Lee Hunt's CV

Dr Lee Hunt CV

• Sheffield 222 4244
• l.hunt@sheffield.ac.uk

Education

• IACR-Rothamsted, Ph.D. 1998
• Lancaster University, BSc. Biological Sciences IIi,1994

Posts held

• 2006-present Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield
• 2005-2006 Research Associate, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
• 1999-2004 Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield
• 1997-1999 Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham

Research Papers

Timothy Doheny-Adams, Lee Hunt, Peter J. Franks, David J. Beerling and Julie E. Gray. Genetic manipulation of stomatal density influences stomatal size, plant growth and tolerance to restricted water supply across a growth carbon dioxide gradient . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2012 367, 547-555 2012

Kuwabara A, Backhaus A, Malinowski R, Bauch M, Hunt L, Nagata T, Monk N, Sanguinetti G, Fleming A.A shift toward smaller cell size via manipulation of cell cycle gene expression acts to smoothen Arabidopsis leaf shape.Plant Physiol.156(4):2196-206. 2011

Hunt L, & Gray JE. BASL and EPF2 act independently to regulate asymmetric divisions during stomatal development. Plant Signalling & Behaviour, 5(3), 2010.

Hunt, L Bailey, KJ & Gray JE The signalling peptide EPFL9 is a positive regulator of stomatal development New Phytologist. 186(3):609-14 2010

Hunt, L & Gray JE Signaling Peptide EPF2 Controls Asymmetric Cell Divisions During Stomatal Development. Curr Biol. 19 (10) 864-869 2009.

Hunt L & Gray JE The relationship between pyridine nucleotides and seed dormancy. New Phytologist 181(1) 62-70 2009.

Hunt L, Holdsworth M & Gray JE. Nicotinamidase activity is important for Arabidopsis germination. Plant Journal, 51(3)341-351. 2007.

Hunt L, Otterhag L, Lee JC, Lasheen T, Hunt J, Gilmour DJ, Sommarin M, Pical C, Gray JE. Gene-specific expression and calcium activation of Arabidopsis thaliana phospholipase C isoforms. New Phytologist, 162: 643-654, 2004.

Mills L.N., Hunt L., Leckie C.P, Aitken F.L., Wentworth M., McAinsh M.R., Gray J.E., & Hetherington A.M. The effects of manipulating phospholipase C on guard cell ABA-signalling. Journal of Experimental Botany, 55, 199-204, 2004.

Hunt L, Mills LN, Pical C, Leckie CP, Aitken FL, Kopka J, Mueller-Roeber B, McAinsh MR, Hetherington AM & Gray JE. Phospholipase C is required for the control of stomatal aperture by ABA. Plant Journal, 34, 47-55, 2003.

Recent reviews/ commentary articles

Lee Hunt & Julie E. Gray Peptides modulating development of specialised cells. In Plant Signaling Peptides. Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants, Vol. 16 Irving, Helen; Gehring, Christoph (Eds.) 2012,, VIII, 275 p. Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-642-27602-6

Julie E. Gray, Stuart Casson, and Lee Hunt Intercellular Peptide Signals Regulate Plant Meristematic Cell Fate Decisions. Sci. Signal. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.149pe53] 2008

Ng CK-Y, McAinsh MR, Gray JE, Hunt L, Leckie CP, Mills L & Hetherington AM. Calcium-based signalling systems in guard cells. New Phytologist, 151: 109-120, 2001.