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Staff Profile

Julie Taggart

Research Technician

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2418720
  • Address: Biosciences Institute
    2nd Floor West Wing
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    International Centre for Life
    Central Parkway
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 3BZ
    UK
Background
I am responsible for the daily management of a productive research laboratory.
My duties include:
Tuition and supervision of students; BSc, MRes , PhD and summer students.
Support for all laboratory staff including other technicians, PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and medics.
Writing all laboratory SOP's and COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health) forms
Conducting local laboratory inductions for all new staff and students, ensuring that they complete the relevant Health and Safety documentation.
Monitoring expenditure on all research grants.
Conducting my own research projects including analysis and preparation of data for grant applications and publications.
I am also HTA co-ordinator of the Uteroplacental Tissue Bank. This role includes;
Ensuring all staff adhere to Human Tissue Act regulations regarding collection, use and
documentation of human tissue.
Compiling reports of tissue collection and use to the Uteroplacental Tissue bank governance committee and the local research ethics committee. 
Publications

  • Articles

    • Gurney LRI, Taggart J, Tong W-C, Jones AT, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. . Frontiers in Immunology 2018, 9, 2966.
    • Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. . PLoS ONE 2016, 11(10), e0164352.
    • Power J, Taggart J, Parker M, Berry JL, Reeve J. . Cell Biochemistry & Function 2014, 32(4), 341-343.
    • Dordea AC, Sweeney M, Taggart J, Lartey J, Wessel H, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. . Molecular Human Reproduction 2013, 19(11), 727-736.
    • Hausman N, Martin J, Taggart MJ, Austin C. . Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2012, 16(8), 1720-1730.

  • Book Chapter

    • Treumann A, Palmowski P, Tong WC, Taggart J, Mortice N, Europe-Finner GN, Taggart MJ. . In: Minnie M. Sarwal, Tara K. Sigdel, ed. Tissue Proteomics: Methods and Protocols. New York: Humana Press, 2017, pp.1-9.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: RCOG World Congress 2016. 2016, Birmingham, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
    • Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: RCOG World Congress. 2016, Birmingham: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
    • Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 17th Annual Conference 2015. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
    • Lartey J, Martin J, Sweeney M, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
    • Lartey J, Martin J, Sweeney M, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
    • Lartey J, Martin J, Sweeney M, Robson S, Taggart M. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
    • Martin J, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
    • Sweeney M, Martin J, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
    • Sweeney M, Martin J, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. . In: Reproductive Sciences: 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2009, Glasgow, UK: Sage Publications, Inc.