Position: Senior Research Fellow
Address:
ERI, Castle Street, Thurso,
Caithness, Scotland,KW14
7JD
Tel: +44 (0)1847 889595
Fax: +44 (0)1847 890014
E-mail: Kenneth.boyd@thurso.uhi.ac.uk
Joined ERI: May 2002
Background
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, 1997-2002
- MSc, Environmental Pollution Control Management, 1996, Heriot-Watt University
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scripp’s Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 1992-1994
- PhD, Organic Chemistry, 1992, University of Edinburgh
- BSc (honours) Chemistry, 1988, University of Edinburgh
Research Interests
- Analytical Chemistry
- Marine Natural Products Chemistry
- Marine Chemical Ecology
- Marine Biotechnology
Selected Publications
Nebot C., Gibb S.W. & Boyd K.G. (2007) Quantification of human pharmaceuticals in water samples by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta 598, 87-94.
McDougall, K.E., Gibb, S.W., Boyd, K.G. & Brown, B.E. (2006) ‘Chlorophyll-like’ compounds as novel biomarkers of stress in corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 35, 137-144.
Yan, L, Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R., Burgess, J.G. (2003) Biofilm-Specific Cross-Species Induction of
Antimicrobiol Compounds in Bacilli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69, 3719-3727.
Burgess, J. G , Boyd, K.G., Armstrong, E., Jiang, Z., Yan, L., Berggren, M., May, U., Pisacane, T.,
Granmo, A. & Adams, D. (2003) The development of a marine natural product-based antifouling paint. Biofouling, 19 (Supplement), 197-205.
Yan, L., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J.G. (2002) The effect of a roller bottle tidal simulation cultivation method on the production of antimicrobial compounds by marine epibiotic bacteria. Marine Biotechnology 4, 356-366.
Jiang, Z., Barret, M., Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R. & Burgess J.G. (2002) JM47, a cyclic tetrapeptide from a marine Fusarium species. Phytochemistry, 60, 33-38.
Diaz, M.-P., Boyd, K.G., Grigson, S.J.W. & Burgess, J.G. (2002) Biodegradation of crude oil across a wide range of salinities by an extremely-halotolerant bacterial consortium MPD-M, immobilised onto polypropylene fibres. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 79, 145-153.
Armstrong, E., Yan, L., Boyd, K.G., Wright, P.C. & Burgess, J.G. (2001) The symbiotic role of marine microbes on living surfaces. Hydrobiologia, 461, 37-40.
Jiang, Z., Boyd, K.G., Mearns-Spragg, A., Wright, P.C., & Burgess, J. G. (2000) Two diketopiperazines and one halogenated phenol from cultures of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonus luteoviolacea. Natural Products Letters, 14, 435-440.
Armstrong, E., Boyd, K.G., Pisacane, A., Peppiat, C.J. & Burgess, J. G. (2000) Marine microbial natural products in antifouling coatings. Biofouling, 16, 215-224.
Armstrong, E., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J.G. (2000) Prevention of marine biofouling using natural compounds from marine organisms. Biotechnology Annual Review 6, 221-241.
Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R. & Burgess, J. G. (1999) Antibacterial and repellent activity of marine bacteria
associated with algal surfaces. Biofouling 14, 227-236.
Boyd, K.G., Mearns-Spragg, A. & Burgess, J. G. (1999) Screening of marine bacteria for the production of microbial repellents using a spectrophotometric assay. Marine Biotechnology 1, 359-363. .
Burgess, J. G., Mearns-Spragg, A., Boyd, K.G. & Bregu, M. (1999). Microbial antagonism: A new avenue in natural products research. Journal of Biotechnology 70, 27-32.
Mearns-Spragg, A., Bregu, M., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J. G. (1998). Cross-species induction and enhancement of antimicrobial activity produced by epibiotic bacteria from marine algae and invertebrates, after exposure to terrestrial bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology 27, 142-146.
Krug, P. J., Boyd, K.G. & Faulkner, D. J. (1995). Isolation and synthesis of tanyolides A and B, metabolites of the nudibranch Sclerodoris tanya. Tetrahedron 51, 11063-11074.
Boyd, K.G., Harper, M. K. & Faulkner, D. J. (1995). Oceanapamine, a sesquiterpene alkaloid from the
Philippine sponge Oceanapia sp. Journal of Natural Products 58, 302-305.
Smith, D. D., Boyd, K.G., Hopton, D., Baxter, R. L. & Ramage, R. (1993). Phosphorous-based reagents in peptide synthesis: Synthesis of methionine-enkephalin and the solution conformation of its N-Diphenylphosphinyl derivative. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1. , 551-556.
Studentships
Phytochemistry of Scottish Seaweeds.
With Alex Ford and Sandy Grey (Strathclyde University)
Development of biomarker protocols to assess the impact of environmental change and genetic diversity on organism ans cellular responses
With Stuart Gibb and Simon Thain
A natural analog approach to decommissioning radioactive waste facilities using the Dounreay site, Caithness as a practical example
With George Reeves (DERC) and Warren Jones (UKAEA)
The behaviour of caesium-147 in the sediments of the Forss Water catchment, Caithness
With George Reeves (DERC) and Mike Pearl (UKAEA)
The environmental fate of veterinary medicines.
With Stuart Gibb and John McHenery (Schering-Plough Animal Health)
Assessing the environmental presence of human pharmaceuticals in the scottish environment.
With Stuart Gibb and Kenny Black (SAMS)
The microbial chemical ecology of Halidrys siliquosa.
With Dave Adams (Heriot-Watt University)
Other Information
Member of NHC Research Committee
Member of UHI Faculty Committee (Science and Engineering)
