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Professor Irene R Grant

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Irene is Professor of Microbiology and Food Safety within the Institute for Global Food Security. Her long time research interest has been Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, its heat resistance, presence in milk and dairy products, and methods for its accurate detection and enumeration in milk and faeces.  She has published extensively on this subject and is recognized as an international authority on this potentially foodborne and zoonotic bacterium.  More recently, her research has expanded to include Mycobacterium bovis, the cause of bovine tuberculosis. Irene manages Containment Level 2 and 3 pathogen laboratories within the Institute, where research on a range of foodborne pathogens – Salmonella spp., Campylobacter, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli - is undertaken.

Her main interest is in developing improved methods to detect the above range of foodborne zoonotic pathogens, principally by generation of novel pathogen-specific binders (antibodies and phage-display derived peptide binders) which are then evaluated for application in magnetic separation, ELISA, lateral flow devices, or other biosensor platforms.

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Open to PhD applications from those having at least a 2.1 BSc degree (or equivalent) in Microbiology, Food Microbiology or Microbial Biochemistry.  Please refer to publications for clarification and inspiration. 

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Name: QiQi He

Phd Title: Assessing the antimicrobial action of traditional Chinese herbs on pathogenic foodborne bacteria in a bid to identify potential alternatives to traditional antibiotics

Alumni: Where are they now? 


Dr Lorna M. O’Brien – Post-doc, University College Dublin/Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Republic of Ireland

Dr Antonio C.G. Foddai – Post-doc, Queen’s University Belfast

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