SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Russell Kerr
Email
rkerr@upei.ca
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department(s)
Chemistry
Biomedical Sciences
Status
Retired
Biography

Professor Emeritus

BSc, PhD (Calgary)

Dr. Kerr's research group at the University of Prince Edward Island is engaged in projects directed at the development of sustainable production methods of bioactive marine metabolites, and discovering new bioactive bio-products. The latter group includes natural products with activities in assays of relevance to human and animal health and with activity as marine antifouling agents.

Recent Citations
Discovery of acyl-surugamide A2 from marine Streptomyces albidoflavus RKJM-0023-a new cyclic nonribosomal peptide containing an N-ε-acetyl-L-lysine residue
Molecules, 2024
Discovery of the lipopeptides albubactins A–H from Streptomyces albidoflavus RKJM0023 via chemical elicitation with rhamnolipids and synthesis of albubactin A
Journal of Natural Products, 2024
Caryophyllene sesquiterpenes from a chaetomium globosum endophyte of the Canadian medicinal plant empetrum nigrum
Journal of Natural Products, 2023
Development of N,O‐carboxymethyl chitosan‐starch biomaterial inks for 3D printed wound dressing applications
Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021
Discovery of a isothiazolinone-containing antitubercular natural product levesquamide
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020
Research Interests
Natural products isolation and characterization
Bioassay-guided purification of natural products / drug discovery
Isolation of natural product producing bacteria and fungi
Development of fermentation methods to optimize natural product production
Description of microbial communities in marine invertebrates