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Biography
Prof Ian Connerton is Chair of Food Safety at the University of Nottingham. He was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Warwick in 1985. After post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge in Genetics, he joined the University of Reading in 1987 to teach Microbiology before joining the Institute of Food Research in 1991 first as a Section Leader and then Deputy Head of Food Macromolecular Science. He was appointed as the first Northern Foods Chair of Food Safety in 1998 (now 2 Sisters Chair). Current research includes host pathogen interactions of food borne bacterial (Campylobacter jejuni and enterovirulent E. coli) and viral pathogens, and the influence of bacteriophage on food borne bacterial pathogen populations.
Research Summary
Ian Connerton is the Chair of Food Safety at the University of Nottingham within the Division of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology. He has been involved in molecular biology research for more… read more
Current Research
Ian Connerton is the Chair of Food Safety at the University of Nottingham within the Division of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology. He has been involved in molecular biology research for more than 30 years. His current research interests include:
Food-borne zoonotic pathogens
The influence and therapeutic use of bacteriophage against zoonotic pathogens in the human food chain
The synthesis and delivery pathogen products to host cells and their molecular responses
Studies of host protein interactions
Enzyme technology in partnership with agri-food industries
Making use of the traditional benefits of biological catalysts (chemical specificity, mild reaction conditions and low environmental loads) for food applications
Food Safety research is a multidisciplinary activity requiring several skill-bases and therefore research at Nottingham takes advantage of skills within the Division of Food Sciences and the wider University.