Dr Katherine Duncan

Senior Lecturer

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Personal statement

Chancellor's Research Fellow and Lecturer in Marine Natural Products Drug Discovery https://pure.strath.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/katherine-duncan(167c635b-502a-4b45-8e2b-ef1d219a7d47).html Please visit the Duncan lab website www.medicinesfromthesea.com

Prizes and awards

Microbiology Society Prokaryotic Division Committee Member (Environmental Microbiology): Recipient; 1/2019
Microbiology Society - elected as Prokaryotic Division member (environmental microbiology): Recipient; 1/2018
Homeward Bound Leadership Faculty (Science): Recipient; 2018
Selected for Homeward Bound 2018: Recipient; 3/2017
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) award - Scottish Crucible: Recipient; 2017
Scottish Crucible 2017: Recipient; 2017

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Publications

Comparative metabologenomics analysis of polar actinomycetes: Soldatou Sylvia, Eldjárn Grímur Hjörleifsson, Ramsey Andrew, van der Hooft Justin J J, Hughes Alison H, Rogers Simon, Duncan Katherine R; Marine Drugs Vol 19 (2021); https://doi.org/10.3390/md19020103
Exploring the chemical space of macro- and micro-algae using comparative metabolomics: Hughes Alison H, Magot Florent, Tawfike Ahmed F, Rad-Menéndez Cecilia, Thomas Naomi, Young Louise C, Stucchi Laura, Carettoni Daniele, Stanley Michele S, Edrada-Ebel RuAngelie, Duncan Katherine R; Microorganisms Vol 9 (2021); https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020311
Linking genomics and metabolomics to chart specialized metabolic diversity: van der Hooft Justin J J, Mohimani Hosein, Bauermeister Anelize, Dorrestein Pieter C, Duncan Katherine R, Medema Marnix H; Chemical Society Reviews Vol 49, pp. 3297-3314 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CS00162G
Bioassay- and metabolomics-guided screening of bioactive soil actinomycetes from the ancient city of Ihnasia, Egypt: Sebak Mohamed, Saafan Amal E, AbdelGhani Sameh, Bakeer Walid, El-Gendy Ahmed O, Castaño Espriu Laia, Duncan Katherine, Edrada-Ebel RuAngelie; PLOS One Vol 14 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226959
The Natural Products Atlas : an open access knowledge base for microbial natural products discovery: van Santen Jeffrey A, Jacob Grégoire, Singh Amrit Leen, Aniebok Victor, Balunas Marcy J, Bunsko Derek, Carnevale Neto Fausto, Castanño-Espriu Laia, Chang Chen, Clark Trevor N, Cleary Little Jessica L, Delgadillo David A, Dorrestein Pieter C, Duncan Katherine R, Egan Joseph M, Galey Melissa M, Haeckl FP Jake, Hua Alex, Hughes Alison H, Iskakova Dasha, Khadilkar Aswad, Lee Jung-Ho, Lee Sanghoon, LeGrow Nicole, Liu Dennis Y, Macho Jocelyn M, McCaughey Catherine S, Medema Marnix H, Neupane Ram P, O’Donnell Timothy J, Paula Jasmine S, Sanchez Laura M, Shaikh Anam F, Soldatou Sylvia, Terlouw Barbara R, Tran Tuan Anh, Valentine Mercia, van der Hooft Justin J J, Vo Duy A, Wang Mingxun, Wilson Darryl, Zink Katherine E, Linington Roger G; ACS Central Science Vol 5, pp. 1824-1833 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.9b00806
Awakening ancient polar actinobacteria : diversity, evolution and specialized metabolite potential: Millán-Aguiñaga Natalie, Soldatou Sylvia, Brozio Sarah, Munnoch John T, Howe John, Hoskisson Paul A, Duncan Katherine R; Microbiology Vol 165, pp. 1169-1180 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000845

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Professional activities

STEMM Bank Scotland: Recipient; 1/2021
Technical University of Dresden, Department of Chemistry, Germany - Invited Seminar (delivered remotely due to COVID-19): Invited speaker; 15/4/2020
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology Seminar, UCSD, CA, USA: Invited speaker; 6/3/2020
Autonomous University of Baja California, Department of Marine Biology, Ensenada, Mexico: Invited speaker; 2/3/2020
Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products: Speaker; 23/2/2020
Scottish metabolomics network: Participant; 14/11/2019

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Projects

SULSA NP Bioeconomy: Duncan, Katherine (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021
Research Excellence Award - Applying machine learning to 'omics data for accelerated marine antibiotic discovery - Darren Scobie: Duncan, Katherine (Principal Investigator) Herron, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2022
University of Strathclyde Interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Duncan, Katherine (Co-investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Dunphy, Raymond David (Post Grad Student) Riordan, Lily (Post Grad Student) Lasserre, Perrine (Post Grad Student); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2023
University of Strathclyde Interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Duncan, Katherine (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Riordan, Lily (Post Grad Student); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2023
Combatting antimicrobial resistance through new software for natural product discovery: Duncan, Katherine (Co-investigator) Rogers, Simon (Principal Investigator); BBSRC TRDF; 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
Combatting antimicrobial resistance through new software for Natural Products Discovery (Tools and Resources Development Fund): Duncan, Katherine (Principal Investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2020

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Address

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
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