Professor Julie Gray
School of Biosciences
Professor of Plant Cell Signalling
+44 114 222 4407
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School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
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S10 2TN
- Profile
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Career history
- 2008 - present: Professor, School of Biosciences, University of ºù«Ӱҵ
- 1993 - 2007: Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/Reader Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of ºù«Ӱҵ
- 1990 - 1993: University Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
- 1989 – 1990: Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
- 1985 - 1989: PhD, University of Nottingham
- Research interests
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Stomata are pores that open to allow carbon dioxide into leaves for photosynthesis and close to reduce water loss. Stomata are important because their behaviour affects crop productivity, and global carbon and water cycles.
We study how stomatal aperture and stomatal development are controlled by the plant, and how environmental change affects both the number of stomata that are produced and their sensitivity.
We use molecular genetic techniques to study the evolution of stomatal signalling pathways which are believed to have been important for the greening of the earth over 400 million years ago.
Recently we have begun to translate our finding into important crops including wheat and rice, to improve drought tolerance and water use efficiency.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Current Biology, 27(20), 3183-3190.e4.
- . Current Biology, 27(19), 2974-2983.e2.
- . Plant Physiology, 174(2), 689-699.
- . Plant Physiology, 174(2), 776-787.
- . Nature Plants, 2.
- . Current Biology, 26(21), 2899-2906.
- . Development, 143, 3306-3314.
- . Current Biology, 25(20), 2709-2716.
- . New Phytologist, 208(2), 336-341.
- . New Phytologist, 207(1), 188-195.
- . Molecular Cell, 53(3), 369-379.
- . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 367(1588), 547-555.
- . Curr Biol, 21(12), 1030-1035.
- . Curr Biol, 21(12), 1025-1029.
- . New Phytol, 186(3), 609-614.
- . Curr Biol, 19(10), 864-869.
- . CURR BIOL, 19(3), 229-234.
- . NEW PHYTOL, 178(1), 9-23.
- . J Exp Bot, 57(2), 329-341.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 19(1), 69-87.
- . Plant Cell, 3(3), 271-283.
- . Science, 250(4983), 937-941.
- SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN NICOTIANA-ALATA INVOLVES DEGRADATION OF POLLEN RIBOSOMAL-RNA. NATURE, 347(6295), 757-760.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 14(3), 369-379.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Current Biology.
- . Current Biology.
- . Plant Science, 111624-111624.
- . Molecular Plant.
- . Current Biology, 32(11), r539-r553.
- . Current Biology.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
- . Interface Focus, 11(2).
- . Plant Signal Behav, 1899471.
- . New Phytologist.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
- . EMBO Reports, 21(2).
- . The Plant Journal, 101(4), 768-779.
- . Scientific Reports, 9(1).
- . Nature Communications, 10(1).
- . Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(18), 4737-4748.
- . Plant Cell & Environment.
- . Scientific Reports, 9.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
- . New Phytologist, 221(2), 988-1000.
- . New Phytologist, 22(1), 371-384.
- . Trends in Plant Science, 23(9), 822-832.
- . New Phytologist, 218(1), 232-241.
- . Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 41, 1-7.
- . Biochemical Journal, 475(2), 441-454.
- . Current Biology, 27(20), 3183-3190.e4.
- . Plant Journal.
- . Current Biology, 27(19), 2974-2983.e2.
- . Plant Physiology, 174(2), 689-699.
- . Plant physiology, 147(2).
- . Plant Cell Reports, 36(5), 745-757.
- . Plant Physiology, 174(2), 776-787.
- . Nature Plants, 2.
- . Current Biology, 26(21), 2899-2906.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(AUG2016).
- . Development, 143, 3306-3314.
- . PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0156930-e0156930.
- . Current Biology, 25(20), 2709-2716.
- . New Phytologist, 208(2), 336-341.
- . New Phytologist, 207(1), 188-195.
- . Current Biology, 25(7), R271-R273.
- . New Phytol, 202(2), 376-391.
- . Molecular Cell, 53(3), 369-379.
- . PLoS One, 9(5), e97161.
- . Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 18(1), 117-118.
- . Curr Opin Plant Biol, 16(5), 638-646.
- . J Exp Bot, 64(12), 3567-3581.
- . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 367(1588), 547-555.
- . Plant Journal, 69(4), 679-688.
- . Curr Biol, 21(12), 1030-1035.
- . Curr Biol, 21(12), 1025-1029.
- . Plant Signal Behav, 5(3), 278-280.
- . New Phytol, 186(3), 609-614.
- . PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR, 5(3), 278-280.
- REGULATION OF CHRYSOLAMINARAN METABOLISM IN THE MARINE DIATOM THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA. PHYCOLOGIA, 48(4), 36-37.
- . Curr Biol, 19(10), 864-869.
- . CURR BIOL, 19(3), 229-234.
- . New Phytol, 181(1), 62-70.
- . PLANT J, 56(1), 64-72.
- . NEW PHYTOL, 178(1), 9-23.
- . Sci Signal, 1(49), pe53.
- . Plant J, 51(3), 341-351.
- . Plant Physiol, 144(1), 479-486.
- . Curr Biol, 17(6), R213-R215.
- . Plant Cell Physiol, 48(3), 441-450.
- . New Phytol, 173(4), 670-673.
- . J Exp Bot, 57(3), 699-709.
- . J Exp Bot, 57(2), 329-341.
- . Curr Biol, 15(15), R593-R595.
- Systemic signalling, acclimation and impacts on leaf phenotype. COMP BIOCHEM PHYS A, 141(3), S298-S298.
- . New Phytol, 166(3), 753-769.
- . Curr Biol, 14(12), R488-R490.
- . NEW PHYTOL, 162(3), 643-654.
- . Plant Physiol, 134(4), 1268-1282.
- . Plant Physiol, 134(4), 1244-1247.
- . J EXP BOT, 55(395), 199-204.
- . Plant J, 34(1), 47-55.
- Signals from the cuticle affect epidermal cell differentiation. NEW PHYTOL, 157(1), 9-23.
- . Plant J, 30(6), 691-698.
- A role for the cuticular waxes in the environmental control of stomatal development. NEW PHYTOL, 153(3), 433-439.
- . Curr Biol, 11(23), R968-R970.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 47(4), 499-506.
- Calcium-based signalling systems in guard cells. NEW PHYTOL, 151(1), 109-120.
- . Nature, 408(6813), 713-716.
- . Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(4), 476-481.
- Abscisic acid induces oscillations in guard-cell cytosolic free calcium that involve phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 96(4), 1779-1784.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 39(2), 325-333.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 26(4), S395.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 26(4), S397.
- The control of specificity in guard cell signal transduction. PHILOS T ROY SOC B, 353(1374), 1489-1494.
- Molecular and enzymatic characterization of three phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C isoforms from potato. PLANT PHYSIOL, 116(1), 239-250.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 33(4), 653-665.
- A ROLE FOR GLUTAMATE-DECARBOXYLASE DURING TOMATO RIPENING - THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A CDNA-ENCODING A PUTATIVE GLUTAMATE-DECARBOXYLASE WITH A CALMODULIN-BINDING SITE. PLANT MOL BIOL, 27(6), 1143-1151.
- THE USE OF TRANSGENIC AND NATURALLY-OCCURRING MUTANTS TO UNDERSTAND AND MANIPULATE TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING. PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 17(5), 557-571.
- . Plant Physiol, 103(4), 1471-1472.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 23(3), 627-631.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 23(1), 193-207.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 19(1), 69-87.
- SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY - INSIGHTS THROUGH MICROSCOPY. J MICROSC-OXFORD, 166, 137-148.
- . Plant Cell, 3(3), 271-283.
- . The Plant Cell, 3(3), 271-271.
- . Science, 250(4983), 937-941.
- SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN NICOTIANA-ALATA INVOLVES DEGRADATION OF POLLEN RIBOSOMAL-RNA. NATURE, 347(6295), 757-760.
- . Plant, Cell and Environment, 13(6), 513-521.
- . Plant Mol Biol, 14(3), 369-379.
- CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF GENE-EXPRESSION DURING TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING. PLANT MOL BIOL, 13(3), 303-311.
- . Plant Molecular Biology, 12(1), 105-116.
- . European Journal of Biochemistry, 174(1), 119-124.
- ETHYLENE STIMULATES THE ACCUMULATION OF RIPENING-RELATED MESSENGER-RNAS IN TOMATOES. PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 10(2), 177-184.
- . Plant, Cell and Environment, 10(2), 177-184.
- GENE-EXPRESSION DURING TOMATO RIPENING. PHILOS T ROY SOC B, 314(1166), 399-&.
- . Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, a041672-a041672.
- . Nature Plants.
- . New Phytologist.
- . Plant Physiology.
- . Frontiers in Plant Science, 12.
- . Plant, Cell & Environment.
Chapters
- , Signaling and Communication in Plants (pp. 93-106). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- , Plant Hormones (pp. 372-394). Springer Netherlands
- , Developments in Plant Breeding (pp. 193-202). Springer Netherlands
- , Plant Molecular Biology (pp. 287-299). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- , Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone Ethylene (pp. 82-89). Springer Netherlands
- , 10 Years Plant Molecular Biology (pp. 69-87). Springer Netherlands
- , Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants (pp. 115-125). Elsevier
- , Manipulation of Fruiting (pp. 387-398). Elsevier
- , Cell Separation in Plants (pp. 1-9). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- (pp. 1-8). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- Reduced stomatal density in wheat and its potential for improving control of foliar pathogens. PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 108(10) (pp 170-170)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 153A(2) (pp S209-S209)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150(3) (pp S195-S195)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150(3) (pp S144-S144)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150(3) (pp S195-S195)
- Ca2+ signalling in stomatal guard cells. BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS, Vol. 28 (pp 476-481)
- THE MANIPULATION AND MODIFICATION OF TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING BY EXPRESSION OF ANTISENSE RNA IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS. EUPHYTICA, Vol. 85(1-3) (pp 193-202)
- (pp 527-536)
- REGULATION OF GENE-EXPRESSION IN TRANSGENIC TOMATO PLANTS BY ANTISENSE RNA AND RIPENING-SPECIFIC PROMOTERS. GENETIC ENGINEERING OF CROP PLANTS (pp 115-125)
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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Level 4 modules
- MBB401 Introduction to Research Methodology (Module Coordinator)
- MBB405 Advanced Research Topics
Level 3 modules
- MBB304 Plant Biotechnology
- MBB343 Biochemical Signalling (Module Coordinator)
Level 1 modules
- MBB161 Biochemistry