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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
Scottish Crucible 2017: Recipient; 2017
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) award - Scottish Crucible: Recipient; 2017

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Publications

Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way: Hutchings Matthew I, Duncan Katherine R; Cell Host & Microbe Vol 30, pp. 273-274 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2022.02.008
The Natural Products Atlas 2.0 : a database of microbially-derived natural products: van Santen Jeffrey A, Poynton Ella F, Iskakova Dasha, McMann Emily, Alsup Tyler A, Clark Trevor N, Fergusson Claire H, Fewer David P, Hughes Alison H, McCadden Caitlin A, Parra Jonathan, Soldatou Sylvia, Rudolf Jeffrey D, Janssen Elisabeth M-L, Duncan Katherine R, Linington Roger G; Nucleic Acids Research Vol 50, pp. D1317-D1323 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab941
Pseudonocardia abyssalis sp. nov. and Pseudonocardia oceani sp. nov., two novel actinomycetes isolated from the deep Southern Ocean: Parra Jonathan, Soldatou Sylvia, Rooney Liam M, Duncan Katherine R; International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Vol 71 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005032
Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions: Eldjárn Grímur Hjörleifsson, Ramsay Andrew, van der Hooft Justin J J, Duncan Katherine R, Soldatou Sylvia, Rousu Juho, Daly Rónán, Wandy Joe, Rogers Simon; PLoS Computational Biology Vol 17 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008920
A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining: Schorn Michelle A, Verhoeven Stefan, Ridder Lars, Huber Florian, Acharya Deepa D, Aksenov Alexander A, Aleti Gajender, Moghaddam Jamshid Amiri, Aron Allegra T, Aziz Saefuddin, Bauermeister Anelize, Bauman Katherine D, Baunach Martin, Beemelmanns Christine, Beman J Michael, Berlanga-Clavero María Victoria, Blacutt Alex A, Bode Helge B, Boullie Anne, Brejnrod Asker, Bugni Tim S, Calteau Alexandra, Cao Liu, Carrión Víctor J, Castelo-Branco Raquel, Chanana Shaurya, Chase Alexander B, Chevrette Marc G, Costa-Lotufo Leticia V, Crawford Jason M, Currie Cameron R, Cuypers Bart, Dang Tam, de Rond Tristan, Demko Alyssa M, Dittmann Elke, Du Chao, Drozd Christopher, Dujardin Jean-Claude, Dutton Rachel J, Edlund Anna, Fewer David P, Garg Neha, Gauglitz Julia M, Gentry Emily C, Gerwick Lena, Glukhov Evgenia, Gross Harald, Gugger Muriel, Guillén Matus Dulce G, Helfrich Eric J N, Hempel Benjamin-Florian, Hur Jae-Seoun, Iorio Marianna, Jensen Paul R, Kang Kyo Bin, Kaysser Leonard, Kelleher Neil L, Kim Chung Sub, Kim Ki Hyun, Koester Irina, König Gabriele M, Leao Tiago, Lee Seoung Rak, Lee Yi-Yuan, Li Xuanji, Little Jessica C, Maloney Katherine N, Männle Daniel, Martin H. Christian, McAvoy Andrew C, Metcalf Willam W, Mohimani Hosein, Molina-Santiago Carlos, Moore Bradley S, Mullowney Michael W, Muskat Mitchell, Nothias Louis-Félix, O'Neill Ellis C, Parkinson Elizabeth I, Petras Daniel, Piel Jörn, Pierce Emily C, Pires Karine, Reher Raphael, Romero Diego, Roper M Caroline, Rust Michael, Saad Hamada, Saenz Carmen, Sanchez Laura M, Sørensen Søren Johannes, Sosio Margherita, Süssmuth Roderich D, Sweeney Douglas, Tahlan Kapil, Thomson Regan J, Tobias Nicholas J, Trindade-Silva Amaro E, van Wezel Gilles P, Wang Mingxun, Weldon Kelly C, Zhang Fan, Ziemert Nadine, Duncan Katherine R, Crüsemann Max, Rogers Simon, Dorrestein Pieter C, Medema Marnix H, van der Hooft Justin J J; Nature Chemical Biology Vol 17, pp. 363-368 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-020-00724-z
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

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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
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
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 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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