Food Research Staff
| Name: | Dr Declan J. Bolton |  |
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| Contact Details: | Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown,
Dublin 15 +353 (0)1 8059539 declan.bolton@teagasc.ie |
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| Research Interests: | Food safety microbiology, epidemiology, virulence, risk assessment, risk management/HACCP, antibiotic resistance, molecular characterisation, survival and control of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC including E. coli O157), Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Yersinia enterocolitica in a range of foods/environments, farm to fork. | |
| Selected Publications: | View selected publications | |
| Equipment / Technologies: | The full range of microbiological cultural/detection techniques, PFGE, MLST, flaA-SVR typing, PCR, RT-PCR, bioinformatics, while developing a microarray capability. | |
| Current Role / Title: | Principal Research Officer | |
| Education: | A first class honours B.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. (Microbiology) from University College Dublin as well as a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (NCEA). | |