Teaching Fellow in Pharmaceutics
5 West - 4.3A
Email: J.A.Letchford@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 386729
Dr Julie Letchford
Profile
I am currently employed (80% FTE) as a Teaching Fellow with responsibility for teaching microbiology to undergraduate students. This includes general microbiology and pharmaceutical microbiology, together with aspects of aseptic processing and infection and immunity. General microbiology covers bacterial structure, identification, nutrition, growth, medical microbiology and bacterial pathogenesis. Pharmaceutical microbiology introduces the principles of microbial contamination and sterilisation as applied to pharmaceutical products. Aseptic processing highlights the importance of aseptic techniques and provides students with an overview of the quality assurance systems required when manipulating sterile ingredients. Lectures and workshops on infection and immunity introduce students to the fields of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, and cover specific infectious diseases in detail. I also co-supervise optional practical microbiology units taken by 3rd students and final year research projects taken by final year students. I have several personal tutees and dissertation students, and run tutorials on a regular basis. I have a general interest in enhancing academic practice and am a tutor for staff undertaking the Bath PGCERT course.
Publications
Bone, H. K., Damiano, T., Bartlett, S., Perry, A., Letchford, J., Ripoli, Y. S., Nelson, A. S. and Welham, M. J., 2009. Involvement of GSK-3 in regulation of murine embryonic stem cell self-renewal revealed by a series of bisindolylmaleimides. Chemistry & Biology, 16 (1), pp. 15-27.
