GIMI
The James Hutton Institute
This page is no longer updated. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute joined forces with SCRI on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute.
Geoforensics and Information Management for crime Investigation (GIMI)
Project Staff - Jacqui Horswell
Dr. Jacqui Horswell BSc, PhD.
Senior Research Scientist,
ESR Ltd,
Kenepuru Science Centre,
Kenepuru Drive,
PO Box 50-348, Porirua,
New Zealand
Direct dial: +64-4 914 0684
Fax: +64-4 237 2370
jacqui.horswell@esr.cri.nz
http://www.esr.cri.nz/
- http://www.esr.cri.nz/capabilities/MicrobialChemicalForensics.htm
- http://www.esr.cri.nz/competencies/populationhealth/SoilDNA.htm
- http://www.esr.cri.nz/competencies/populationhealth/TimeSinceDeath.htm
Current research activities
- microbial ecology of soils e.g. determination of size and composition of soil microbial biomass using cultural and molecular biological techniques.
- the influence of sewage sludge application to soils on the microbial population.
- soil biotechnology, specifically the use of luminescent based microbial marker and detection systems e.g. lux.
- survival and persistence of pathogens in the environment
- development of bioassays to assess toxicity
- microbial forensics
Publications
Moss, S. R., Horswell, J., Froud-Williams, R. J., and Ndoping, M. M. (1993). Implications of herbicide resistance in Lolium multiflorum (Italian rye-grass). Aspects of Applied Biology, 35: 53-60.
Horswell, J., Hodge, A., and Killham, K. (1996). The influence of plant carbon on the mineralisation of atrazine residues in soils. Chemosphere, 34: 1739-1751.
Horswell, J.; Cordiner, S.J.; Maas, E.W.; Martin, T.M.; Sutherland, K.B.W.; Speir, T.W.; Nogales, B. and Osborn, A.M. (2001) Forensic Comparison of Soils by Bacterial Community DNA Profiling. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47: 350-354
Horswell, J.; Cordiner, S.J.; Maas, E.W.; Martin, T.M.; Sutherland, K.B.W.; Speir, T.W. (2001). Forensic Comparison of Soils by Bacterial Community DNA Profiling. Science and Justice, 41, 236.
Horswell, J. and Dickson, S.J. (2003). Use of Biosensors to screen urine samples for potentially toxic chemicals. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 27: 372-376.
Horswell, J; Speir, T.W. and Van Schaik, A.P. (2003). Bio-indicators to assess impacts of heavy metals in land-applied sewage sludge. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 35: 1501-1505.