Gail is a Senior Consultant at NNFCC. She has over 20 years'
experience working in and around the bioeconomy and agritechnology sectors and
has specialist knowledge of regulation and policy, industrial biotechnology,
and sustainability. She has a deep knowledge of funding requirements to UK and
international bodies, and significant project and account management
experience.
Gail has a
special-interest area in regulation and policy particularly when derived from
biotechnology, including a focus on innovation to support the primary sectors
and supply chains associated with them. This includes food and food
ingredients, novel foods, feedstocks and sustainability, and market issues
around regulation and voluntary labelling schemes.
Before
joining the NNFCC, Gail was involved in several projects focused on
understanding the market appetite and regulatory constraints on developing
technologies to progress along the innovation pipeline, from idea generation to
full-scale deployment.
Gail has
worked directly in highly regulated areas across several sectors and in
multiple countries. This is wide ranging and includes:
- Agritechnology (Plant Protection Products, Animal ByProducts, Nagoya, Novel Foods, Biocides)
- The personal care sector (Cosmetics, Biocides) and chemical (REACH and Pharmaceutical)
- Operational regulations (GxP, GMO, SAPO, ASPEL).
Prior to
working at NNFCC, Gail spent 10 years as the Senior Business Innovation Manager
at the Biorenewables Development Centre, as a Network Manager for the High
Value Biorenewables Network (a phase 2 Network in Industrial Biotechnology and
Bioenergy) and 4 years at the Centre for Immunology and Infection, all hosted
by the University of York. She has over a decade of experience working in NZ
having won a Research Fellowship to study alternative methods of pest animal
and Tb control. Subsequently she worked as the Department of Conservations’
national biosecurity adviser before moving to MAF (NZ) policy and strategy
division. Whilst there she was a key member of the team scoping, development
and delivery of a $70M PA funding support package for the primary sectors.
Gail holds a
bachelor's degree in Biochemistry with Biotechnology from the University of
Birmingham, and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.
Selected publications:
Fox J, Shuttleworth G & Martin F (2012) Methodology to reduce
formaldehyde exposure during laboratory fumigation International Journal of
Environmental Health Research
Grant WN, Skinner S, Newton-Howes J, Grant K, Shuttleworth G,
Heath DD, Shoemaker CB (2006) Heritable transgenesis of Parastrongyloides trichosuri,
a nematode parasite of mammals International Journal of Parasitology 36 475-483
Shuttleworth G, Eckery DC & Awram P (2004) Oral and
intraperitoneal immunization with rotavirus 2/6 virus-like particles stimulates
a systemic and mucosal immune response Archives of Virology 150 341-349
Shuttleworth G, Hunter MG, Robinson G & Broughton Pipkin F (2002) Immunocytochemical
localization of angiotensin II receptor subtypes 1 and 2 in the porcine fetal,
prepubertal and postpubertal ovary Journal of Anatomy 201 267-274
Shuttleworth G, Broughton Pipkin F & Hunter MG (2002) In vitro development
of porcine preantral follicles cultured in a serum-free medium and the effect
of angiotensin II Reproduction 123 807-818
Shuttleworth G, Hunter MG & Broughton Pipkin F (2001) Autoradiographical
determination of angiotensin II receptors in prepubertal & postpubertal pig
ovarian tissue Reproduction 122 701
Mahon S, Shuttleworth G,
O’Shaughnessy C & Lydiatt A (1993) The effect of beer protein on beer foam stability Proceedings
of the European Brewing Foundation