Kate Reddington

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Kate Reddington

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Biography

Dr Reddington is a lecturer on the Microbiology pathway in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciencesat University of Galway. Her research focuses on the development of innovative solutions for infectious disease diagnostics and public health microbiology. Of particular interest to her research group is the application of whole genome sequencing in clinical microbiology, both from human and healthcare environmental reservoir samples. Dr Reddington was a member of the National Coronavirus Sequencing Consortium and was a member of the HSE COVID19 Laboratory R+D Product Solutions Group. Dr Reddingtonis also the chair of Research and Innovation for the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences.

Research Interests

Research interests include Molecular based infectious disease diagnostic; Clinical and environmental microbiology; Whole genome Sequencing; Antimicrobial Resistance Detection; Implementation of whole genome sequencing approaches to public health microbiology

Teaching Interests

Coordinator of 3rd Year Microbiology. Module owner and lecturer on a number of undegraduate and postgraduate programmes 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D

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  • A culture-independent nucleic acid diagnostics method for use in the detection and quantification of Burkholderia cepacia complex contamination in aqueous finished pharmaceutical products

    Duong, H., Minogue, E., Fullbrook, S., Barry, T. & Reddington, K., May 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 5 May, e0303773.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Design, Development, and Validation of a Culture-Independent Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Method for the Rapid Detection and Quantification of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex in Water with an Equivalence to ISO TS 12869:2019

    Reddington, K., 1 Jan 2023, In: PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. 77, 4, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Assessment of Rapid MinION Nanopore DNA Virus Meta-Genomics Using Calves Experimentally Infected with Bovine Herpes Virus-1

    Esnault, G., Earley, B., Cormican, P., Waters, S. M., Lemon, K., Cosby, S. L., Lagan, P., Barry, T., Reddington, K. & McCabe, M. S., Sep 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 9, 1859.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    8 Citations (Scopus)

  • Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7, B.1.351 or P.1: data from seven EU/EEA countries, weeks 38/2020 to 10/2021

    Funk, T., Pharris, A., Spiteri, G., Bundle, N., Melidou, A., Carr, M., Gonzalez, G., Garcia-Leon, A., Crispie, F., O’Connor, L., Murphy, N., Mossong, J., Vergison, A., Wienecke-Baldacchino, A. K., Abdelrahman, T., Riccardo, F., Stefanelli, P., Di Martino, A., Bella, A. & Lo Presti, A. & 195 others, Casaca, P., Moreno, J., Borges, V., Isidro, J., Ferreira, R., Gomes, J. P., Dotsenko, L., Suija, H., Epstein, J., Sadikova, O., Sepp, H., Ikonen, N., Savolainen-Kopra, C., Blomqvist, S., Möttönen, T., Helve, O., Gomes-Dias, J., Adlhoch, C., Macori, G., Russell, L., Yandle, Z., Bennett, C., O'Byrne, E., Murphy, A., Tuite, G., Conroy, A., Duffy, M., Morley, U., Keoghan, B., Ford, I., Kennedy, M., McDonnell, S., Flynn, A., Clarke, A., Crowley, A., Martin, C., Kelly, E., Foxton, J., Hare, D., Dunford, L., Connell, J., Moran, J., Dean, J., Fanning, S., Rajan, L., De Gascun, C., Kenny, J., Cotter, P., Walsh, C., Lawton, E., Fitzpatrick, A., Mullins, E., Della Bartola, M., McCabe, M., Stapleton, P., Meaney, C., Fanning, L., Prentice, M., MacSharry, J., Dempsey, C., Mallon, P., Leon, A., Chaturvedi, A., Coughlan, S., McAndrew, G., Reddington, K., Walsh, F., Fitzpatrick, D., Smyth, C., O’Dwyer, T., Chambers, T., Clarke, L., Jebb, D., Klopp, J., Kavanagh, D., Haslam, K., Buckley, P., Lemass, K., Fitzpatrick, F., Burns, K., Cafferkey, J., Richmond, A., Foley, M., Sanchez-Morgado, J., Chalapati, S., Pinnamaneni, N., Crosbie, C., Limbachiya, D., Tinago, W., Garcia Leon, A. A., Miles, S., Alalwan, D., Negi, R., Macken, A., Feeney, E., Kenny, G., McCann, K., Kelly, N., Blair, M., McCann, R., Kenny, C., O’Brion, C., Waqas, S., Savinelli, S., Doran, P., Bracken, T., Varghese, P., Lambert, J. S., Cotter, A., Muldoon, E., Sheehan, G., McGinty, T., Lambert, J., Green, S., Leamy, K., de Barra, E., McConkey, S., Kelly, C., Horgan, M., Sadlier, C., Yousif, O., O'Donnell, J., Fitzgerald, M., Petty-Saphon, N., Cuddihy, J., Fiore, S., Fabiani, C., Benedetti, E., Di Mario, G., Facchini, M., Puzelli, S., Calzoletti, L., Fontana, S., Venturi, G., Fortuna, C., Marsili, G., Amendola, A., Stuppia, L., Savini, G., Picerno, A., Lopizzo, T., Dell’Edera, D., Minchella, P., Greco, F., Mauro, M. V., Viglietto, G., Atripaldi, L., Limone, A., D’Agaro, P., Licastro, D., Marcello, A., Capobianchi, M. R., Icardi, G., Bruzzone, B., Lillo, F., Orsi, A., Pariani, E., Baldanti, F., Gismondo, M. R., Maggi, F., Caruso, A., Ceriotti, F., Boniotti, B., Bagnarelli, P., Garofalo, S., Scutellà, M., Pagani, E., Collini, L., Ghisetti, V., Ru, G., Chironna, M., Parisi, A., Rubino, S., Serra, C., Piras, G., Coghe, F., Vitale, F., Tramuto, F., Scalia, G., Palermo, C. I., Mancuso, G., Di Gaudio, F., Vullo, S., Reale, S., Cusi, M. G., Rossolini, G. M., Pistello, M., Mencacci, A., Camilloni, B., Severini, S., Di Benedetto, M., Calogero, T., Monne, I., Biscaro, V. & COVID Study Groups, S. G., 1 Feb 2021, In: Eurosurveillance. 26, 16, 2100348.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    205 Citations (Scopus)

  • Legionella antibiotic susceptibility testing: Is it time for international standardization and evidence-based guidance?

    ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI), 2021, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 76, 5, p. 1113-1116 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    21 Citations (Scopus)
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