Women in BioCop - Biographies
Organisation: Central Science Laboratory
Country: UK
BSc (Hons), Food Science – University of Strathclyde (1990)
Ms MacDonald is an experienced mycotoxin analyst and project leader (16 years +), and a member of CEN TC 275/WG5 Biotoxins.
Ms MacDonald has over 25 publications in mycotoxins and natural products, mostly related to developing or validating analytical methods, and has been involved in many European funded RTD projects, participating as a main partner in SMT CT-98-2228 (Production of ZON Reference Material) and G6RD-CT-2002-00853 (DONCALIBRANT).She has carried out training as an invited expert on behalf of the IAEA, and co-ordinated and delivered 3 training courses in mycotoxins for EU DGTrade to representatives from developing countries.
Deputy work package Leader WP10 (Mycotoxins); provide advice on development of extraction protocols; participation in test material characterisation and participation in validation studies for developed tests.
Areas of interest:
Mycotoxins, natural toxins
Languages:
Limited French.
Publications:
1. SHARMAN, M., MACDONALD, S. and GILBERT, J., 1992, Automated liquid chromatographic determination of ochratoxin A in cereals and animal products using immunoaffinity column clean-up. Journal of Chromatography, 603, 285-289.
2. SHARMAN, M., MACDONALD, S., SHARKEY, A.J., and GILBERT, J., 1994, Sampling bulk consignments of dried figs for aflatoxin analysis. Food Additives and Contaminants, 11, 17-23.
3. MACDONALD, S., and CASTLE, L., 1996, A UK retail survey of aflatoxins in herbs and spices and their fate during cooking. Food Additives and Contaminants, 13, 121-128.
4. SCUDAMORE, K.A. and MACDONALD, S. J., 1998, A collaborative study of an HPLC method for determination of ochratoxin A in wheat using immunoaffinity column clean-up. Food Additives and Contaminants, 15, 401-410.
5. MACDONALD, S., WILSON, P., BARNES, K., DAMANT, A., MORTBY, E., and SHEPHERD, M. J. S., 1999, Ochratoxin A in dried vine fruit : method development and survey. Food Additives and Contaminants, 16, 253-260.
6. MacDonald, S., Long, M., Gilbert, J., and Felgueiras, I. (2000). Liquid Chromatographic Method for Determination of Patulin in Clear and Cloudy Apple Juices and Apple Puree: Collaborative Study. Journal of AOAC International, 83, 1387-1394.
7. MACDONALD, S.J., LANGTON, S., and BRERETON, P. (2000). Assessment of human exposure to ochratoxin A in the UK – relationship between dietary intake and plasma and urine levels. In Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins in Perspective at the Turn of the Millenium, Proceedings of the Xth International IUPAC symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins – 21-25 May 2000, Guaruja (Brazil), pp181-188.
8. GILBERT, J., BRERETON, P. and MACDONALD, S.J. (2001). Assessment of dietary exposure to ochratoxin A in the UK using a duplicate diet approach and analysis of urine and plasma samples. Food Additives and Contaminants, 18, 1088-1093.
9. STOEV, S.D., PASKALEV, M., MACDONALD, S., and MANTLE, P.G. (2002). Experimental one year ochratoxin A toxicosis in pigs. Exp Toxic Pathol, 53, 481-487.
10. JOSEPHS, R.D., KRSKA, R., MACDONALD, S., WILSON, P., and PETTERSSON, H. (2003) Preparation of a calibrant as certified reference material for determination of the Fusarium mycotoxin zearalenone. Journal of AOAC International, 86, 50-60.
11. MacDonald, S., Prickett, T.J., Wildey, K.B. and Chan, D., 2004, Survey of ochratoxin A and deoxynivalenol in stored grains from the 1999 harvest in the UK. Food Additives and Contaminants, 21, 172-181.
12. Krska, R., Welzig, E., Josephs, R.D., Kandler, W., Pettersson, H., MacDonald, S., Charlton, A., Brereton, P., Hametner, C., Berner, D., and Zollner, P., 2003, Purity Assessment of Crystalline Zearalenone, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. Int, 86, 722-728.
13. MacDonald S.J., Anderson S, Brereton P, Wood R , 2003, Determination of ochratoxin A in currants, raisins, sultanas, mixed dried fruit, and dried figs by immunoaffinity column cleanup with liquid chromatography: Interlaboratory study, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. Int, 86 (6): 1164-1171
14. Krska, R., Pettersson, H., Josephs, R.D., Lemmens, M., MacDonald, S., and Welzig, E., 2003, Zearalenone in maize: stability testing and matrix characterisation of a certified reference material, Food Additives and Contaminants, 20, 1141-1152.
15. Scudamore, K.A., Banks, J. and MacDonald, S.J., 2003, Fate of ochratoxin A in the processing of whole wheat grains during milling and bread production, Food Additives and Contaminants, 20, 1153-1163.
16. ANDERSON, S. & MACDONALD, S., 2003 Determination of zearalenone in cereal and cereal products: collaborative trial. Aspects of Applied Biology, 68, 155-159.
17. CHAN, D., MACDONALD, S., & BRERETON, P., 2003, Assessment of fumonisins in human diets. Aspects of Applied Biology, 68, 181-186.
18. DRIFFIELD, M., HIRD, S.J., & MACDONALD, S.J., 2003, The occurrence of a range of mycotoxins in animal offal food products by HPLC-MS/MS. Aspects of Applied Biology, 68, 205-209.
19. Driffield, M., Chan, D., Macarthur, R., MacDonald, S., Brereton, P., and Wood, R., 2005 Single laboratory validation of a method for the determination of hydroxymethylfurfural in honey using solid phase extraction cleanup and liquid chromatography, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. Int., 88, 1, 121-127.
20. Ralf Dieter Josephs, Rudolf Krska, Susan MacDonald, Pete Wilson, Hans Pettersson, 2004, Production of a calibrant certified reference material for the determination of the estrogenic mycotoxin zearalenone , J. Anal. Bioanal. Chem.,378, 1182-1189.
21. Rudolf Krska, Ralf D. Josephs, Hans Pettersson, Susan MacDonald, 2004, Preparation and certification of the zearalenone mass concentration of two low level maize reference materials, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem, 87, 892-908
22. Susan J. MacDonald, Danny Chan, and Paul Brereton, Roger Wood, 2005, Determination of Deoxynivalenol in Cereals and Cereal Products by Immunoaffinity Column Cleanup with Liquid Chromatography: Interlaboratory Study, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. Int., 88, (4), 1197-1204.
23. Susan J. MacDonald, Sharron Anderson, and Paul Brereton, Roger Wood, 2005, Determination of Zearalenone in Cereals and Cereal Products by Immunoaffinity Column Cleanup with Liquid Chromatography: Interlaboratory Study, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. Int., 88, (6), 1733-1740.
24. Roy MacArthur, Susan MacDonald, Paul Brereton and Alistair Murray, 2006, Statistical Modelling as an aid to the design of retail sampling plans for mycotoxins in food, Food Additives and Contaminants, 23 (1): 84-92.
B. Lawson, S. MacDonald, T. Howard, S.K. Macgregor and A.A. Cunningham, Exposure of garden birds to aflatoxins in Britain, 2006, Science of the Total Environment, 361, 124-131.
25. A. Gresham, S. Done, C. Livesey, S. MacDonald, D. Chan, C. Clark and P. Kemp, (2006), Survey of pigs' kidneys with lesions consistent with PMWS and PDNS and ochratoxicosis. Part 1: concentrations and prevalence of ochratoxin A, The Veterinary Record, 159:737-742
26. A. Gresham, S. Done, C. Livesey, S. MacDonald, D. Chan, R. Sayers, C. Clark and P. Kemp, (2006), Survey of pigs' kidneys with lesions consistent with PMWS and PDNS and ochratoxicosis. Part 2: pathological and histological findings, The Veterinary Record, 159:761-768
27. Krska, R., Welzig, E., Drs, E., Josephs, R.D., Schothorst, R.C., vanEgmond, H.P, Pettersson, H., Chan, D. and MacDonald, S., 2006, Feasibility Study for the production of Certified Calibrants for the Determination of Deoxynivalenol and Other b-Trichothecenes: Intercomparison Study, Journal of AOAC International, 89, 1573-1580.