Waterborne Pathogens

Dr. Helen Bridle holds a 5 year Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Fellowship, exploring methods of detection of waterborne pathogens, at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering at Heriot-Watt University. Prior to starting at Heriot-Watt, she held this Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD was undertaken at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and she has also worked as a research assistant at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. She has published 10 papers in high impact academic journals. Dr. Bridle is a Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy Member. In 2012, she was a British Science Association Media Fellow at the Scotsman. In the same year she was selected for participation in the Scottish Crucible and the European Science Foundation Junior Summit on Water: Unite and Divide. Dr. Bridle organised the publication of a special issue arising from this junior summit. She is a member of the Journal of Water Resources and Protection editorial board and the Journal of Global Health editorial council.

1. Introduction2. Overview of Waterborne Pathogens3. Existing Methods of Detection4. Methods of Sample Concentration and Enrichment5. Optical Detection Technologies for Waterborne Pathogens 6. Electrical Methods to Detect Waterborne Pathogens7. Biosensors for the Detection of Waterborne Pathogens8. Application of Molecular Methods to Detect Waterborne Pathogens 9. Potential of Nanotechnology to Enhance Detection10. Role of Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Waterborne Pathogen Detection11. Application of Emerging Technologies in the Drinking Water Sector12. Conclusions