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
Scottish Crucible 2017: Recipient; 2017

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Publications

Combining hyperspectral imaging and electrochemical sensing for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa through pyocyanin production: Dunphy R David, Lasserre Perrine, Riordan Lily, Duncan Katherine R R, McCormick Christopher, Murray Paul, Corrigan Damion K; Sensors and Diagnostics Vol 1, pp. 841-850 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SD00044J
ActinoBase : tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinobacteria: Feeney Morgan Anne, Newitt Jake Terry, Addington Emily, Algora-Gallardo Lis, Allan Craig, Balis Lucas, Birke Anna S, Castaño-Espriu Laia, Charkoudian Louise K, Devine Rebecca, Gayrard Damien, Hamilton Jacob, Hennrich Oliver, Hoskisson Paul A, Keith-Baker Molly, Klein Joshua G, Kruasuwan Worarat, Mark David R, Mast Yvonne, McHugh Rebecca E, McLean Thomas C, Mohit Elmira, Munnoch John T, Murray Jordan, Noble Katie, Otani Hiroshi, Parra Jonathan, Pereira Camila F, Perry Louisa, Pintor-Escobar Linamaria, Pritchard Leighton, Prudence Samuel M M, Russell Alicia H, Schniete Jana K, Seipke Ryan F, Sélem-Mojica Nelly, Undabarrena Agustina, Vind Kristiina, van Wezel Gilles P, Wilkinson Barrie, Worsley Sarah F, Duncan Katherine R, Fernández-Martínez Lorena T, Hutchings Matthew I; Microbial Genomics Vol 8 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000824
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

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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): 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
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
Hamnett Wing

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