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Debra Brennan
Molecular Biochemistry Support Scientist, Microbial and Molecular Biology Department
Telephone:01631 559376
E-mail:Debra.brennan@sams.ac.uk
Job Title: Molecular Biochemistry Support Scientist
Scientific interests: Marine Molecular Organisms
Current projects:
Siderophore Project(generating mutant strains etc):
Involved with generating strains of Marinobacter that have two genes specifically switched off by site directed mutagenesis. link
Hydrocarbon degrading bacteria:
I am involved with a number of experiments assessing the growth spectrum of Alcanivorax strains.
Symbiosis project (generating and checking unibacterial Scrippsiella cultures):
Involved with the set-up and checking of uni-bacterial dinoflagellate cultures used in various projects related to algal-bacterial interactions.
Coccolithophore diversity (sequencing cultured strains):
An ongoing project analysing the diversity of bacteria associated with various algal cultures.
Scrippsiella clone library:
Ongoing project assessing the diversity of non-cultivable bacteria associated with dinoflagellate culture that has been used for numerous experiments on the SOLAS project (DMSP).
Completing genome sequence of Marinobacter:
PCR amplification across regions of the Marinobacter genome that were missing from the original sequencing data.
Oceans 2025 Eurychasma project:
Subculturing and infection of various brown algal strains withe Eurychasma
ARC K8 112 Phaeodactylum virus and cross species hybrididsation.
Ulva project:
To obtain spores and germ for protein DNA and RNA extraction
Foods Standards Agency:
Monitoring occurrences of toxic algae, including building up photographic database of target species.link
ABREEF- Active member of the Argyll and Bute Regional Environmental Education Forum- delivering environmental education along with other groupds to the local area.
Teaching / supervising activities:
Publications:
MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF RECENT POLAR ISOLATES ACCESSED INTO THE CULTURE COLLECTION OF ALGAE AND PROTOZOA.
Christine N Campbell, Debra Brennan, Mark Hart.
The Use Of Physical and Virtual Infrastructures For The Validation of Algal Cryopreservation Methods In International Culture Collections
John G. Day1*, Maike Lorenz2, Tom Wilding1, Thomas Friedl2, Bruce Knowles3, Michael Idowu3, Keith Harding3,4, Thomas Pröschold1, Debra Brennan1, Hella Timmermann2, Julia Müller2, Lília M.A. Santos5, Hugo C. Osório5, Raquel Amaral5, Josef Elster6, Jaromír Lukavský6, Alena Lukešová7, Pavel Hrouzek7, Martin Lukes7, Ian Probert8,9, Mathew J. Ryan10 and Erica E. Benson3,4
Educational and career history:
BSc (Hons) Natural Science with Environmental Science with the Open University
Previous career position:
Laboratory Technician at St Christopher's Church of England High School in Accrington Lancs.