Dr Andrea Cossu

Senior Lecturer in Biosciences

Andrea Cossu

  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department Natural Sciences

  • Location London

Research activities

Dr. Cossu's research has focused on various aspects of applied microbiology and food safety microbiology, including: the use of new photosensitisation technologies to inactivate microbes in wash-water from fresh produce and the quantitative correlation between oxidative stress biomarkers and survived bacteria; the use of rechargeable antimicrobial films for surface disinfection and the destruction of bacterial biofilms; the rapid detection of low numbers of pathogens in food matrices using conventional PCR and RTi-qPCR without enrichment by removing PCR inhibitors with bentonite-coated charcoal and soluble starch; and the encapsulation of novel controlled-release emulsions in buccal films against fungal oral infections.


Current Teaching

Module Leader of the following modules:

BIO1280 - Environmental and Public Health Stressors

BIO3215 - Biotechnology

BMS2116 - Immunology and Infection Science

Module Tutor of the following modules:

BIO1557 - Cell Biology and Genetics

BIO2405 - Food Safety

BIO2632 - Applied Microbiology and Immunology

BIO2557 - Molecular Biology and Gene Control

BIO4235 - Environmental Protection

BMS2425 - Food and Nutrition Science


Biography

Andrea Cossu is a Senior Lecturer in Biosciences in the Department of Natural Sciences at Middlesex University. Andrea joined Middlesex University after working as a Scientist at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), a government agency under the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He previously worked in the United States for several years as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass) and later at the University of California, Davis.

Publications

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