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Science
George Lund
Microbial Natural Product Discovery - Post-doctoral Research Scientist
Sustainable Soils and Crops
PUBLICATIONS
Email
george.lund@rothamsted.ac.ukLinkedIn
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 1582 938 025
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Biography
George is interested in the interactions between micro-organisms through the production of secondary metabolites. His current work focuses on the interactions between antagonistic bacteria and the wheat fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici, bioprospecting microbial collections for novel natural chemistry that could be utilised for future crop protection. George's work combines computational approaches with microbiology, synthetic biology, and natural product chemistry as part of the Growing Health Institute Strategic Programme funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom.
Awards
- 2016-2022 PhD — The University of Nottingham, based at Rothamsted Research - Title: ‘A genomics-based discovery pipeline for Pseudomonas derived antifungals effective against the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici’
- 2014 - BSc (Hons) Biology, University of York, UK
Measures of Esteem
Poster Prize winner- Microbial Secondary Metabolites in Microbiomes, Helsingør, Denmark, 2022