Women in BioCop - Biographies

Qualifications, previous experience and role within the BioCop project:

* BSc. (Hons) Pharmacology – University of Dundee (1997)

Mrs. Stead is an experienced analyst working within the Food Science Group at CSL.  She has been actively involved in a number of EU and UK Defra funded R&D projects relating to the development of methods for the detection of pesticides and veterinary drug residues in food.

Mrs Stead has specialised in the area of bioanalytical / immunodiagnostic method development since 1997 and previously worked as an expert trainer for the IAEA.

Responsible for project management and delivery of CSL’s work in Work Package 6 (Pesticides)

Areas of Interest:

Bioanalytical science.

Awards, Membership of Professional Societies:

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Publications:

1. Ferguson JP, Baxter GA, McEvoy JDG, Stead S; Rawlings E; Sharman M; (2002) “Detection of streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin residues in milk, honey and meat samples using an optical biosensor” The Analyst 127(7), 951-956.

2. Stead S, Sharman M, Tarbin JA, Gibson E, Richmond S, Stark J,  Geijp E (2004) “Meeting maximum residue limits: an improved screening technique for the rapid detection of antimicrobial residues in animal food products” Food Additives and Contaminants 21(3),216-221. 

3. S.L.Stead, S. F. Richmond, Matthew Sharman, Jacques Stark, Edith Geijp, (2005)  "A New Approach for Detection of Anti-microbial drugs in Food, Premi®Test Coupled to Scanner Technology" Analytica Chimica Acta  (529) 83-88

4. H.Ashwin, S.L.Stead, V.Homer, J.Taylor, S.Richmond, M.Sharman, T.Bigwood, (2005) “Development and validation of screening and confirmatory methodology using SPR biosensor and LC-MS/MS for the detection of chloramphenicol in foods of animal origin” Analytica Chimica Acta (529) 103-108

5. Ferguson J, Baxter A, Young P, Kennedy G, Elliott C, Weigel S, Gatermann R, Ashwind H, Stead S, Sharman M,“Detection of chloramphenicol and chloramphenicol glucuronide residues in poultry muscle, honey, prawn and milk using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor and Qflexkit[s1] ® chloramphenicol” Analytica Chimica Acta 529 (1-2): 109-113 JAN 24 2005

6. Marianne Caldow, Sara L. Stead, Joanna Day, Matthew Sharman, Chen Situ, Chris Elliott “Development and Validation of an Optical SPR Biosensor Assay for Tylosin Residues in Honey” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2005 Vol.53 issue 19.

7. S.L.Stead*, M.Caldow, A.Sharma, H.M.Ashwin, M.Sharman, A.de-Rijk and J.Stark “A new method for the rapid identification of tetracycline residues in foods of animal origin - using the Premi®Test in combination with a metal ion chelation assay” Journal of Food Additives and Contaminants IN PRESS March 2007.