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Staff Profile

Dr Katherine Duncan

Senior Lecturer in Microbial Metabolomics and Antibiotic Discovery

Background

It is widely accepted that ‘omics methodologies have accelerated our understanding of life at molecular, cellular and organism levels. Our research combines ‘omics methods to link biology (genes) to chemistry (antibiotics). We apply this approach to understand the ‘chemical language’ of microorganisms, and what influences it. This assessment of chemical space across biological parameters can enable informed biodiscovery of new antibiotics. You can find out more about the Duncan lab at: . 


Kate moved to the University of 缅北禁地 (UK) in 2024 and leads a team focussed on microbial metabolomics and antibiotic discovery. Prior to this Kate completed a Tenure-Track Chancellor’s Fellowship at the University of Strathclyde (2016-2020) and was awarded full tenure to associate professor (2020-2023). Prior to starting her group, Kate completed two Postdoctoral Fellowships at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (California) in Marine Biomedicine and at The Scottish Marine Institute in Marine Biotechnology, a PhD in Biomedical Science (Canada) and a 5-year Masters in Chemistry (Aberdeen, Scotland) with International Placement (Florida). Kate is an advocate for community approaches to data sharing (ActinoBase, NPAtlas, MI-BiG, GNPS etc) and equality in STEMM.


Publications

  • Articles

    • Poynton EF, Van Santen JA, Pin M, Contreras MM, McMann E, Parra J, Showalter B, Zaroubi L, Duncan KR, Linington RG. . Nucleic Acids Research 2025, 53(D1), D691-D699.
    • Parra J, Jarmusch SA, Duncan KR. . Environmental Microbiology 2024, 26(6), e16635.
    • Hughes AH, Duncan KR. . Applied Phycology 2024, 5(1), 1-11.
    • Domingo-Roca, R, Lasserre, P, Riordan, L, Macdonald, AR, Dobrea, A, Duncan, KR, Hannah, S, Murphy, M, Hoskisson, PA, Corrigan, DK. . Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2023, 13.
    • Terlouw BR, Blin K, Navarro-Muñoz JC, Avalon NE, Chevrette MG, Egbert S, Lee S, Meijer D, Recchia MJJ, Reitz ZL, van Santen JA, Selem-Mojica N, Tørring T, Zaroubi L, Alanjary M, Aleti G, Aguilar C, Al-Salihi SAA, Augustijn HE, Avelar-Rivas JA, Avitia-Domínguez LA, Barona-Gómez F, Bernaldo-Agüero J, Bielinski VA, Biermann F, Booth TJ, Carrion Bravo VJ, Castelo-Branco R, Chagas FO, Cruz-Morales P, Du C, Duncan KR, Gavriilidou A, Gayrard D, Gutiérrez-García K, Haslinger K, Helfrich EJN, van der Hooft JJJ, Jati AP, Kalkreuter E, Kalyvas N, Kang KB, Kautsar S, Kim W, Kunjapur AM, Li Y-X, Lin G-M, Loureiro C, Louwen JJR, Louwen NLL, Lund G, Parra J, Philmus B, Pourmohsenin B, Pronk LJU, Rego A, Rex DAB, Robinson S, Rosas-Becerra LR, Roxborough ET, Schorn MA, Scobie DJ, Singh KS, Sokolova N, Tang X, Udwary D, Vigneshwari A, Vind K, Vromans SPJM, Waschulin V, Williams SE, Winter JM, Witte TE, Xie H, Yang D, Yu J, Zdouc M, Zhong Z, Collemare J, Linington RG, Weber T, Medema MH. . Nucleic Acids Research 2023, 51(D1), D603-D610.
    • Van Santen JA, Poyton EF, Iskakova D, McMann E, Alsup TA, Clark TN, Fergusson CH, Fewer DP, Hughes AH, McCadden CA, Parra J, Soldatou S, Rudolf JD, Janssen EML, Duncan KR, Linington RG. . Nucleic Acids Research 2022, 50(D1), D1317–D1323.
    • Hutchings, MI, Duncan, KR. . 2022, 30(3), 273-274.
    • Dunphy, RD, Lassere, P, Riordan, L, Duncan, KR, McCormick, C, Murray,P, Corrigan, D. . RSC Sens. Diagn 2022, 1, 841-850.
    • Eldjárn GH, Ramsay A, van der Hooft JJJ, Duncan KR, Soldatou S, Rousu J, Daly R, Wandy J, Rogers S. . PLoS Computational Biology 2021, 17(5), e1008920.
    • Hughes, AH, Magot, F, Tawfike, A, Rad-Menéndez, C, Thomas, N, Young, LC, Stucchi, L, Carettoni, D, Stanley, MS, Edrada-Ebel, R, Duncan, KR. . Microorganisms 2021, 9(2).
    • Soldatou, S, Eldjarn, GH, Ramsey, A, van der Hooft, JJJ, Hughes, AH, Rogers, S, Duncan, KR. . 2021, 19(2).
    • Parra, J, Soldatou, S, Rooney, LM, Duncan, KR. . IJSEM 2021, 71(9).

  • Reviews

    • Mullowney, MW, Duncan, KR, Elsayed, SS, Garg, N, van der Hooft, JJJ, Martin, NI, Meijer, D, Terlouw, BR, Biermann, F, Blin, K, Durairaj, J, Gorostiola González, M, Helfrich, EJN, Huber, F, Leopold-Messer, S, Rajan, K, de Rond, T, van Santen, JA, Sorokina, M, Balunas, MJ, Beniddir, MA, van Bergeijk, DA, Carroll, LM, Clark, CM, Clevert, D, Dejong, CA, Du, C, Ferrinho, S, Grisoni, F, Hofstetter, A, Jespers, W, Kalinina, OV, Kautsar, SA, Kim, H, Leao, TF, Masschelein, J, Rees, ER, Reher, R, Reker, D, Schwaller, P, Segler, M, Skinnider, MA, Walker, AS, Willighagen, EL, Zdrazil, B, Ziemert, N, Goss, RJM, Guyomard, P, Volkamer, A, Gerwick, WH, Kim, HU, Müller, R, van Wezel, GP, van Westen, GJP, Hirsch, AKH, Linington, RG, Robinson, SL, Medema, MH. . Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2023, 22(11), 895-916.
    • Parra J, Beaton A, Seipke RF, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI, Duncan KR. . Current Opinion in Microbiology 2023, 76, 102385.
    • Feeney MA, Newitt JT, Addington E, Algora-Gallardo L, Allan C, Balis L, Birke AS, Castaño-Espriu L, Charkoudian LK, Devine R, Gayrard D, Hamilton J, Hennrich O, Hoskisson PA, Keith-Baker M, Klein JG, Kruasuwan W, Mark DR, Mast Y, McHugh RE, McLean TC, Mohit E, Munnoch JT, Murray J, Noble K, Otani H, Parra J, Pereira CF, Perry L, Pintor-Escobar L, Pritchard L, Prudence SMM, Russell AH, Schniete JK, Seipke RF, Sélem-Mojica N, Undabarrena A, Vind K, van Wezel GP, Wilkinson B, Worsley SF, Duncan KR, Fernández-Martínez LT, Hutchings MI. . Microbial Genomics 2022, 8(7), 000824.