Dr Ian Turner
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Job title: Assistant Subject Head
Email: i.turner@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: derby.academia.edu/IanTurner
Phone No: 01332 592084
Room: N612b Kedleston Road
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Recent publications
- Engaing Biological Science Students in the development of employability skills through creative teaching and pee reviewed action plans. Ian J Turner and Liz Day. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Issue 4, March 2012.
- Nanotechnology in Forensic Science. Ian J Turner and Ya Tsz A Turner. theReport - The City of Westminster Law Journal. September 2010.
- Sputter Coating: A viable alternative for the development of latent prints on non-porous surfaces. Ian J. Turner, M. J Burgess, J. Love and P. T. Lynch. For Sci J. 2010 (1): 19-24.
- Forensic Sciene and the attribution of 19th Century Stereoviews. John Bradley and Ian J. Turner. Sterescopic World. April 2010.
- Case Study: Promoting Undergraduate Student Conference Attendance has Benefits for All! Ian J. Turner. Student Research Projects. a Case Study for the HEA Biosciences Research Group. 2009.
- Who wants to be a biologist? An excellent quiz tool for students. Ian J. Turner. HEA Bioscience Education E-journal 11 (c1) June 2008.
- A Comparison of the Identifying Features in Original Signatures and Electronically Scanned Signatures. Nazia Mehrban, Ian J. Turner. Journal of the American Society Questioned Document Examiners 11 (1) page 1-7.
- Investigation of class characteristics in the Gurmukhi handwriting of 1st and 2nd Generation Punjabi's. Ian J. Turner, Rajvinder K. Sidhu, and Julian M. Love, Science and Justice (48) 126-132.
- Quantifying the dimensions of nanoscale organic surface layers in natural waters. C.T. Gibson, Ian J. Turner, Clive J. Roberts and J.R.Lead Environ. Sci. Technol., 41 (4), 1339 -1344, 2007.
- The Bacillus subtilus DnaD and DnaB proteins exhibit different DNA remodelling activities. Wenke Zhang, Maria Carneiro, Ian J. Turner, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts and Panos Soultanas. Journal of Molecular Biology, Volume 351, Issue 1, 5 August 2005, Pages 66-75.
- DnaG interacts with a linker region that joins the N- and C-domains of DnaB and induces the formation of 3-fold symmetric rings. Jenny Thirlway, Ian J. Turner, Christopher T. Gibson, Laurence Gardiner, Kevin Brady, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts and Panos Soultanas. Nucleic Acid Research, 2004, Vol. 32, No.10 2977-2986.
- The Bacillus subtilis DnaD protein: a putative link between DNA remodelling and initiation of DNA replication. Ian J. Turner, David J. Scott, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts, Panos Soultanas. FEBS Letters, Volume 577, Issue 3, 19 November 2004, Pages 460-464.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Science
Subject Area: Forensic Sciences
I am a Senior Lecturer in Biology and Forensic Science, Assistant Subject Head for the Deptartment of Biological and Forensic Sciences and the Learning and Teaching Advisor for the School of Science
Teaching responsibilities
I teach on both the biology and forensic science degree programmes.
My teaching responsibilities include genetics, molecular biology, science communication as well as all aspects of forensic science. I also oversee the Independent studies projects.
Research interests
All aspects of forensic science specifically forensic document analysis and science education.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- The British Science Association- Chair of Derbyshire Branch and Member of the General Committe
- Higher Education Academy - Fellow
- The Forensic Science Society - Professional Member
- The Society of Biology - Professional Member
Recent Conferences
Presenter- 'DNA on a washing line' at the Researchers, Teachers and Learners. TheSociety of Experimental Biology, Darwin House London, March 2012.
Presenter- 'Lecture Theatre Pantomime' at The HEA Effective Lecture series,Edinburgh Dec 2010 and London March 2011 and FORREST conference, NottinghamTrent University, July 2011 and the Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Buxton 2011.
Presenter - 'Lonely heart columns forabstract writing' at the annual Teaching and LearningConference, Buxton 2010 and the HEA Bioscience Reps meeting, Cardiff, 2010
Additional Interests and Activities
Keen advocate for the promotion of science to schools and the public, working closely with Schools Liaison Officers, Aimhigher and the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youngsters.
Media experience
- Numerous apperance on local radio talking about forensic science and local science education intiatives.
- Could the digital signature on your credit card or driving licence be open to fraud? That alarming question was raised through research involving myself at the University in spring 2007. GMTV, BBC Radio Four and The Guardian were among the national media to cover the story.
- Apperance ITV series Forensic Casebook presented by Matthew Kelly
- Numerous research stories covered on local radio and in local press
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (2:1), University of Warwick
Postgraduate qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (2006), University of Derby
- MSc Forensic Science (September 2001 - September 2002), Kings College London
Research qualifications
- PhD - Pharmacy (October 2002 - September 2005), University of Nottingham
