jane nicklin's profile
What I do
I am a senior lecurer in Microbiology at Birkbeck,University of London. I am a mycologist and my interests are in the chemical activities of fungi in the environment
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- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Company
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Further information
Location
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- Hub:
- London
Interests
My research centers on the study of the chemical activities of fungi in the environment. The subject area encompasses mycology, microbial ecology, plant pathology, biodeterioration and bioremediation. Many of the biological transformations that fungi achieve are of potential commercial value, both in their natural form (where fungi can be used as biological control agents- bio-pesticides ), or in a purified form as enzymes or natural products. In a purified form enyymic reactions have great potential for accelerated evolution programs, where we can improve and augment these reactions to increase their stability and speed as well as specificity Other aspects of my work include understanding the specificity and mode of action of fungal toxins active against both animal and plants
Projects
Biological control:use of DGGE, RFLP and SCCP to follow community changes in biological control experiments, enabling us to track induced community changes.
Fungal toxins, structure and targets:
Publications
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Avery, P. Faull, J.L. Simmonds, M.. Pasco b. Avery , Jane Faull and Monique J. Simmonds 2007. Effect of different photoperiods on the growth, infectivity and colonisation of Trinidadian fungal strains and spore types of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vap BioControl (2007)
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Avery, P. Faull, J.L. Simmonds, M. . Effect of different photoperiods on the growth, infectivity and colonisation of Trinidadian fungal strains and spore types of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, using a glass slide bioassay. Journal of Insect Science , 38- (2004)
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