Jeremy Owen

My research to date has been focused on biosynthesis and discovery of bacterial natural products. I obtained my PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in the laboratory of David Ackerley, where I investigated protein-protein interactions in nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis. During my PhD I also developed methods for discovery of biosynthetic gene clusters from metagenome libraries via PPTase complementation. Following completion of my PhD in 2010, I moved to New York to take up a postdocotoral position in the laboratory of Sean Brady at the Rockefeller University. The focus of my postdoctoral research was the development of experimental and computational methods for targeted discovery of bioactive natural products from uncultivated bacteria. Following my postdoctoral research, I returned to New Zealand, and was appointed as a senior lecturer in the school of biological sciences in 2016.