Research Scientist
Academic and professional history:
- 2006-present – Scientist, Lincoln Ventures Ltd.
- 2003-2006 – Post Doctoral Fellow, BioProtection CORE, Lincoln University.
- 2000-2003 – Post Doctoral Fellow, Canterbury University.
Member of:
- New Zealand Microbiological Society
- New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research subjects:
-Biotechnology and waste treatment in Agriculture
- Waste powered fuel cells in Energy
Current projects:
- Micredox BOD - A novel rapid method for measuring biochemical oxygen demand
- Microbial fuel cells and direct electron transfer
Recent publications:
Yamoah, E.; Jones, E. E.; Weld, R.J.; Suckling, D.M.; Waipara, N.; Bourdôt, G.W.; Hee, A.K.W.; Stewart, A. (2008). Microbial population and diversity on the exoskeletons of four insect species associated with gorse (Ulex europaeus L.). Australian J. Entol. (in press).
Hee A.K.W., Boyd-Wilson K.S.H., Suckling D.M., Yamoah E., Jones E.E., Weld R.J., Stewart A., Waipara N.W., and Walter M. ( 2006). Epiphytes on Gorse and Associated Insects. Proceedings of the 8th International Mycological Congress. (Ed., W. Meyer and C. Pearce): 171-176.
Weld R.J., Eady C.C., and Ridgway H.J. (2006). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Journal of Microbiological Methods 65: 202-207.
Weld R.J., Plummer K., Carpenter M.A., and Ridgway H.J.( 2006). Approaches to functional genomics in filamentous fungi. Cell Research 16: 31-44.
Weld R.J., and Ridgway H.J. 2005. Extending AFLP sequences by long Template PCR amplification of a fungal genomic library. Biotechniques 38 (3): 372-374.
Weld R.J., Butts C., Heinemann J.A. (2004). Models of phage growth and their applicability to phage therapy. Journal of Theoretical Biology 227: 1-11.
Weld R.J., Heinemann J.A., Bicknell R.A., Eady C.C. (2002). Ds transposition mediated by transient transposase expression in Hieracium aurantiacum. Plant Tissue and Organ Culture 69(1): 45-54.
Weld R.J., Heinemann .JA., Eady C.C. (2001). Transient GFP expression in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia suspension cells following co-cultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens: the role of gene silencing, cell death and T-DNA loss. Plant Molecular Biology 45: 377-385.
Eady C.C., Weld R.J., Lister C.E. (2000). Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation and transgenic-plant regeneration of onion (Allium cepa L.). Plant Cell Reports 19(4): 376-381.
Weld R.J., and Heinemann J.A. (2001). The horizontal transfer of proteins between species: Part of the big picture or just a genetic vignette? Horizontal Gene Transfer (ed., C.I. Kado and M. Syvanen), Chapman & Hall, London and New York.
Tel: +64 3 325 3700 x 7784
Fax: +64 3 325 3725
Email:
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