研究领域

Indoor air quality and heritage mycology Fungi have become a significant issue in indoor air quality, culminating in the publication of WHO guidelines for indoor air quality on dampness and mould in September this year. I have been working with a number of Heritage organizations (including English Heritage and the National Trust) monitoring and advising on the presence and hazard of fungal species in air and on collections. This work has recently led to a grant application for project funding. Biocontrol Many of the biological activities of fungi are of potential commercial value, for example where fungi can be used as biological control agents of insect pests (with Dr Pasco Avery, Lee Academy). An important new project is an investigation of the potential of biological control of the Rubus sp. that is an invasive weed on the Galapagos Islands (with Jackie St Quinton, PhD student). We are starting a new project on the control of nematodes sp. using fungi ( with Lliana Hastuti PhD student). Fungal enzymes Current work on the taxonomy of the Sooty Moulds (producers of Chloroperoxidase) may provide us with opportunities to identify new fungal sources of this important enzyme, and provide a starting point for evolution of the enzyme to improve its function and stability.

My research centers on the study of fungal biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology. It includes biocontrol by fungi, toxin and enzymes of fungi, and fungi in heritage collections.

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Baker, S, Nicklin, J, Griffeths, C. (2011) Instant Notes in Microbiology. 4th ed. Bios. St. Quinton J.M.,. Fay M.F,. Ingrouille M & J. Faull (2011). Characterisation of Rubus niveus: a prerequisite to its biological control in oceanic islands Biocontrol Science and Technology 21, 6, 733- 752. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09583157.2011.570429 Itamar Soares De Melo, Alex Moretini, Ana Maria Rodrigues Cassiolato, Jane L. Faull (2011). Development of mutants of Coniothyrium minitans with improved efficiency for control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Journal of Plant Protection Research, 51, 2, 179-183. Avery, P, Faull, J.L. & Simmonds, M. (2010). Effect of photoperiod on the horizontal transmission of Isaria fumosorosea (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) in greenhouse whitefly using a novel model bioassay. Biocontrol Science and Technology 20:10.1097-1111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2010.515299 Pasco b. Avery , Jane Faull and Monique J. Simmonds (2007). Effect of different photoperiods on the growth, infectivity and colonisation of Trinidadian fungal strains and spore types of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, using a glass slide bioassay. Journal of Insect Science. BioControl http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-007-9073-5 Matin, A. Seok Ryol Jeong, Jane Faull, Antonio Ortega Rivas, Naveed Ahmed Khan (2006). Evaluation of prokaryote and eukaryote cells as food source for Balamuthia mandrillaris. Arch Microbiol. DOI 10.1007/s00203-006-0142-4. Sissons, J., Alsam, S., Stins, M., Rivas, A.O., Morales, J.L., Faull, J.L. and Khan, N.A. (2006). The effects of human serum on biological characterisation of Acanthamoeba castellani using in vitro assays. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44 2595 – 2600. De Melo, I Soares, Jane L. Faull (2004). Scanning electron microscopy of conidia of Tirchoderma stromaticum, a biocontrol agent of witches broom disease of cocoa. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 35, 330-332. Faull, J.L., Baker, S. Wilkinson, S & Nicklin, S (2004). Fungal degradation of explosives. Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications. Ed. Dilip Arora pp 471-480. Avery, P. Faull, J.L. Simmonds, M. (2004). Effect of different photoperiods on the growth, infectivity and colonisation of Trinidadian fungal strains and spore types of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, using a glass slide bioassay. Journal of Insect Science 4: 38. Moulds, identification and causes. Conservation Studies at West Dean College 29 June 2010 Moulds and their effects on heritage materials. Nigel J Seely Memorial Heritage Lecture Programme UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage. 10 December 200