor.  Analytica Chimica Acta, 473: 143-149.3.

Ferguson, J.P., Baxter, G.A., McEvoy, J.D.G., Stead, S., Rawlings, E. and Sharman, M. (2002). Detection of Streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin residues in milk, honey and meat samples using an optical biosensor.  Analyst, 127: 951-956.

Posters Presentations:

An assay to detect Salmonella antibodies in porcine sera employing surface plasmon resonance and the Biacore®Q apparatus, AOAC, St Louis, September 2004.

Rapid multisulfonamide detection in porcine muscle using SPR biosensor technology.  EuroResidue V, The Netherlands, May 2004.

Detection of chloramphenicol and chloramphenicol glucuronide residues in poultry muscle, honey, milk and shellfish using surface plasmon resonance.  EuroResidue V, The Netherlands, May 2004.

The Measurement Of Chloramphenicol Residues In Food using an SPR Biosensor.  New Methods in Food Analysis, Prague, November 2003.

Use Of An Optical Biosensor For The Screening Of Chloramphenicol Residues In Chicken, Shellfish, Honey and Milk.  AOAC, Atlanta, September 2003.

Use Of Biacore®Q For The Measurement Of Chloramphenicol Residues In Chicken, Shellfish, Honey and Milk, Agri Food Antibodies, Uppsala, September 2003. 

Quantification of water-soluble vitamins in foods using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor.  IFT, July 2003.

Determination of water soluble vitamins in cereal products by optical biosensor.  AACC, Montreal, October 2002.