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Biography
I am currently a research associate in biotechnology working within the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute at Ulster University. I have interests and expertise in molecular microbiology, marine microbiology and microbial biotechnology. I am currently working on the MARISURF project, a Horizon 2020 funded consortium investigating biosurfactant production by marine bacteria. It is the aim of the project to identify biosurfactants which can be exploited for biotechnological applications in various industrial sector acting as more environmentally sustainable alternatives to chemically derived surfactants. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham where, working in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Laboratory, I investigated the interactions between marine algal species and their indigenous, epiphytic bacterial communities. My doctoral research demonstrated for the first time that bacteria influence the germination of the seaweed Ulva via quorum sensing signalling molecules. After completing my Ph.D. in 2012 I carried out a three-year industrially funded postdoctoral research project at Queen’s University Belfast investigating a novel biomarker for the detection of bacterial driven exacerbation in cystic fibrosis patients and the role bacterial infection plays in the protease/ anti-protease homeostatic balance within these patients.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Nottingham
Sep 2008 → Sep 2012
Award Date: 1 Jun 2016
Master, University of Nottingham
Sep 2007 → Sep 2008
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Bachelor, King's College London
Sep 2003 → Jul 2006
Award Date: 1 Jun 2006
External positions
Honorary Research Associate , Queen's University Belfast
Apr 2016 → Aug 2016
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate , Queen's University Belfast
Apr 2013 → Apr 2016
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Microbial biosurfactant research: time to improve the rigor in the reporting of synthesis, functional characterisation, and process development.
Twigg, M., Baccile, N., Banat, I., Déziel, E., Marchant, R., Roelants, S. & Van Bogaert, I., 23 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Microbial Biotechnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
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Alginate/Chitosan Particle-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Pulmonary Applications
Hill, M., Twigg, M., Sheridan, E., Hardy, J., Elborn, S., Taggart, C., Scott, C. & Migaud, M., 2 Aug 2019, In: Pharmaceutics. 11, 8, 12 p., 379.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biosynthesis of rhamnolipid by a Marinobacter species expands the paradigm of biosurfactant synthesis to a new genus of the marine microflora.
Tripathi, L., Twigg, M., Zompra, K., Salek, K., Irorere, V., Gutierrez, T., Spyroulias, G., Marchant, R. & Banat, I., 10 Oct 2019, In: Microbial Cell Factories. 18, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 164 (2019).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterisation of rhamnolipid production in a previously un-investigated, non-pathogenic marine Pseudomonad.
Twigg, M., Tripathi, L., Zompra, K., Salek, K., Irorere, V., Gutierrez, T., Spyroulias, G., Marchant, R. & Banat, I., 24 Sep 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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The marine environment: a promising source of microorganisms for the production of biosurfactants
Tripathi, L., Twigg, M., Zompra, K., Chasapi, S., Gutierrez, T., Spyroulias, G., Marchant, R. & Banat, I., 25 Sep 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Activities
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A Critical Evaluation of Experimental Evidence Required for the Identification of Biosurfactant Producing Bacteria.
Matthew Twigg (Speaker)
26 Sep 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Surfactants from the sea: Rhamnolipid production by marine bacteria
Matthew Twigg (Speaker)
9 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation