Miss Heather Collins
| Post: | Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator (Admissions) |
| Location: | SUSSEX HOUSE Admissions Office |
| Email: | H.L.Collins@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 5667 |
| UK: | 01273 075667 |
| International: | +44 1273 075667 |
Biography
Background:
BSc Molecular Medicine (Sussex)
MSc Genetic Manipulation and Molecular Cell Biology.
Research Interests:
Bacteriology, Microbiology, Entomology
Bacillus thuringiensis
- Host pathogens within the gut environment
- Development of effective toxin protein expression systems
- Unique resistance mechanisms to Bacillus thurgingiensis toxin within Plutella xylostella populations
- Development of genome wide screening system for decetion of bacterial cheats, cooperators and mutants within the insect gut
Quorum sensing and biofilm formation
Bacterial genetics and ecology
Antimicrobial resistance
Projects
Analysis of chromosome vs plasmid placement of CAT gene on competitive cell fitness-Crickmore lab 2011
In vivo mutagenesis of Bacillus thuringiensis by pMar A Mme I Mariner transposon-Crickmore lab 2012
Expression of SCO1530 gene in Streptomyces coelicolor- Society of General Microbiology Summer studentship, Dr Mark Paget 2010.