My research interests have primarily focused on the use of yeast as a feed additive in the finishing of beef cattle, and the development of molecular tests for detecting anthelmintic resistant liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in cattle and sheep. I am currently working alongside research group (also based in IBERS, Aberystwyth University) and Aberystwyth University's Commercialisation Services in order to make these molecular tests commercially available.

Morphew, R., Wilkinson, T., MacKintosh, N., Jahndel, V., Paterson, S., McVeigh, P., Abbas Abidi, S.M., Saifullah, K., Raman, M., Ravikumar, G., LaCourse, E.J., Maule, A.G., Brophy, P. 2016. Exploring and Expanding the Fatty-Acid-Binding Protein Superfamily in Fasciola Species. Journal of Proteome Research 15 (9) pp. 3308-3321. Huson, K.M., Brophy, P., Morphew, R., MacKintosh, N. 2015. Identification of the rumen fluke Calicophoron daubneyi infecting cattle in Wales. Advances in Animal Biosciences 6 (Special Issue 02) Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, Chester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 14/04/2015 - 15/04/2015. pp. 183. Morphew, R.M., MacKintosh, N.D., Hart, E.H., Prescott, M., LaCourse, E.J., Brophy, P.M. 2014. In vitro biomarker discovery in the parasitic flatworm Fasciola hepatica for monitoring chemotherapeutic treatment. EuPA Open Proteomics 3 pp. 85-99. Cadair Geyer, K.K., Chalmers, I.W., MacKintosh, N.D., Hirst, J.E., Geoghegan, R., Badets, M., Brophy, P.M., Brehm, K., Hoffmann, K.F. 2013. Cytosine methylation is a conserved epigenetic feature found throughout the phylum Platyhelminthes. BMC Genomics 14 462 Cadair Brophy, P.M., Mackintosh, N., Morphew, R.M. 2012. Anthelmintic metabolism in parasitic helminths: proteomic insights. Parasitology 139 (9) pp. 1205-1217.