Recent Staff Publications
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL SCIENCES
BOOKS
Carrington, S. (2007) Wild Plants of Barbados ( 2 nd Edn. ), Macmillan Caribbean Ltd, London & Oxford, pp 242.
Refereed Papers
Badenock, J.C ., Fraser, H.L., Gribble, G.W. and Jasinski, J.P . (2007) 5-Methyl-5bß,6,7,8,9,11aa-hexahydro-5H-indolizino[1,2-b]indol-11(5aaH)-one. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , E63 , o349-o350
Badenock, J.C ., Fraser, H.L., Gribble, G.W. and Jasinski, J.P . (2007) 1-(2-Bromo-1-methylindol-3-ylcarbonyl)pyrrolidine. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , E63 , o2474-o2475.
Badenock, J.C ., Fraser, H.L., Gribble, G.W. and Jasinski, J.P . (2007) 2-Bromo-N-tert-butyl-N,1-dimethyl-1H-indole-3-carboxamide. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , E63, o2478-o2479.
Beggs, J.A., Horrocks, J.A. and Krueger, B.K. (2007) Increase in hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata nesting in Barbados , West Indies . Endangered Species Research 3 :159-167.
Benn-Torres, J. Bonilla, C., Robbins, C.M., Waterman, L ., Moses, T.Y., Hernandez, W., Santos, E.R., Bennett, F., Aiken, W., Tullock, T., Coard, K., Hennis, A., Wu, S., Nemesure, B., Leske, M.C. Freeman, V., Carpten, J. and Kittles, R.A. (2007) Admixture and population stratification in African Caribbean populations. Annals of Human Genetics 71 :1–9.
Douglas, K.O., Suarez, D.L. and Lavoie, M.C. (2006) Influenza A virus surveillance of migratory waterfowl in Barbados , West Indies . Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1081 :169–170.
Douglas, K.O., Lavoie, M.C. , Kim, L.M., Afonso, C.L. and Suarez, D.L . ( 2007) Isolation and genetic characterization of avian influenza viruses and a Newcastle disease virus from wild birds in Barbados: 2003–2004. Avian Diseases 51 :781–787.
Fields, H.A. , Gibbs, I. & Taylor, B. 2006. Colonization of Barbados by the giant African snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich 1822. Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 52 :233-241.
Fraser, H.L., Badenock, J.C., Gribble, G.W. and Jasinski, J.P . (2007) 1-(2-Bromo-1-methylindol-3-ylcarbonyl) piperidine. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , E63, o2476-o2477.
Fraser, H.L., Badenock, J.C., Gribble, G.W. and Jasinski, J.P . (2007) 1-Azepinyl-(2-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl) methanone. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , E63, o2480-o2481.
Grazette, S., Horrocks, J.A., Phillip, P and Isaac, C. (2007) An assessment of the sea turtle fishery in Grenada , West Indies . Oryx 41 :1-7.Gronberg, H., Kaparakis, G. and Sen R. (2006) Binucleate Rhizoctonia ( Ceratorhiza spp.) as non-mycorrhizal endophytes alter Pinus sylvestris L. seedling root architecture and affect growth of rooted cuttings. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 21 :450-457.
Grosvenor, S., McLean , S., Reynolds, W.F. and Tinto, W.F. (2007) Two phorbol esters from Sapium hippomane . Natural Product Communications 2 :127-130.
Kaparakis, G. and Sen, R. (2006) Binucleate Rhizoctonia ( Ceratorhiza spp.) induce adventitious root formation in hypocotyl cuttings of Pinus sylvestris L. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 21 :444-449.
Layne, T.H., McLean , S., Reynolds, W.F. and Tinto, W.F. (2007) Excelsinidine, A quaternary alkaloid from Aspidosperma excelsum. Natural Product Communications 2 :649-652.
McDowell, S.A.C. (2006) The change in the vibrational anharmonicity for FH...Rg, FArH...N2 and FArH...P2 (Rg = Ne, Ar, Kr). Journal of Molecular Structure (THEOCHEM) 770 :119.
McDowell, S.A.C. (2007) On the change of the NMR isotropic shielding in blue- and red-shifted complexes of F3CH. Chemical Physics Letters 441 :194.
Roach, J., McLean, S., Reynolds, W.F. and Tinto, W.F. (2007) Cassane and norcassane diterpenoids of Caesalpinia pulcherrima . Heterocycles 71 :1067-1073.
Simmons-Boyce, J. and Tinto, W.F. (2007) A review of the genus Agavaceae. Natural Product Communications 2 : 99-114.
Sutrina , S.L. , Inniss, P.I., Lazarus, L-A., Inglis, L. and Maximilien, J. (2007) Replacing the general energy-coupling proteins of the phospho-enol-pyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system of Salmonella typhimurium with fructose-inducible counterparts results in the inability to utilize nonphosphotransferase system sugars. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 53 :586-598.
Sutrina, S.L. , McGeary, T. and Bourne, C-A. (2007) The phospho-enolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system and biofilms in Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 12 :269-272.
Williams , A.R., Northop, B.H., Chang, T., Stoddart, J.F., White, A.J.P. and Williams, D.J. (2006) Suitanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2006 : 6665.
Theses
Christian, Linroy - Techniques for the identification and enumeration of the Bacteroides and their suitability as indicators of faecal contamination of the marine environment. Ph.D.
Douglas, Kirk (2006) Influenza A and West Nile viruses in Barbados . M.Phil.
Harewood, Asanchia (2006) Impacts of coastal development on the nesting behaviour, nest success and hatchling viability of Hawksbill Turtles ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) in Barbados , West Indies . M.Phil.
Hull-Jackson, Carol-Angel - Leptospirosis in the Caribbean: Canine seroprevalence in Trinidad, latex test evaluation and vaccine production in Barbados . M.Phil.
Murray, Patricia (2006) Investigation of the properties of marine fluorophores. M.Phil.
Wyatt, Sharon - Assessing the impact of selection for high sucrose on molecular diversity in sugarcane. Ph.D.
Published Abstracts
Kulikov, S.M. and Thomas, Sh.A. (2006) Electrochemical oxidation of nitrile herbicide bromoxynil in aqueous methanol media. 57 th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Book of Abstracts, S-5, P.50.
Kulikov, S.M., Holder, B.J.R. and Mascall, K.C. (2007) Hydrolytic stability of persistent organic pollutants studied on example of PCP and bromox. 5 th International Water Association Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants/Hazardous substances in Water, Book of Abstracts, P.462.
Kulikov, S.M., Mascall, K.C. and Holder, B.J.R. (2007) Kinetics of acid-base catalyzed hydrolysis of pentachlorophenol and bromoxynil in aqueous media. III International Conference: Catalysis: Fundamentals and Application, Book of Abstracts, v.II, P. 125.
Nicolas, G., Lapointe, G. Morency, H. Richards, K. and Lavoie, M.C. (2007) Characterization of new mutacins (bacteriocins) produced by Streptococcus mutans and determination of their antibacterial activity. 57th Annual Conferences of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Quebec, QC, Canada, June 2007, Program & Abstracts, p. 66, B21.
Workman, S ., Mathison, G. and Lavoie, M. (2007) Antimicrobial resistance among Campylobacter isolates of human, animal and food origin in Barbados . West Indian Medical Journal 56 (Suppl 1):65
Technical Reports
Fields, A. (2006) Giant African Snails (GAS) and Barbadian gullies. Report to the Ministry of Energy and the Environment, Government of Barbados . 18pp
Horrocks, J.A ., Richardson , K.A. and B. H. Krueger. (2007) Impacts of the “Swim with the Turtles” attractions on endangered green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) around Barbados . Report to the Coastal Zone Management Unit, Government of Barbados . 26 pp.