Dr Ethan Hack
Senior Lecturer
- Email: ethan.hack@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8576
- Address: School of Biology
Ridley Building 2
Newcastle University
Research Interests
Plant-pathogen interactions and decomposition of plant matter, evolution of cell wall degrading enzymes; molecular systematics of the green alga Botryococcus
Recent publications: Emami, K., and Hack, E. (2002) Conservation of XYN11A and XYN11B xylanase genes in Bipolaris sorghicola, Cochliobolus sativus, Cochliobolus heterostrophus, and Cochliobolus spicifer. Current Microbiology, 45, 303 - 306. Emami, K., and Hack, E. (2001) Characterisation of a xylanase gene from Cochliobolus sativus and its expression. Mycological Research, 105, 352-359 Moubasher, M.H., and Hack, E. (2000) Fenugreek seed saponins and their antifungal effect on two races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. African Journal of Mycology and Biotechnology, 8, 11-21.Projects
- Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae for microbial control of the locust Uvarovistia zebra
Project Leader(s): : Asghar M.beigi
Undergraduate Teaching
Stage 1:
AGR120 Crop Pests (contributor)
BIO106 Plants, Microbes and the Environment (contributor)
BIO108 Introduction to Microbiology (contributor)
BNS112 Nutrition and Food Science (contributor)
Stage 2:
BIO200 Metabolism and Development (module leader)
BIO201 Molecular Genetics and Mammalian Biochemistry (module leader)
BNS232 Introduction to Molecular Biology (module leader)
BNS233 Quantitative Techniques (module leader)
Stage 3:
AGR333 Crop Pests Field Course (contributor)
BIO302 Biotechnology II (module leader)
BIO303 Cell Proliferation and Death (contributor)
BNS310 Social Impact of Biology (contributor)
BNS317 Plants as Food (contributor)
BNS328 Plant Pathology (module leader)
BNS375 Library Project and Talk (module leader)
BNS396 Experimental Research Project (Biology) (module leader)
Postgraduate Teaching
AES841 Integrated Pest Management and Biological Control (contributor)
BNS820 Principles of Plant Disease Management (module leader)
- Senousy HH, Beakes GW, Hack E. Phylogenetic placement of Botryococcus braunii (Trebouxiophyceae) and Botryococcus sudeticus isolate UTEX 2629 (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 2004,40 2 412-423.
- Emami K, Hack E. Conservation of XYN11A and XYN11B xylanase genes in Bipolaris sorghicola, Cochliobolus sativus, Cochliobolus heterostrophus, and Cochliobolus spicifer. Current Microbiology 2002, 45(4), 303-306.
- Emami K, Hack E. Characterisation of a xylanase gene from Cochliobolus sativus and its expression. Mycological Research 2001, 105(3), 352-359.
- Moubasher MH, Hack E. Fenugreek seed saponins and their antifungal effect on two races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. African Journal of Mycology and Biotechnology 2000, 8, 11-21.