Stephen Heaty (research student with R. O'Kennedy)
Spent five weeks in the laboratory of Prof E Chakraborty, University of Giessen, Germany, training in techniques relevant to working with recombinant strains of Listeria monocytogenes and production of antibodies specific to pathogenic Listeria species.

Stephen Daly (working with R. O'Kennedy)
Spent eight weeks in ATO DLO, The Netherlands working with Dr Aart van Amerongen and Dr Jan Wichers on rapid methods for aflatoxin detection.

Erasmus Student Exchange Agreement with the Ecole des Mines, Ales, France.
In 2001 this agreement has resulted in the placement of two BT3 INTRA students on laboratory projects in Ales.