Top Skip to main content
Skip to Content
LOGO(small) - Queen's University Belfast
  • Our facebook
  • Our x-twitter
  • Our linkedin
  • Our youtube
LOGO(large) - Queen's University Belfast

School of

Biological Sciences

  • Home
  • Study
    • Undergraduate Courses
    • Postgraduate Taught Courses
    • Fieldwork Opportunities
    • Scholarships and Awards
    • Course Accreditations
  • Research
    • Postgraduate Research
    • PhD Opportunities
    • Find a PhD Supervisor
    • Research Impact
    • Research Culture
    • Centre of Excellence for Agri-Food Microbiomes (CEAM)
  • International
    • Partnerships
    • Students
    • Opportunities
  • Employability
    • Business Engagement
    • Employer Testimonials
    • Undergraduate Careers & Placements by Sector
    • Postgraduate Careers & Placements by Sector
    • Student Experiences
    • Alumni Profiles
    • News, Programmes and Events
  • About
    • Facilities
    • Nursing Mothers and Parents’ Room & Quiet Room
    • Athena SWAN
    • Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF)
    • Applying for Honorary and Visiting Titles
  • People
    • Key Contacts
    • School Management Committee
    • Academic Staff
    • Professional Services Staff
    • Technical Staff
    • Research Staff
    • Honorary Staff
  • Staff Profiles
    • Dr Connor Bamford
    • Prof Lisa Connolly
    • Dr Lucia Lombardi
    • Prof Aaron Maule
    • Dr Linda Oyama
    • Prof Paulo Prodöhl
    • Dr Rachel Wheatley
  • News
  • Graduation
  • Events
  • Home
  • Study
    • Undergraduate Courses
    • Postgraduate Taught Courses
    • Fieldwork Opportunities
    • Scholarships and Awards
    • Course Accreditations
  • Research
    • Postgraduate Research
    • PhD Opportunities
    • Find a PhD Supervisor
    • Research Impact
    • Research Culture
    • Centre of Excellence for Agri-Food Microbiomes (CEAM)
  • International
    • Partnerships
    • Students
    • Opportunities
  • Employability
    • Business Engagement
    • Employer Testimonials
    • Undergraduate Careers & Placements by Sector
    • Postgraduate Careers & Placements by Sector
    • Student Experiences
    • Alumni Profiles
    • News, Programmes and Events
  • About
    • Facilities
    • Nursing Mothers and Parents’ Room & Quiet Room
    • Athena SWAN
    • Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF)
    • Applying for Honorary and Visiting Titles
  • People
    • Key Contacts
    • School Management Committee
    • Academic Staff
    • Professional Services Staff
    • Technical Staff
    • Research Staff
    • Honorary Staff
  • Staff Profiles
    • Dr Connor Bamford
    • Prof Lisa Connolly
    • Dr Lucia Lombardi
    • Prof Aaron Maule
    • Dr Linda Oyama
    • Prof Paulo Prodöhl
    • Dr Rachel Wheatley
  • News
  • Graduation
  • Events
  • Our facebook
  • Our x-twitter
  • Our linkedin
  • Our youtube
In This Section

  • Home
  • School of Biological Sciences
  • People
  • Academic Staff
  • Dr Linda Stewart

Dr Linda Stewart

RESEARCH FOCUS

Dr Linda Stewart research focuses on the following;

(i) Development of rapid diagnostics for the detection of bacterial pathogens.Involves:biomarker discovery; binder generation, including polyclonal, monoclonal and recombinant antibodies, and peptide binders; binder characterisation and epitope mapping. Bacterial targets include Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli Bacteroides fragilis. Detection platforms include lateral flow, biosensors, latex agglutination, ELISA, microfluidics, raman spectroscopy

(ii) The microbiome: specifically, Bacteroides fragilis and its role in health and disease.

(iii) Antimicrobial resistance and the discovery of novel antimicrobials

Find out more

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Open to PhD applications from those with at least a 2.1 degree (or equivalent) in the biological/veterinary/medical sciences and interested in infectious disease, parasitology, functional genomics and the exploitation and development of new ‘omics’ technologies for drug discovery/disease control.   

Make a PhD Enquiry

 Dr Linda Stewart

School of Biological Sciences 

Dr Linda Stewart Image‌

‌

Research Students

Phd Title: Development and evaluation a paper-based microfluidic device to detect and differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis


Name: Brendan Gilbride 

Phd Title: Evaluation of natural products as alternative antimicrobial agents


Name: Quan Wang

Phd Title: Development of a Raman Spectrometric based Rapid Diagnostic Assay for the detection and differentiation of Tuberculosis


Name: Matthew Ellis 

Phd Title: Production of phage display derived peptide binders specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms


Name: Bhavya Mudgal 

Alumni: where are they now?

Dr Lorna O’Brien 


Novel Detection Methods for Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis: development, optimisation and field validation. Currently working as a post-doctoral researcher with the School of Veterinary Medicine in University College Dublin on a project entitled ' Investigation of respiratory disease on Irish pig farms, associated risk factors, and the relationship with performance, welfare and antimicrobial use'

Jessica Fletcher


Immunological methods for the Identification and Detection of Mycobacterium bovis Infection. Currently a PhD student in Dublin Dental University Hospital (TCD), under the supervision of Dr Derek Sullivan and Dr Gary Moran on a project using CRISPR to knock out genes in Candida albicans.

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Ground-breaking Link Between Autoimmune Diseases, Gut Bacterium Discovered
  • Protein Produced by Common Gut Bacteria Can Trigger Autoimmunity, Study Suggests
  • Arthritis & Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough: Are bacteria confusing your body and causing your immune system to attack its own cells by mistake?

 

DISCOVER MORE 

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

School of Biological Sciences

graduate school interior
Postgraduate Experience
The Graduate School

Our dedicated hub for postgraduate students, providing state-of-the-art facilities for study, and high-quality training and development programmes within a diverse interdisciplinary community.

The gateway to your postgraduate experience
Research at Queen's
Postgraduate research
Start your application
Apply now
QUB Logo
Contact Us

School of Biological Sciences

Queen's University Belfast
School of Biological Sciences
19 Chlorine Gardens
Belfast BT9 5DL
Northern Ireland

GET DIRECTIONS

  • Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5787
  • Email: sbsigfsoffice@qub.ac.uk 

Quick Links

  • Home
  • Study
  • Research
  • People
© Queen's University Belfast 2025
Privacy and cookies
Website accessibility
Freedom of information
Modern slavery statement
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
University Policies and Procedures
Manage cookies