Selfie photo of researcherThis is Natural Prodcast’s conversation with Professor Katherine Duncan from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Duncan’s work focuses on marine microbial chemical ecology. We also discuss Actinobase, molecular networking, and the future of integrated secondary metabolism data.

Links and Notes

Dr Duncan’s group webpage is at medicinesfromthesea.com and you can follow her on Twitter @kate_duncan

If you work with actinomycete bacteria, then you absolutely need to know about, and contribute to ActinoBase.org. It’s a fantastic community-built resource for experimental protocols, media recipes, plasmid maps, useful software tools, and more.

We didn’t discuss it here, but you should absolutely check out the ActinoBase seminar series, and its YouTube channel, with lots of great and fascinating seminars, focusing on actinobacterial biology and chemistry.