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Dr Mark Mooney

School of Biological Sciences
Mark Mooney

Dr Mark Mooney

School of Biological Sciences

Research interests reside in applying innovative effect-based bioanalysis techniques including proteomic and metabolomic profiling tools to issues relating to food safety with a particular emphasis on identifying chemical and biological agent exposure in the feed/food/animal supply chain. On-going research projects within the Institute for Global Food Security focus on development of techniques for emerging chemical contaminant monitoring and detection in the food supply chain and food-producing animals, and the development of new technologies to enhance the efficacy of disease diagnosis and screening in animal production systems.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 6537

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Development of techniques for more effective detection and monitoring of emerging chemical threats and endemic diseases affecting food safety and sustainable food production.

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Research students

PhD Title Development of stable synthetic vaccines for mucosal-based protection of food producing animals
   
PhD Title   Development of sensor-based diagnostics for animal health applications
   
PhD Title  Targeted quantitative analysis of metabolites of emerging anabolic drugs of abuse by advanced mass spectrometry techniques
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Metabolomic approaches to assessing pre-slaughter stress in relation to beef quality
Current Position  Research Officer, Devenish Nutrition Ltd – Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  Proteomic and metabolomic blood profiling to detect illegal drug use in food producing animals
Current Position  Higher Scientific Officer, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) – Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Biomarker screening tools to improve the control and prevention of endemic Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)
Current Position  Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Food Security – Queen’s University Belfast

 

 


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