Dr Sophie Foley's Projects (11)

British Council - TNE Exploratory Grant - with ACU Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
Co-development of a Professional Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science - a first step to a long-term educational partnership between Edinburgh Napier University (UK) and Ahram Canadian University (Egypt)

SWRI PhD Studentship - M Gordon Mar 1, 2025 - Feb 28, 2029
Scottish Whisky Research Institute are funding one of their employees to undertake PhD

Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha Aug 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Gut Feelings main commercial product is Kombucha, a fermented tea produced by natural microbial fermentation and assumed to contain a variety of microbes that link to health benefits. It is produced using a two-stage process in which a SCOBY (a symbi... Read More about Development of a scale-up process for production of Kombucha.

TRANSFORM - Education reform project – Improving Research capability in the Sri Lankan Higher Education sector. Apr 1, 2018 - Oct 21, 2019
TRANSFORM - Education reform project – Improving Research capability in the Sri Lankan Higher Education sector.

Vacation Studentships 2004 Jul 1, 2004 - Apr 30, 2005
Vacation Studentships 2004

Measuring activity of lytic proteins from bacteriophage infecting R. equi as a possible antimicrobial tool May 8, 2017 - Jun 30, 2017
SFAM students and graduates into work grant

Bacteriophage endolysins and novel lipid-degrading proteins as a treatment for Rhodococcus equi infections in foals Oct 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2019
Rhodococcus equi (Req) is responsible for severe respiratory disease of foals with a major economic impact on the equine industry, and can be endemic on stud farms. In foals under 6 months of age, this bacterial disease manifests as pneumonia, with 3... Read More about Bacteriophage endolysins and novel lipid-degrading proteins as a treatment for Rhodococcus equi infections in foals.

PCR technology for microbial food safety testing Jan 5, 2009 - Sep 30, 2010

SFAM Student into Work Grant May 28, 2012 - Jun 5, 2014
Characterisation of bacteriophage E3 endolysin as antimicrobial against R. equi infections

Subject Expert European Commission Mar 9, 2009 - Aug 31, 2013

Artisan Cheese making Feb 1, 2016 - Sep 30, 2016
The project objectives and scope are (i) to establish a knowledge base of current practice in starter culture use and possible bacteriophage-related issues in the artisanal cheese-making sector in Scotland, (ii) to enhance the cheese-makers technical... Read More about Artisan Cheese making.