Dr Jason Brunt

Biography

After receiving BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees in microbiology at Heriot-Watt University, which involved identifying new probiotics and studying their effect on the immune system and gut, Dr Jason Brunt joined the Quadram Institute Bioscience in 2008 as a post-doctoral fellow. During this period his research focused on developing and constructing detection devices to be used by a government agency for the rapid detection of deliberate contamination events. In 2010 he was appointed as a Research Scientist at the Quadram Institute Bioscience. He is currently a Research Scientist and QA Officer and lead objectives concerned with the biology of clostridial species.

Research Interest

Dissecting the pathways involved in spore germination, structural analysis of bacterial spores and Isolating new strains for industrial use