All Outputs (36)

Beyond the Usual Species: Cultivating Diversity in Biology Award Nominations (2025)
Journal Article
Austin, S., Taylor, C., Veitch, N., Audu, D., Millward, J., Emmerson, R., Ellerington, R., & Colombo, A. (2025). Beyond the Usual Species: Cultivating Diversity in Biology Award Nominations. Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.17160/josha.12.4.1053

Improving diversity among award recipients is a key focus in the scientific community. The Society of Experimental Biology, which historically awarded over 65% of its prizes to men, established the Awards Nomination Taskforce in 2023 to proactively i... Read More about Beyond the Usual Species: Cultivating Diversity in Biology Award Nominations.

Engaging Communities in the Science of Microbiology (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2023, July 9-11). Engaging Communities in the Science of Microbiology [Presentation / Talk]. FEMS2023, Hamburg, Germany.

Independent review of research bureaucracy: interim report (2022)
Report
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. (2022). Independent review of research bureaucracy: interim report. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61def9d7d3bf7f0544ba740e/independent-review-of-research-bureaucracy-interim-report.pdf

Rubbish microbiology: filming the secret life of landfill (2022)
Digital Artefact
Taylor, C. (2022, August 1). Rubbish microbiology: filming the secret life of landfill. The Microbiologist. https://www.the-microbiologist.com/features/rubbish-microbiology-filming-the-secret-life-of-landfill/20.article

Independent review of research bureaucracy: final report (2022)
Report
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. (2022, July 1). Independent review of research bureaucracy: final report. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e234da8fa8f5033275fc32/independent-review-research-bureaucracy-final-report.pdf

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry: Diversity and inclusion in STEM (2022)
Report
Taylor, C. (2022, January). House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry: Diversity and inclusion in STEM. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/43178/html/

Taking a stand together: Diversity & Inclusion in U!REKA (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2021, November 22). Taking a stand together: Diversity & Inclusion in U!REKA [Keynote]. U!REKA Connects 2021, Ghent, Belgium.

Teaching microbiology during the global pandemic (2021)
Digital Artefact
Taylor, C. (2021, November 9). Teaching microbiology during the global pandemic [Magazine]. Society for Applied Microbiology.

A tribute to Andrew Miller (2020)
Digital Artefact
Taylor, C. (2020, January 9). A tribute to Andrew Miller. Applied Microbiology. https://appliedmicrobiology.org/resource/a-tribute-to-andrew-miller.htm

From Roots to Routes: Disrupting the Status-Quo (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2019). From Roots to Routes: Disrupting the Status-Quo [Presentation / Talk]. Engage Public Engagement Conference, Bristol, UK.

Exploiting intracellular bacteria for medical biotechnology (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2019, July 7-11). Exploiting intracellular bacteria for medical biotechnology [Presentation / Talk]. FEMS Congress 2019, Glasgow, UK.

Background: Intracellular bacteria have evolved elegant mechanisms to invade, manipulate, and survive in their hosts. Investigation of bacterial pathogenic mechanisms has helped us to understand, in many cases, how intracellular bacteria overcome hos... Read More about Exploiting intracellular bacteria for medical biotechnology.

Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential. (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Hearn, J., Taylor, C., Wheelhouse, N., Kaczmarek, M., Moorhouse, E., & Singleton, I. (2019). Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 299, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.03.013

Listeria monocytogenes is sporadically detected on a range of ready to eat fresh produce lines, such as spinach and rocket, and is a threat to public health. However, little is known about the diversity of L. monocytogenes present on fresh produce an... Read More about Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential..

Group B streptococci during pregnancy (2018)
Newspaper / Magazine
Taylor, C., & Noble, K. (2018, September). Group B streptococci during pregnancy. The Microbiologist, 19(3), 26 -27. https://www.the-microbiologist.com/download?ac=189

Sources and survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Moorhouse, E., Monaghan, J., Taylor, C., & Singleton, I. (2018). Sources and survival of Listeria monocytogenes
on fresh, leafy produce. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 125(4), 930-942. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14025

Listeria monocytogenes in an intracellular human pathogen which enters the body through contaminated food stuffs and is known to contaminate fresh leafy produce such as spinach, lettuce and rocket. Routinely, fresh leafy produce is grown and processe... Read More about Sources and survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce.

Zoonotic transmission of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: where bite is worse than bark? (2018)
Newspaper / Magazine
Stirling, A., & Taylor, C. (2018, June). Zoonotic transmission of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: where bite is worse than bark?. The Microbiologist, 19(2), 16-17. https://www.the-microbiologist.com/download?ac=187

Applying Microbiology to the Antimicrobial Problem (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2018, April 26-27). Applying Microbiology to the Antimicrobial Problem [Presentation / Talk]. SULSA AMR Conference 2018, Glasgow. https://sulsa.ac.uk/amr/

Helping to fund the future (2018)
Newspaper / Magazine
Taylor, C. (2018, March). Helping to fund the future. The Microbiologist, 19(1), 20-21. https://www.the-microbiologist.com/download?ac=185

The Dorothy Jones Memorial Lecture: The Jekyll & Hyde Paradigm: an update on Listeria monocytogenes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, C. (2017, April 3-6). The Dorothy Jones Memorial Lecture: The Jekyll & Hyde Paradigm: an update on Listeria monocytogenes [Presentation / Talk]. Society for Applied Microbiology Annual Conference 2017, Brighto. https://microbiologysociety.org/event/annual-conference/annual-conference-2017.html

Listeria monocytogenes (2017)
Book Chapter
Rees, C. E. D., Doyle, L., & Taylor, C. M. (2017). Listeria monocytogenes. Foodborne Diseases (3rd, pp. 253-276). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-385007-2.00012-7

Listeria monocytogenes was first described in 1923. Before 1982, L. monocytogenes was recognized as a cause of abortions and encephalitis in many animals (particularly cattle and sheep) and was thought to be associated with contaminated animal feed o... Read More about Listeria monocytogenes.

Can bacterial products turn back time? (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
Taylor, C. (2016, September). Can bacterial products turn back time?. The Microbiologist, 17(3), 14 - 15. https://www.the-microbiologist.com/download?ac=173