WH Pierce 1998: Irene Grant

Irene is a senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast

Irene’s main interest is Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, its heat resistance, presence in milk and dairy products, and methods to detect and enumerate in bovine milk and faeces. Research includes work on Mycobacterium bovis, the cause of bovine tuberculosis, and other foodborne pathogens.