Staff Profile
Julie Taggart
Research Technician
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2418720
- Address: Biosciences Institute
2nd Floor West Wing
Newcastle University
International Centre for Life
Central Parkway
Newcastle 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.
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
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Articles
- Gurney LRI, Taggart J, Tong W-C, Jones AT, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. Inhibition of Inflammatory Changes in Human Myometrial Cells by Cell Penetrating Peptide and Small Molecule Inhibitors of NFκB. Frontiers in Immunology 2018, 9, 2966.
- Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. Altered Expression of Human Smooth Muscle Myosin Phosphatase Targeting (MYPT) Isovariants with Pregnancy and Labor. PLoS ONE 2016, 11(10), e0164352.
- Power J, Taggart J, Parker M, Berry JL, Reeve J. Bone marrow levels of 25 hydroxy vitamin D are not depressed in cases of hip fracture compared with controls. Cell Biochemistry & Function 2014, 32(4), 341-343.
- Dordea AC, Sweeney M, Taggart J, Lartey J, Wessel H, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. Differential vasodilation of human placental and myometrial arteries related to myofilament Ca2+-desensitization and the expression of Hsp20 but not MYPT1. Molecular Human Reproduction 2013, 19(11), 727-736.
- Hausman N, Martin J, Taggart MJ, Austin C. Age-related changes in the contractile and passive arterial properties of murine mesenteric small arteries are altered by caveolin-1 knockout. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2012, 16(8), 1720-1730.
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Book Chapter
- Treumann A, Palmowski P, Tong WC, Taggart J, Mortice N, Europe-Finner GN, Taggart MJ. Depletion of Myofibril-Associated Proteins Using Selective Protein Extraction as a Tool in Cardiac Proteomics. In: Minnie M. Sarwal, Tara K. Sigdel, ed. Tissue Proteomics: Methods and Protocols. New York: Humana Press, 2017, pp.1-9.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. Variation in calmodulin dependent kinase ii (CaMK2) delta and gamma subunit expression in human myometrium during pregnancy and labour. In: RCOG World Congress 2016. 2016, Birmingham, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. Evaluating the expression of individual calmodulin dependent kinase II (CAMKII) - delta and -gamma subunits in human myometrial fibres, myometrial arteries and placental arteries. In: RCOG World Congress. 2016, Birmingham: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Lartey J, Taggart J, Robson S, Taggart M. Variation in Calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CAMK2) delta and gamma subunit expression in human myometrium during pregnancy and labour. 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. Up-Regulation of MYPT LZ Positive Isovariants during Gestation and Cyclic Nucleotide Induced Desensitisation in Pregnant Human Myometrium. 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. Pregnancy Induced Alternative Splicing of MYPT1 Exons 13 and 14: A Mechanism of Sensitisation of the Human Uterus Prior to Labour. 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. MYPT3 and TIMAP-Prenylatable Myosin II Targeting Units and Uterine Quiescence in Humans. In: Reproductive Sciences: 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2010, Orlando, Florida: Sage Publications Inc.
- Martin J, Robson SC, Taggart MJ. Effect of CaM Kinase II Inhibition on the Induction of Human Myometrial COX-2 Protein Expression. 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. Differential Sensitivities of Human Myometrial and Placental Arteries to CaM Kinase II Inhibition. 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. Oxytocin-Induced Changes in Both Cytosollic and Nuclear Ca2+ of Human Myometrial Cells. In: Reproductive Sciences: 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2009, Glasgow, UK: Sage Publications, Inc.