Tracey Madgett

Academic profile

Dr Tracey Madgett

Lecturer in Molecular Biology
School of Biomedical Sciences (Faculty of Health)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Tracey's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Tracey


Programme Lead for BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science  UoP Node Lead for Biomedical Science for the TNE partnership with NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka. Co-Chair of the Faculty of Health Research Ethics and Integrity Taught Masters Sub-Committee. Lead for the Blood Diagnostics Research Group 

Supervised Research Degrees

Thomas Bailey-Schmidt - Evaluation of novel cryoprotectants for the long term storage of red blood cell units (ResM Sept 2023 - ongoing)

Dr Raed Garout - Molecular Pathology: Potential Biomarkers for the Detection of Down Syndrome Pregnancies (Oct 2022)

Dr Wajnat Tounsi - High Throughput Sequencing Technologies in Blood Group Genotyping and Applications in Transfusion Medicine: Establishment of Rh Genes Reference Allele Sequences (June 2021)

Dr Mashael Alkhanbashi - Biochemistry: Production of recombinant Rh blood group antigens for detection of alloimmunisation (December 2019)

Dr Ibrahim Halawani - Role of CD47 in Red Cell Apoptosis (Eryptosis) (December 2019)

Dr Malik Altayar - Next Generation Sequencing-Based Genotyping of Human Blood Groups: FY, JK and ABO Genes (March 2017)

Dr Kelly Sillence - Cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) enrichment for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): a comparison of molecular techniques (May 2016)

Dr Amr Halawani - The Future of Next-generation Sequencing for Blood Group Genotyping and its Implications in Transfusion Medicine (March 2016)

Teaching

Main teaching areas: molecular biology, non-invasive prenatal testing, blood groups and genomics/proteomics technologies.
Personal Tutor for Biomedical Sciences (BHCS1011, BHCS2027 and BHCS3031)
Foundation year: FMD001 (Molecules to Cells), FMD002 (Introduction to Human Physiology; Module lead) and BHCS002 (Current Developments in Human Biology and Biomedical Sciences)
First year: BHCS1005 (Human Disease)
Second year: BHCS2002 (Evidence-based practice in Biomedical Science), BHCS2003 (Genetic Continuity and Diversity), BHCS2005 (Clinical Haematology and Biochemistry) and BHCS2019 (Methods in Human Biosciences)
Third year: BHCS3001 (Personal Research Project), BHCS3004 (Specialist Biochemistry and Screening), BHCS3005 (Transplantation and Transfusion Science), BHCS3008 (Current Developments in Biomedical Science; Module Lead) and BHCS3014 (Reproductive Science) 
Masters level: BIOM5001 (Molecular Biology: Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics), BIOM5005 (Project Design and Development) and BIOM5006 (Research Project).  Also MCR702 Applied Quantitative Research Methods in School of Health Professions.

Contact Tracey

FF122, Derriford Research Facility, 14 Research Way, Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth, PL6 8BU
+44 1752 584894