Professor Julie Gray
School of Biosciences
Professor of Plant Cell Signalling


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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.
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- 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