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Dr Gary Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in Microbial Technology within the School of Biosciences (0.5 FTE) and is the Technology Transfer Manager of the University (O.5 FTE).
Gary has been a lecturer since 1994 and has worked in the field of applied microbiology covering areas as diverse as microbial transformations for the production of high value-added compounds to the biocontrol of the housefly, Musca domestica. Current research is focused on the understanding and application of quorum sensing within microbial systems with PhD students funded by the NERC and the EU and a development project fully funded by industry. Dr Robinson has worked with a variety of small and large companies including Pfizer, Smith Kline Beecham, Quest international, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Whatman and Genzyme. Dr Robinson has extensive experience of measuring (trace) analytes from the (bio)pharmaceutical (eg proteins, peptides and drug metabolites) and environmental (eg PCBs, PAHs, volatiles) sectors as well as the enumeration and identification of a wide variety of microbial species (bacterial and fungal) in a diversity of matrices (soil, sediment, food, beverage and clinical).
Gary is a member of the Microbial Pathogenesis Group.
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