Contact:
sameaston1981@yahoo.com

Position:
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Research Project:
Degradation of Lignocellulose by Thermophiles for the production of 2nd Generation Biofuels

Publications:

Kirby, B., Easton, S., Tuffin, IM., Cowan, DA. (2010). Polar Microbiology Book Chapter.

 

In Press: Hunter, SJ., Easton, S., Booth, V., Henderson, B., Wade, WG., Ward^, JM. (2010) Evaluation by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction of Methods to Remove Human DNA from Oral Bacterial Metagenomic Samples

 

In Preparation: Hunter, SJ., Easton, S., Ward, JM. 16S rRNA Diversity Analysis of the Human Tongue Dorsum.

 

In Preparation: Easton, S., Henderson, B., Ward, J.M. Application of Phage Display for the Functional Metagenomic Analysis of the Normal Human Tongue Bacterial Microbiome.

Conference Outputs:

Who Am I?:
Having graduated from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh with an Honours degree in Biological Science, I moved to London to carry out my PhD in the Structural and Molecular Biology department of University College London, entitled Functional and Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Tongue Dorsum using Phage Display. I moved to Cape Town in 2010 to broaden my knowledge in the use of enzymes for biofuel production, while using my expertise in metagenomics.