Women in BioCop - Biographies

Mrs Julie Meneely (nee Ferguson)

Position: BioCop Project Manager
Organisation: Queen's University, Belfast
Country: Northern Ireland

* BSc (Hons) Applied Biochemical Sciences

Previous experience includes: R&D Analytical Chemist with Galen Pharmaceuticals, Research Associate at Queen’s University Belfast working on the production of reference material for chlortetracycline, development of an immunoassay dipstick for cyclobutanones as a detection tool for irradiated foodstuffs, demonstration on the applicability of optical biosensors to screening analysis of veterinary drug residues in food

Joined Queen’s University spin-off company, Xenosense in October 2000 as a Senior Research Scientist and in 2004 combined this role with Production Management.

Activities in BioCop include the scientific administration of the project.

Areas of interest:        

Publications:

1. Ferguson, J., McEvoy, J.D.G., McCracken, R., McCaughey, W.J. and Kennedy, D.G. (1997). Production of stable incurred CTC containing porcine reference materials.  Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers, 34th Spring Meeting, VSD, Stormont, 12 March 1997. (Abstr.) Irish Veterinary Journal, 50, 363 (1997).

2. McEvoy, J.D.G., Ferguson, J.P., Crooks, S.R.H., Kennedy, D.G., Maghuin-Rogister, G., van Ginkel, L.A., Meyer, H.H.D., Pfaffl, M.W., Farrington, W. and Juhel-Gaugain, M. (1998).  Production of CTC-containing porcine reference materials.  Analyst, 123, 2535-2539.

3. Crooks, S.R.H., Ferguson, J., Baxter, G.A., Fodey, T.L., Brandon, D.L. and Elliott, C.T. (2000) Multiresidue analysis of Benzimidazole Anthelmintics by immunobiosensor.  Proceedings of the Euroresidue IV conference, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 May 2000.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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