Katherine Hartop Email & Phone Number

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Richmond, Virginia Area

Richmond, Virginia, Usa

My Postdoctoral research with Virginia Commonwealth University investigates the effects of neonicotinoid pesticide use on Xenopus laevis and Apis mellifera. My focus is the transcriptional changes in acetylcholine receptors and stress response as well as the growth effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure.

Norwich, United Kingdom

Technological and business service to the children's services department of the Norfolk county council.

Norwich, Uk

My PhD has been focused on elucidation of nitrite toxicity and nitrite metabolism in alpha-proteobacteria to further the understanding of microbial nitrosative stress response. I have cultured Paracoccus denitrificans sp PD1222 by batch and chemostatic culture. Techniques include the detection of metabolic intermediates by gas and high pressure liquid chromatography, transcriptional analysis using type II microarray and qRT-PCR, cellular culturing and phenotyping and the generation of deletion mutations.I have delivered presentations and presented papers of my work at external events including the N-Cycle conference in 2011 & 2012. I have presented and chaired for the Early Career Scientist workshop ICoN2/ENC, and organised the Molecules and Pathways theme seminar series at the Norwich Research Park.

Beccles, Suffolk

My work as part of this start-up biotechnology company included research on behalf of the IFR and UEA simultaneously in the areas of municipal and agricultural waste breakdown, fermentation and industrial pilot schemes as contribution to the Defra Renewable Materials LINK programme and HGCA funded HOOCH project.I have been involved in the initiation of talks and project design for pilot level processing of food waste for ethanol generation and developed a patent with colleagues for a waste-to-biofuel design and biotechnological identity.

Norwich, United Kingdom

I undertook units covering biochemistry, microbiology, cell biology, organic and inorganic chemistry, biotechnology. My final project and dissertation focused on enrichment and isolation of caffeine degrading microorganisms from soil, with bioinformatic characterisation and wet lab identification of caffeine dehydrogenases.During my time as an undergraduate I made use of the extensive opportunities and societies by volunteering in Chapel Break Primary School reading with children of low reading ability and assisting in the administration of the Norwich and Waveneny Headway charity.

Catering, advertisement & organisation of events & acts attending UEA Student Union.

Bsc (Hons), Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Dharma Society, Duke of Edinburgh Society, Art of Life Society B.Sc Biochemistry focussing the isolation.

A Levels, Biology, Chemistry, Art

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant for year 7 mathematics A Levels Art (A) Biology (B) Chemistry (B)

Gcse, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Mentoring Scheme for new year 7 students Student mentor and prefect