Ash is a Research Assistant in the Agroecology Department within the Ecological Science Group. She graduated with a BSc Hons in Pharmacology and Biochemistry from the University of Dundee and a MSc in Medical Biotechnology. Ash began working at JHI as a Research Assistant in 2011 working on a range of projects. She is experienced in both the laboratory and field using microbiological and analytical techniques.
Ash is also working towards an MSc in Data Science with the University of Stirling.
Research
I am currently working on a variety of projects:
- NUE-Leg (Nitrogen Utilisation Efficiency-Legumes The effects of controlled fire on the biodiversity of heath communities
- LegumeES (EU-Horizon Europe)
- NCS Project (PGRO)
- Econutri (EU-Horizon Europe)
- RADIANT (EU-H2020)
- Roots2Res (EU-Horizon Europe)
- HDRF
- Necessary (Innovate UK)
- RESAS, B2, ‘Impact of novel crops and farming practices on the Scottish agricultural landscape’;
Past research
Journals
Ashley S. Boath, Derek Stewart & Gordon J. McDougall (2012) Berry components inhibit α-glucosidase in vitro: Synergies between acarbose and polyphenols from black currant and rowanberry – ScienceDirect
Ashley S. Boath, Dominic Grussu, Derek Stewart & Gordon J. McDougall (2012) Berry Polyphenols Inhibit Digestive Enzymes: a Source of Potential Health Benefits? | Food Digestion: Research and Current Opinion (springer.com)
Nick Pantidos, Ashley S. Boath, Victoria Lund, Sean Conner, Gordon J. McDougall Phenolic-rich extracts from the edible seaweed, ascophyllum nodosum, inhibit α-amylase and α-glucosidase: Potential anti-hyperglycemic effects – ScienceDirect
Marta Maluk, Madeline Giles, Grace E. Wardell, Aminin Taqrir Akramin, Francesc Ferrando-Molina Ashley Murdoch, Marta Barros, Chrizelle Beukes, Marta Vasconçelos, Ellie Harrison, Tim J. Daniels, Richard S. Quilliam, Pietro P. M. Iannetta, Euan K. James (2023) Frontiers | Biological nitrogen fixation by soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.), a novel, high protein crop in Scotland, requires inoculation with non-native bradyrhizobia (frontiersin.org)
Conference & Project Meetings/Reports
– PeaYEN meeting, PGRO, Peterborough, 12 December 2018. Ferrando-Molina, F., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K, Maluk, M., Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Development and optimization of novel legume bio-fertilisers for peas and faba beans.
– UK-India Nitrogen Fixation Centre, Third Annual Meeting, Mau, India, November 2018. James, E. K. Lafos, M., Maluk, M., Batista, M., Boath, A., Cruz, L., de Souza, E., Pedrosa, F., Dixon, R. A. Genomics and nitrogen fixation in Azoarcus and the isolation of PGPRs from Miscanthus.
– UK-Brazil Nitrogen Fixation Centre Third Annual Meeting Wednesday 29th August, 2018. Foz do Iguaçu – PR, Brazil. Maluk, M., James, E. K., Boath, A., Iannetta, P. P. M. Isolation of PGPB from Miscanthus giganteus.
– ESA congress 2018. Maluk, M., Lopez del Egido, L., Lafos, M., Ferrando-Molina, F., Boath, A., Iannetta, P. P. M. James, E. K. Developing elite rhizobial inoculants to improve the productivity of grain legume crops in the UK.
– 18/02/2019. Final Genomia Project Report. James, E. K., Maluk, M., Ferrando Molina, F., Boath, A., Hawes, C., Iannetta, P. P. M. Developing commercial products and services to stabilise and maximise yield from peas and faba beans (Opti-N).
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K., Maluk, M., Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Isolation and characterisation of soil bacteria from a semi-arid region for their use in novel bio-fertilisers. 06/03/2019. JHI PhD event.
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K., Maluk, M., Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Isolation and characterisation of soil bacteria from a semi-arid region for their use in novel bio-fertilisers. 23/05/2019. ES group meeting.
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Maluk, M., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K, Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Isolation and characterisation of soil bacteria from a semi-arid region for their use in novel bio-fertilisers. 05/06/2019. Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI) Show Case.
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Maluk, M., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K, Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Isolation and characterisation of soil bacteria from a semi-arid region for their use in novel bio-fertilisers. 11/06/2019. Post-graduate Student Competition.
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K., Maluk, M., Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Development and optimisation of inoculants for grain legumes. 08/11/2019. PGRO Pulse Panel.
– Ferrando-Molina, F., Iannetta, P. P. M., James, E. K., Maluk, M., Newton, A., Boath, A., Quilliam, R. Assessment of desiccation tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum. 01 April 2020. Agroecology meeting at JHI.
