Dr. Alison Wakeham, Strategic Programme Lead

About

Dr. Alison Wakeham has over 25 years’ experience in academia and industry developing front line immunological and molecular lateral flow technology.  Working internationally, she has a deep understanding of industry needs and markets, enabling the successful development of diagnostic tools which empower end-users to make informed decisions on the ground.

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As an invited keynote speaker, Alison has spoken to the pig industry on the future of cutting edge technology to safeguard pig health. For crop health, on the diagnostic revolution which will inform and drive the growers tool box. She recently published a review paper considering diagnostic assay technologies in the context of commercial agricultural production.

Alison has over the years written and co-written numerous industry leading research papers concerning diagnostics in the agri-tech sector. These include the following:
 

• Diagnostic tests and their application in the management of soil- and water-borne oomycete pathogen species (2016)
   

• CP 136-Development and Testing of Single and Multiple Diagnostic Devices For Rapid and Precise Early Detection of Oomycete Root and Collar Rot Pathogens for Disease Avoidance  (2016)
   

• A New Method To Monitor Airborne Inoculum of the Fungal Plant Pathogens Mycosphaerella brassicicola andBotrytis cinerea (2000)
   

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