Duncan Sweeney
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Research Assistant, 2013 (Environment Agency) Assessing the impact of gabion protection and marsh height on colonisation, recovery and diversity of salt marshes Research Assistant, 2014 (British Phycological Society) Investigating the effect of salinity on dimethylsulfide production in Ulva clathrata Research Assistant, 2014 (Society of General Microbiology) The influence of light, temperature or salinity on Isoprene production in several bacteria ResearchGate Profile LinkedInProfile Graduate Laboratory Assistant 'The response of Wheat and Barley and their bacterial communities to N-application' 'Response of Arabidopsis to water-deficit stress under N-fertilised conditions' Supervisors' webpages: Dr.Corinne Whitby (PI),Prof.Tracy Lawson(Co-I), Dr.Alex Dumbrell (Co-I)
Qualifications
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2015 University of Essex, Bsc (Hons (1)) Biological Sciences
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Disentangling plant-microbe interactions under drought or nitrogen-limited conditions
Research interests
Chemically induced responses of organisms
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in activity
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abundance and movement. Our planet is governed by chemical communication between organisms
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whether it is utilisation of the compounds as semiochemical or energy sources. This area is at the forefront of my research interests
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disentangling how/when these organisms use such compounds to their advantage and the extent to which they provide a competitive edge for the users.
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