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United Kingdom

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PhD in Microbiology - I develop diagnostics, translating science from bench to market

Profile Summary

I have over 10 years experience as a scientist both in academia and industry through commercialising my research in a start-up company. I have expertise in microbiology, diagnostic development, animal and human infections diseases and experimental design and implementation. I have over 20 publications and 2 patents. I believe in having a strong team and network to reach goals.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Microbiology
• ★ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Molecular Biology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation

Work Experience

Research Fellow

Royal Veterinary College

November 2017 - Present

Director of Research and Development

PBD Biotech

January 2016 - Present

Research Fellow

University of Nottingham

October 2015 - November 2017

Research Fellow

University of Nottingham

January 2014 - September 2015

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

Royal Veterinary College

August 2019 - July 2020

PhD (School of Biosciences)

University of Nottingham

October 2010 - July 2014

Certifications

• PhD

  University of Nottingham

  July 2014 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Benjamin M. C. Swift, Nathan Meade, Elsa Sandoval Barron, Malcolm Bennett, Tania Perehenic, Valerie Hughes, Karen Stevenson, Catherine E. D. Rees(2020). The development and use of Actiphage ® to detect viable mycobacteria from bovine tuberculosis and Johne’s disease‐infected animals . Microbial Biotechnology. Wiley

Benjamin M.C. Swift, Malcolm Bennett, Katie Waller, Christine Dodd, Annie Murray, Rachel L. Gomes, Bethan Humphreys, Jon L. Hobman, Michael A. Jones, Sophia E. Whitlock, et al.(2019). Anthropogenic environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife . Science of The Total Environment. 649. p. 12--20. Elsevier {BV}

Ben Swift, Elsa Sandoval Barron, Julian Chantrey, Robert Christley, Richard Gardner, Chris Jewell, Ian McGrath, Andrew Mitchell, Colman O’Cathail, Alison Prosser, et al.(2018). A study of tuberculosis in road traffic-killed badgers on the edge of the British bovine TB epidemic area . Scientific Reports. 8. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Samantha Donnellan, Vicki Stone, Helinor Johnston, Marco Giardiello, Andrew Owen, Steve Rannard, Ghaith Aljayyoussi, Benjamin Swift, Lang Tran, Craig Watkins, et al.(2017). Intracellular delivery of nano-formulated antituberculosis drugs enhances bactericidal activity . Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine. 2. (3). p. 146--156. Wiley-Blackwell

Benjamin M. C. Swift, Jonathan N. Huxley, Karren M. Plain, Douglas J. Begg, Kumudika de Silva, Auriol C. Purdie, Richard J. Whittington, Catherine E. D. Rees(2016). Evaluation of the limitations and methods to improve rapid phage-based detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the blood of experimentally infected cattle . BMC Veterinary Research. 12. (1). Springer Nature

Benjamin M. C. Swift, Thomas W. Convery, Catherine E. D. Rees(2016). Evidence ofMycobacterium tuberculosiscomplex bacteraemia in intradermal skin test positive cattle detected using phage-RPA . Virulence. 7. (7). p. 779--788. Informa {UK} Limited

George Botsaris, Benjamin M.C. Swift, Iva Slana, Maria Liapi, Maritsa Christodoulou, Maria Hatzitofi, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Catherine E.D. Rees(2016). Detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in powdered infant formula by phage-PCR and confirmed by culture . International Journal of Food Microbiology. 216. p. 91--94. Elsevier {BV}

Benjamin M. C. Swift, Zara E. Gerrard, Jonathan N. Huxley, Catherine E. D. Rees, Raymond Schuch(2014). Factors Affecting Phage D29 Infection: A Tool to Investigate Different Growth States of Mycobacteria . PLoS ONE. 9. (9). p. e106690. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Benjamin M. C. Swift, Catherine E. D. Rees(2013). Detecting mycobacteria in cattle blood . Veterinary Record. 173. (21). p. 522--523. {BMJ}

Benjamin M.C. Swift, Emily J. Denton, Sophie A. Mahendran, Jonathan N. Huxley, Catherine E.D. Rees(2013). Development of a rapid phage-based method for the detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in blood within 48 h . Journal of Microbiological Methods. 94. (3). p. 175--179. Elsevier {BV}