Dr Katherine Duncan
@kateduncan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Uni UK
We study the chemical language of bacteria (& what influences it) for antibiotic discovery
http://www.medicinesfromthesea.com
Editor Microbiology, Young Academy of Scotland, SAB RSC NatProdRep & EAB ACS JNatProd
We study the chemical language of bacteria (& what influences it) for antibiotic discovery
http://www.medicinesfromthesea.com
Editor Microbiology, Young Academy of Scotland, SAB RSC NatProdRep & EAB ACS JNatProd
Brilliant to have Prof Malcolm White from the University of St Andrews giving a Newcastle University Biosciences Institute seminar (hosted by @heathmurraylab.bsky.social) #microbiology #phage #bacteriology
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Brilliant to have Prof Malcolm White from the University of St Andrews giving a Newcastle University Biosciences Institute seminar (hosted by @heathmurraylab.bsky.social) #microbiology #phage #bacteriology
The walk home 🍂 🌌
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The walk home 🍂 🌌
Autumn in the North Pennines
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[Hexham-Dilson-Corbridge 10Km]
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October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Autumn in the North Pennines
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[Hexham-Dilson-Corbridge 10Km]
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[Hexham-Dilson-Corbridge 10Km]
Save the date: XVIII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products (MaNaPro), October 4th to 9th, 2026, Puerto Morelos, Riviera Maya, México. Organisers incl. Alejandra Prieto-Davó @alepdavo.bsky.social & Natalie Millán- #NaturalProducts #SecMet
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Save the date: XVIII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products (MaNaPro), October 4th to 9th, 2026, Puerto Morelos, Riviera Maya, México. Organisers incl. Alejandra Prieto-Davó @alepdavo.bsky.social & Natalie Millán- #NaturalProducts #SecMet
Really enjoyed giving an evening lecture (‘antibiotics from the abyss’) to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society on Tuesday at Tempest Anderson Hall. The AMR series was organised by @gavinhthomas.bsky.social (lectures 1&2 by @jessicamablair.bsky.social & Martha Clokie) www.ypsyork.org/events/antib...
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Really enjoyed giving an evening lecture (‘antibiotics from the abyss’) to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society on Tuesday at Tempest Anderson Hall. The AMR series was organised by @gavinhthomas.bsky.social (lectures 1&2 by @jessicamablair.bsky.social & Martha Clokie) www.ypsyork.org/events/antib...
Very exciting to have Prof Mark Blaskovich @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social (hosted by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) all the way from the University of Queensland, Australia to give a seminar on collaborative approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance #drugdiscovery #AMR #antibiotics
October 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Very exciting to have Prof Mark Blaskovich @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social (hosted by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) all the way from the University of Queensland, Australia to give a seminar on collaborative approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance #drugdiscovery #AMR #antibiotics
Perhaps even cooler than turning up at the staff entrance of @nhm.org is taking a selfie with Hope the blue whale and other deep sea friends 🐋 🤳
September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Perhaps even cooler than turning up at the staff entrance of @nhm.org is taking a selfie with Hope the blue whale and other deep sea friends 🐋 🤳
It has been lovely being back in Glasgow this week, giving a keynote talk at the Glasgow Computational Biology conference & an invited seminar at @uofgsii.bsky.social in the Hogwarts building 🏰(thank you @liam-rooney.bsky.social) -both such vibrant research communities & highly enjoyable discussions
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It has been lovely being back in Glasgow this week, giving a keynote talk at the Glasgow Computational Biology conference & an invited seminar at @uofgsii.bsky.social in the Hogwarts building 🏰(thank you @liam-rooney.bsky.social) -both such vibrant research communities & highly enjoyable discussions
What a brilliant day showing journalist & science writer @lisampmunoz.bsky.social the Northumberland coast, campus and the Duncan lab for her latest book. Lisa’s first book was ‘women in science now’ (pictured, Columbia University Press) - thanks for visiting all the way from Washington DC!
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What a brilliant day showing journalist & science writer @lisampmunoz.bsky.social the Northumberland coast, campus and the Duncan lab for her latest book. Lisa’s first book was ‘women in science now’ (pictured, Columbia University Press) - thanks for visiting all the way from Washington DC!
Fortunate to have a guest seminar by Professor Qi Huang from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China (hosted by @proftracypalmer.bsky.social) as part of our microbes in health and disease theme 🦠 @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Fortunate to have a guest seminar by Professor Qi Huang from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China (hosted by @proftracypalmer.bsky.social) as part of our microbes in health and disease theme 🦠 @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social
When you’re the weird deep-sea sediment core person in the med school 👀
August 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
When you’re the weird deep-sea sediment core person in the med school 👀
Congratulations to @johncorrigall.bsky.social on his final PhD seminar #dreamtheme
July 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Congratulations to @johncorrigall.bsky.social on his final PhD seminar #dreamtheme
Fascinating seminar by Prof @gebhardlab.bsky.social on ‘Building bacterial bridges – How an ancient bacterial trait can help us build the infrastructure of the future’ and visit at @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social (hosted by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) #bacillus #spores
July 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Fascinating seminar by Prof @gebhardlab.bsky.social on ‘Building bacterial bridges – How an ancient bacterial trait can help us build the infrastructure of the future’ and visit at @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social (hosted by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) #bacillus #spores
Congratulations to Dr Iuliana Nita, [DTU, Bioengineering @cemist.bsky.social] on a successful PhD defense (& supervisor: Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia, co-supervosors: Arnaud Dechesne, Yannick Brijs). It was a pleasure to be on your assessment committee with @lonegram.bsky.social & Andreas Schramm (Aarhus)🇩🇰
June 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr Iuliana Nita, [DTU, Bioengineering @cemist.bsky.social] on a successful PhD defense (& supervisor: Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia, co-supervosors: Arnaud Dechesne, Yannick Brijs). It was a pleasure to be on your assessment committee with @lonegram.bsky.social & Andreas Schramm (Aarhus)🇩🇰
Really nice to hear Dr Alessandra Da Silva Dantas from @nclfungalgroup.bsky.social talking about her scientific journey at #ECConf25 @microbiologysociety.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Really nice to hear Dr Alessandra Da Silva Dantas from @nclfungalgroup.bsky.social talking about her scientific journey at #ECConf25 @microbiologysociety.org
Starting day two of #ECConf25 Dr James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social (Editor, Microbiology) and Maria Witczak, publishing operations advisor @microbiologysociety.org talk about publishing fundamentals
June 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Starting day two of #ECConf25 Dr James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social (Editor, Microbiology) and Maria Witczak, publishing operations advisor @microbiologysociety.org talk about publishing fundamentals
A really super first day at @microbiologysociety.org Early Career Summer Conference #ECConf25 at Northumbria University in Newcastle - with ECMoY finalist talks, a careers panel and now the poster session - great job by the organising committee
June 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A really super first day at @microbiologysociety.org Early Career Summer Conference #ECConf25 at Northumbria University in Newcastle - with ECMoY finalist talks, a careers panel and now the poster session - great job by the organising committee
Sunset + windmills for #ISBA2025 day 4 #netherlands
June 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sunset + windmills for #ISBA2025 day 4 #netherlands
We start day 4 of #ISBA2025 with Mohammad Seyedsayamdost (Princeton) on ‘inducing natural product biosynthesis in streptomyces with low-dose antibiotics’ #naturalproducts #actinomycetes
June 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We start day 4 of #ISBA2025 with Mohammad Seyedsayamdost (Princeton) on ‘inducing natural product biosynthesis in streptomyces with low-dose antibiotics’ #naturalproducts #actinomycetes
After a talk by Arinthrip Thamchaipenet on duckweed and Pseudonocardia, we now have @evodivmet.bsky.social on Streptomyces-Streptomyces interactions and evolution of chemistry at the population level including morphotypes and MALDI-ToF #ISBA2025
June 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
After a talk by Arinthrip Thamchaipenet on duckweed and Pseudonocardia, we now have @evodivmet.bsky.social on Streptomyces-Streptomyces interactions and evolution of chemistry at the population level including morphotypes and MALDI-ToF #ISBA2025
Next at #ISBA2025 Prof @matthutchings.bsky.social (JIC) on Streptomyces bacteria as plant growth promotors #naturalproducts
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Next at #ISBA2025 Prof @matthutchings.bsky.social (JIC) on Streptomyces bacteria as plant growth promotors #naturalproducts
After coffee at #ISBA2025 - Prof Paul Jensen (SIO, UCSD) talking about Actinobacterial compounds are their ecological functions in marine sediments #specialisedmetabolites #chemicalecology #naturalproducts
June 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
After coffee at #ISBA2025 - Prof Paul Jensen (SIO, UCSD) talking about Actinobacterial compounds are their ecological functions in marine sediments #specialisedmetabolites #chemicalecology #naturalproducts