A5026555850- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Microbial Metabolism and Applications
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Leech Biology and Applications
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Respiratory viral infections research
- History of Medicine Studies
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Science Foundation Ireland
2022-2025
Dublin City University
2020-2025
Temple College
2021
Bellevue Hospital Center
2000-2002
Swansea University
1981-1989
The detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted by pathogenic bacteria has been proposed as a potential non-invasive approach for characterising various infectious diseases well wound infections. Studying microbial VOC profiles in vitro allows the mechanisms governing production and cellular origin VOCs to be deduced. However, inter-study comparisons data remains challenge due variation instrumental growth parameters across studies. In this work, multiple strains commensal...
Microbial volatilomics is a rapidly growing field of study and has shown great potential for applications in food, farming, clinical sectors the future. Due to varying experimental methods growth conditions employed microbial volatilomic studies as well strain-dependent differences, there limited knowledge regarding stability volatilomes. Consequently, cross-study comparisons validation results data can be challenging. In this study, we investigated volatilomes multiple strains...
Skin volatile emissions offer a noninvasive insight into metabolic activity within the body as well skin microbiome and specific compounds have been shown to correlate with age, albeit only in few small studies. Building on this, here volatiles were collected analyzed healthy participant study (
Abstract Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from human skin are of great interest in general research fields including disease diagnostics and comprise various compound classes acids, alcohols, ketones aldehydes. The objective this is to investigate the volatile fatty acid (VFA) emission as recovered healthy participant VOC samples characterise its association with surface acidity. sampling was performed via headspace-solid phase microextraction analysis gas chromatography-mass...
Six foods representing a variety of food products were analyzed by the Visual Immunoprecipitate Assay (VIP) and either Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) or U.S. Department Agriculture culture methods for detection Listeria monocytogenes related spp. Samples each type at inoculation level simultaneously both methods. A total 23 laboratories federal agencies private industry in United States Canada participated this collaborative study. Foods inoculated with species including L....
Candida parapsiliosis is a prevalent neonatal pathogen that attains its virulence through strain-specific ability to form biofilms. The use of volatilomics, the profiling volatile metabolites from microbes non-invasive, simple way identify and classify microbes; it has shown great potential for identification. Although C. one most common clinical fungal pathogens, volatilome never been characterised. In this study, planktonic volatilomes ten strains parapsilosis were analysed, along with...
Abstract Six foods representative of a wide variety processed, dried powder and raw food types were analyzed by the Visual Immunoprecipitate Assay (VIP®) for Salmonella AOAC INTERNATIONAL culture method. Paired samples each type simultaneously analyzed; one sample VIP method A total 24 laboratories representing federal government agencies private industry, in United States Canada, participated this collaborative study. Food inoculated with species exception ground chicken, which was...
Six foods representative of a wide variety processed, dried powder and raw food types were analyzed by the Assurance Gold Salmonella Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) AOAC INTERNATIONAL culture method. Paired samples each type simultaneously analyzed; one sample method The results for read visually instrumentally with microplate reader. A total 24 laboratories representing federal government agencies private industry, in United States Canada, participated this collaborative study. Food inoculated...
Abstract Test portions from 3 environmental surface types, representative of typical surfaces found in a food production facility, were analyzed by the Assurance®Listeria Polyclonal Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) and U.S. Department Agriculture/Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) culture method for Listeria monocytogenes related species. In all cases, naturally contaminated test samples collected an actual facility sponge or swab. concrete both swab sponge; rubber surfaces, swabs used to...
Abstract Test portions from 3 environmental surface types, representative of typical surfaces found in a food production facility, were analyzed by the Visual Immunoprecipitate assay (VIP®) and U.S. Department Agriculture/Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) culture method for Listeria monocytogenes related species. In all cases, naturally contaminated test samples collected an actual facility sponge or swab. concrete both swab sponge; rubber surfaces, swabs used to sample steel...
Abstract The coelomocyte reactions of the polychaeta Arenicola marina L. in reponse to experimental infection and fate injected bacteria have been investigated utilizing unlabelled radiolabelled bacteria. In A. , 60–75% inoculum is cleared from coelomic fluid within first 10 min this increases over 95% by 3 h postinjection. These changes appear be correlated with a reduction freely circulating coelomocytes appearance cellular aggregates. clumps serve contain many are eventually incorporated...
The use of Daptomycin in the treatment bacteraemia, bone & soft tissue infections a tertiary paediatric centre, case series • Retrospective data review children and adolescents OLCHC whom daptomycin was initiated by ID service from November 2016 to December 2017 (inc.)• Patients were identified through departmental records success defined as completion intended course resulting stop or transition oral therapy Methods Course Daptomycin, well tolerated, is potentially very useful agent...
<h3>Background</h3> Bacterial meningitis (BM) is rarer in developed countries due to effective immunisation strategies. Distinguishing viral from BM also challenging. Culture of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) the current gold standard for diagnosis, but delays reporting results remain a problem. The BioFire Film-Array Meningitis/Encephalitis panel, laboratory based multiple analyser which offers rapid, simultaneous PCR-based detection 14 pathogens responsible CNS infections. panel includes 6...