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
Homeward Bound Leadership Faculty (Science): Recipient; 2018
Microbiology Society - elected as Prokaryotic Division member (environmental microbiology): Recipient; 1/2018
Selected for Homeward Bound 2018: Recipient; 3/2017
2017 Science Faculty Grant Writing Challenge - overall winner: Recipient; 2017
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) award - Scottish Crucible: Recipient; 2017

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Publications

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
Linking biosynthetic and chemical space to accelerate microbial secondary metabolite discovery: Soldatou Sylvia, Eldjarn Grimur Hjorleifsson, Huerta-Uribe Alejandro, Rogers Simon, Duncan Katherine; FEMS Microbiology Letters Vol 366 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz142
Temperature driven changes in benthic bacterial diversity influences biogeochemical cycling in coastal sediments: Hicks Natalie, Liu Xuan, Gregory Richard, Kenny John, Lucaci Anita, Lenzi Luca, Paterson David M, Duncan Katherine R; Frontiers in Microbiology Vol 9 (2018); https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01730

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Professional activities

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
ScotChem Natural Products in the Bioeconomy: Organiser; 24/10/2019

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Projects

SULSA NP Bioeconomy: Duncan, Katherine (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021
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
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
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
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
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

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Address

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Hamnett Wing

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