Dr Gordon Allison BSc Biochemistry Honours (Dundee University), PhD Microbiology (University of Wales, Swansea)

Profile

I work across disciplines and departments, underpinning chemical and data analysis. My recent research has focused on plant cell wall biochemistry in energy grasses, and its influence on thermochemical processes and fermentation. Increasingly, I am applying my skills to more environmental/ ecological issues including land reclamation and composting. My areas of expertise include chromatographic/ mass spectrometry, vibrational spectroscopy and imaging, thermochemical analysis, and statistical and chemometric data mining/ modelling. In the Department of Life Sciences, I coordinate the MSc in Biotechnology and I am Director of Taught Post-Graduate Studies. I teach at undergraduate and post graduate levels in biochemistry, biotechnology, pharmacology, and commercialisation.

Responsibilities

Director of Taught Post-Graduate Studies

Scheme coordinator of the MSc in Biotechnology

Member of the Recruitment Action Group- specifically PG marketing

Chair for Student Disciplinary panel

First Aider at Work

Publications

Radford, E, Whitworth, D & Allison, G 2023, 'Identification of secondary metabolites containing a diketopiperazine core in extracts from myxobacterial strains with growth inhibition activity against a range of prey species', Access Microbiology, vol. 5, no. 10. 10.1099/acmi.0.000629.v4
Iacono, R, Slavov, G, Davey, C, Clifton-Brown, J, Allison, G & Bosch, M 2023, 'Variability of cell wall recalcitrance and composition in genotypes of Miscanthus from different genetic groups and geographical origin', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 14, 1155188. 10.3389/fpls.2023.1155188, 10.3389/fpls.2023.1155188
Allison, G & Morris, M 2022, Pioneering Plant Hormone Research and Our Own Glass Blowers. in The Pennies of the People: Aberystwyth University in 150 Objects: Ceiniogau'r Werin: Prifysgol Aberystwyth mewn 150 Gwrthrych. pp. 1.
Morris, P, Carter, E, Hauck, B, Lanot, A & Allison, G 2021, 'Responses of Lotus corniculatus to environmental change 3: The sensitivity of phenolic accumulation to growth temperature and light intensity and effects on tissue digestibility', Planta, vol. 253, no. 2, 35, pp. 35. 10.1007/s00425-020-03524-w
Morris, P, Carter, E, Hauck, B, Hughes, J-W, Allison, G & Theodorou, MK 2021, 'Responses of Lotus corniculatus to environmental change 4: Root carbohydrate levels at defoliation and regrowth climatic conditions are major drivers of phenolic content and forage quality', Planta, vol. 253, no. 2, 38, pp. 1-11. 10.1007/s00425-020-03523-x
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