Dr Geertje Van Keulen

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  PhD

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Christopher Phillips

• Development of advanced corrosion-resistant coatings with synthetic biology-inspired protein technologies (dyfarnwyd 2023)

  PhD

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof David Penney

• Novel anti-microbial metallic surfaces for infection control (cyfredol)

  EngD

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Rowan Brown

• Understanding the sanitising efficacy of a new, environmentally friendly hot tub water treatment product, eco3spa (dyfarnwyd 2023)

  MSc

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Chedly Tizaoui

• PM-127 Energy and Metabolism: The Reactions of Life

  This module provides an introduction to bioenergetics and the chemical structure of carbohydrates as well as a discussion of the central metabolic pathways by which energy from food is used to fuel the synthesis of the energy currency molecule ATP (with particular attention to glycolysis, the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation). The concept of tissue and organ specificity is introduced and a brief introduction to hormonal regulation by insulin and glucagon.

• PM-134 Microbiology

  This module introduces students into the small intricate world of microbiology and its implications for human health and disease. It will explore the microbial universe from the living (bacteria and fungi) to the non-living (viruses and bacteriophage). Starting with fundamental concepts, students will learn about these organisms and how they differ from their eukaryotic counterparts in their cellular and genetic structures. The ability of microorganisms to cause human disease will be explored through key example organisms. This module will then go on to explore the beneficial sides of microbiology, and how we can manipulate microorganisms for the production of beneficial products. Through a combination of lectures and laboratory sessions, students will gain insights into the fundamentals of microbiology through key example microorganisms with a focus on human disease. Students that complete this module will be equipped with a general overview of the field of microbiology.

• PM-245 Metabolic Regulation: Enzymes & Signal Transduction

  This module reviews the basic elements of enzyme kinetics, including their mechanism and inhibition. The control of enzyme function by allosteric mechanisms is considered together with an appreciation of the significance of sigmoid kinetics. An overview of coenzymes and (metal) co-factors in enzyme function is given together with a description of the role played by vitamins in co-enzyme production.

• PM-278 Advanced Metabolism

  The modules seeks to expand upon the first year metabolism module (PM-127) to encompass the metabolism of other biomolecules and further additions to central glycolysis and the TCA cycle. The module discusses the uptake and metabolism of carbohydrates other than glucose, the use of carbohydrates in the pentose phosphate and Entner-Douderoff pathways and disease implications. Fatty acid and cholesterol metabolism and transport systems are discussed, alongside clinical implications and modern therapeutic drugs that target these pathways. The pathways of amino acid synthesis and degradation in humans are described along with an introduction to the urea cycle.

• PM-278C Metabolaeth Uwch

  Nod y modiwl hwn yw ehangu ar fodiwl metabolaeth y flwyddyn gyntaf (PM-127) i gynnwys metabolaeth biofoleciwlau eraill ac ychwanegu mwy am glycolsis canolog a'r cylchred TCA. Mae'r modiwl yn trafod ymlifiad a metabolaeth carbohydradau ac eithrio glucos, y defnydd o garbohydradau yn y llwybrau ffosffad pentos ac Entner-Douderoff a¿r goblygiadau clefyd. Caiff metabolaeth asid brasterog a cholesterol a systemau cludo eu trafod, ynghyd â goblygiadau clinigol a chyffuriau therapiwtig modern sy'n targedu'r llwybrau hyn.Caiff llwybrau synthesis asidau amino a diraddiad mewn pobl eu disgrifio ynghyd â chyflwyniad i'r gylchred wrea.

• PM-344 Capstone Project

  The aim of this module is to provide a capstone experience to students¿ learning, through participating in their own enquiry-based research project, with guidance from an academic supervisor. The project may be laboratory or non-laboratory based, but it will always involve a research question that is drawn from the literature, and focused on a topic relevant to the life sciences. It will ask a research question and involve the critical analysis of research findings. Students will refine their oral and written communication skills to a graduate level through an oral presentation and dissertation on their research findings and conclusions.

• PM-366 Teaching Science

  This module is for students with an interest in teaching, science communication, and medicine. Students will complete an enquiry-based research project, based within the field of pedagogy or science communication, with guidance from an academic supervisor. Projects may be completed in collaboration with local schools/colleges, community groups, science outreach programmes (e.g. Oriel Science), in clinical/patient settings, or within Higher Education. Students will engage with workshops and digital resources to introduce various themes surrounding pedagogy and science communication to prepare them for their research project. Students will be required to critically analyse their research findings and produce a teaching or outreach activity/resource. Students will refine their oral and written communication skills to graduate level through an oral presentation and dissertation.

• PMRM04 Dissertation (Research)

  This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.

• Understanding the sanitising efficacy of a new, environmentally friendly hot tub water treatment product, eco3spa (gyda Surespa Ltd) 2021 - 2023

  efrydiaeth wedi'i hariannu gan Surespa Ltd and M2A, with Dr Chedly Tizaoui a Dr Chris O. Phillips, £15k

• Development of advanced corrosion-resistant coatings with synthetic biology-inspired protein technologies 2018 - 2022

  The UK’s Ministry of Defence ‘Materials for Strategic Advantage’ Programme funds competitive PhD studentships to develop ‘Novel Materials for Defence Materials for Strategic Advantage’. , with Professor David Penney , 77,000

• Phase II Development of a synbio-inspired composite adhesive for transparent defense materials 2018 - 2020

  Mae'r prosiect cydweithredol hwn yn rhan o'r rhaglen thematig Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) 'Synthetic biology for transparent materials’. , with Dr Chris O. Phillips, Dr Gethin Allen, Dr Ben Clifford , 150,000

• Developing a bio-inspired adhesive technology for transparent defence materials (Phase I) 2017 - 2018

  Mae'r prosiect cydweithredol hwn yn rhan o'r rhaglen thematig Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) ‘Synthetic biology for transparent materials’. , with Dr Chris O. Phillips, Dr Gethin Allen, Dr Ben Clifford, Dr Sholeem Griffin, 80,000

• Developing a novel protein-based coating technology for anti-corrosion of magnesium light alloy materials 2016 - 2017

  Mae'r prosiect cydweithredol hwn yn rhan o'r rhaglen thematig Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) ‘Synthetic biology for novel materials’. , with Professor Geraint Williams, Professor David Penney, Dr Sholeem Griffin, Dr Gethin Allen, Dr Rama, 140,000

• MSc yn ôl efrydiaeth Ymchwil ‘Sanitising efficacy of a new Hot Tub Water enzyme water treatment product’ (with Eco3Spa /Hot tubs UK) 2018 - 2021

  , with Dr Chedly Tizaoui, Dr Chris O. Phillips, 15k

• Avenues of Commercialisation for Nano and Micro technologies (ACNM) 2018 - 2021

  Academic Contributor (CoI) to ERDF funded project, with Swansea PI Dr Lewis Francis, ERDF ariannu £1.3m (Swansea); cyfwerth cyfan y prosiect £2.7M; gyda Prifysgol Caerdydd)

• A cross-disciplinary soil-proteomics and modelling approach for predicting switches between hydrophilic and hydrophobic soil surface responses 2013 - 2016

  NERC funded collaborative research project gyda Prifysgol Plymouth a Rothamsted Research (NE/K004638/1 & NE/K004212/1), with Prof G. Peter Matthews, Prof Stefan H. Doerr, Dr Lewis Francis, Dr Ed Dudley, Dr Richard Whalley, £868k (Project total)

• Improving the efficiency of natural product expression and purification in bacterial strains of pharmaceutical relevance by biomimetic culturing (with Demuris Ltd) 2017

  BBSRC-NIBB NPRONET funded Business Interaction Voucher Project, with Dr Nick Allenby (Demuris), £10k (cyfwerth cyfan £20k)

• Production, upscaling and analysis of (mixtures of) novel natural products using a biomimetic culturing approach 2015

  BBSRC-NIBB NPRONET funded Proof-of-Concept Project, with Dr Joel Loveridge, Dr Ed Dudley, £63k

• Datblygu technoleg wedi'i gyfeirio at brotein ar gyfer deunyddiau amddiffynnol a bioadlynol seiliedig ar fio-fwynau ar gyfer cymwysiadau amddiffyn 2023 - 2024

  Prosiect a ariennir gan Dstl/DASA yn y rhaglen Bioleg Peirianneg ar gyfer Amddiffyn a Diogelwch (Cam I), with Yr Athro Richard Johnston, Dr Ricardo Del Sol, Dr Matt Hitchings, Dr Craig Allan, Dstl £100k

Geertje yw prif drefnydd Soapbox Science Swansea, digwyddiad allgymorth gwyddoniaeth gyhoeddus blynyddol sy'n ceisio newid canfyddiad y cyhoedd o ymchwilwyr benywaidd a'u gyrfaoedd mewn STEM trwy fynd â gwyddoniaeth i strydoedd Abertawe. Gallwch weld crynhoadau fideo o ddigwyddiadau blaenorol a gynhaliwyd yn 2015 a 2017.

Mae Geertje hefyd yn hyfforddi ymchwilwyr ar sut i ddod yn siaradwr cyhoeddus gwell, gan ganolbwyntio ar sut i siarad â'r cyhoedd nad oes ganddynt ddiddordeb ymlaen llaw i glywed am wyddoniaeth.

Mae hi’n un o sylfaenwyr SwanSTEMWoMen, cymuned Abertawe o fenywod yn STEM.

Mae Geertje hefyd yn cefnogi digwyddiadau allgymorth cyhoeddus eraill fel Gŵyl Wyddoniaeth Abertawe, Dydd Sadwrn / Dydd Sul Super Science, ymweliadau Ysgol, a Chlwb STEM i Ferched Prifysgol Abertawe.

Mae Geertje yn codi ymwybyddiaeth o bynciau microbaidd cyfredol i wleidyddion yn y Grŵp Trawsbleidiol ar gyfer STEM yn Senedd Cymru. Mae ganddi gyfrifoldebau wrth godi materion perthnasol a materion cyfoes mewn microbioleg i Aelodau'r Senedd, sy'n cynnwys ymwrthedd gwrthficrobaidd.

Mae hi’n arwain trafodaethau ac yn datblygu Polisi gyda thîm polisi’r Gymdeithas Microbioleg, yn enwedig gan gwmpasu ‘Dyfodol Cynaliadwy:

Rôl microbioleg wrth gyflawni Nodau Datblygu Cynaliadwy’r Cenhedloedd Unedig ’, gan ganolbwyntio ar Iechyd Pridd a SDGs y Cenhedloedd Unedig.

Gyfrifol am gydlynu digwyddiad Gwyddoniaeth yn y Cynulliad 2017 ar ‘Gwrthiant Gwrthficrobaidd’ lle cyflwynwyd ymchwil ac effaith gwrthiant gwrthficrobaidd yng Nghymru i wleidyddion, llunwyr polisi, gwyddonwyr a rhanddeiliaid.

Mae Geertje hefyd yn derbyn ceisiadau iymgysylltu â'r cyfryngau (radio / teledu / papur newydd) a chyfryngau cymdeithasol:

Fe’i cyfrannwyd at fideo BBC Future yn dathlu gwyddonwyr benywaidd ar Ddiwrnod Ada Lovelace 2017, gyda’i chyfraniad yn dechrau am 2min26.

Ymhellach, mae hi wedi ymddangos fel siaradwr ar raglen ddadl amserol BBC One Wales, The Hour ar bwnc Menywod Yng Nghymru, i gydnabod ei gweithgareddau tuag at gydraddoldeb rhywiol, gan gynnwys Gwyddoniaeth Soapbox.

Mae hi wedi cyhoeddi erthyglau a blogiau ar bynciau gwyddoniaeth a chydbwysedd rhwng y rhywiau mewn STEM yn e.e. y South Wales Evening Post, The Conservation UK, safle blogio Soapbox Science, a’r blog disruptive STEMinist.

• Arholwr Allanol ar gyfer graddau PhD, MPhil a MRes, Manceinion, Newcastle, UEA, Nottingham, Strathclyde, SHU, UCD

  2011 - 2022

• Arholwr Allanol MSc Microbioleg a MSc Biotechnoleg, Prifysgol Northumbria

  2018 - 2022

• Arholwr Allanol Graddau BSc a Biocemeg MSci, Prifysgol East Anglia

  2017 - 2021

• Arholwr Allanol BSc Microbioleg, Coleg Prifysgol Dulyn, Gweriniaeth Iwerddon

  2022 - 2025

• Aelod o Fwrdd Llywodraethol M2RI, Sefydliad ymchwil deunyddiau gweithgynhyrchu Prifysgol Abertawe

  2023 - Presennol

• Allgymorth Cyd-Hyrwyddwr Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Abertawe, YFPA Allgymorth

  2022 - Presennol

• Cynghorydd Arbenigol Panel Technegol CH/216/-/3 Cynhyrchion a Bi, Y Sefydliad Safonau Prydeinig

  2022 - Presennol