Dr Luke Dunning

School of Biosciences

NERC Independent Research Fellow

Luke Dunning
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Profile
  • NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of 91直播, UK (2020鈥抪resent)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of 91直播, UK (2015鈥2020)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK (2013鈥2014)
  • PhD, University of Auckland, NZ (2014)
  • MRes in Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK (2008)
  • BSc in Ecology and Environmental Management, Cardiff University, UK (2007)
Research interests

I am an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding how organisms adapt to novel environments by combining cutting-edge genomic techniques, ecological analyses and experimental approaches. A majority of my research is currently focused on rapid adaptation in the grass family, the most economically and ecologically important group of plants.

My research has three main themes:

  1. The evolutionary consequences of lateral gene transfer in grasses.
  2. Pan-genome variation and local adaptation in grasses.
  3. The impact of extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) on grass evolution.
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Cavalet-Giorsa E, Gonz谩lez-Mu帽oz A, Athiyannan N, Holden S, Salhi A, Gardener C, Quiroz-Ch谩vez J, Rustamova SM, Elkot AF, Patpour M , Rasheed A et al (2024) . Nature. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alenazi AS, Pereira L, Christin P, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2024) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Raimondeau P, Bianconi ME, Pereira L, Parisod C, Christin P & Dunning LT (2023) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Papadopulos AST, Hibdige SGS, Hidalgo O, Leitch IJ, Baleeiro PC, Ntshangase S, Barker N & Jobson RW (2022) . Molecular Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hibdige SGS, Raimondeau P, Christin PA & Dunning LT (2021) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Phansopa C, Dunning LT, Reid JD & Christin P-A (2020) . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(11), 3094-3104. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Parisod C, Choudhury RR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Yang Y, Dionora J, Quick WP, Park M, Bennetzen JL , Besnard G et al (2019) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(10), 4416-4425. RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Journal articles

  • Cavalet-Giorsa E, Gonz谩lez-Mu帽oz A, Athiyannan N, Holden S, Salhi A, Gardener C, Quiroz-Ch谩vez J, Rustamova SM, Elkot AF, Patpour M , Rasheed A et al (2024) . Nature. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alenazi AS, Pereira L, Christin P, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2024) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Raimondeau P, Bianconi ME, Pereira L, Parisod C, Christin P & Dunning LT (2023) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alenazi AS, Bianconi ME, Middlemiss E, Milenkovic V, Curran EV, Sotelo G, Lundgren MR, Nyirenda F, Pereira L, Christin P , Dunning LT et al (2023) . Plant, Cell and Environment. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood DP, Holmberg JA, Osborne OG, Helmstetter AJ, Dunning LT, Ellison AR, Smith RJ, Lighten J & Papadopulos AST (2023) . Nature Ecology and Evolution. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Papadopulos AST, Hibdige SGS, Hidalgo O, Leitch IJ, Baleeiro PC, Ntshangase S, Barker N & Jobson RW (2022) . Molecular Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bianconi ME, Christin P-A & Dunning LT (2022) . Molecular Plant. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P (2022) . Plant, Cell & Environment. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Papadopulos AST, Helmstetter AJ, Osborne OG, Comeault AA, Wood DP, Straw EA, Mason L, Fay MF, Parker J, Dunning LT , Foote AD et al (2021) . Molecular Biology and Evolution. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hibdige SGS, Raimondeau P, Christin PA & Dunning LT (2021) . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Arthan W, Dunning LT, Besnard G, Manzi S, Kellogg EA, Hackel J, Lehmann CER, Mitchley J & Vorontsova MS (2021) . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Curran EV, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Lundgren MR, Manzi S, Vorontsova MS , Besnard G et al (2020) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1938). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Phansopa C, Dunning LT, Reid JD & Christin P-A (2020) . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(11), 3094-3104. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT & Christin P (2020) . American Journal of Botany, 107(4), 541-544. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson JK, Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Barton HJ, Thompson J, Cuff N, Ariyarathne M, Yakandawala D, Sotelo G, Zeng K , Osborne CP et al (2019) . Current Biology, 29. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Papadopulos AST, Igea J, Dunning LT, Osborne OG, Quan X, Pellicer J, Turnbull C, Hutton I, Baker WJ, Butlin RK & Savolainen V (2019) . Evolution, 73(9), 1986-1995. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Lundgren MR, Dionora J, Salazar P, Adams C, Nyirenda F, Olofsson JK, Mapaura A, Grundy IM , Kayombo CJ et al (2019) . Journal of Experimental Botany. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson JK, Cantera I, Van de Paer C, Hong鈥怶a C, Zedane L, Dunning LT, Alberti A, Christin PA & Besnard G (2019) . Molecular Ecology Resources. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Parisod C, Choudhury RR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Yang Y, Dionora J, Quick WP, Park M, Bennetzen JL , Besnard G et al (2019) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(10), 4416-4425. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lundgren MR, Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Moreno鈥怴illena JJ, Bouvier JW, Sage TL, Khoshravesh R, Sultmanis S, Stata M, Ripley BS , Vorontsova MS et al (2019) . Ecology Letters, 22(2), 302-312. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood DP, Olofsson JK, McKenzie SW & Dunning LT (2018) . Botany Letters, 165(3-4), 476-486. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2018) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(8), 1967-1980. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Moreno-Villena JJ, Dunning LT, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2018) . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35(1), 94-106. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Liabot A-L, Olofsson JK, Smith EK, Vorontsova MS, Besnard G, Simpson KJ, Lundgren MR, Addicott E, Gallagher RV , Chu Y et al (2017) . Botany Letters, 164(4), 327-337. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Namaganda M, Edwards EJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2017) . Evolution, 71(6), 1541-1555. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson JK, Bianconi M, Besnard G, Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Holota H, Vorontsova MS, Hidalgo O, Leitch IJ, Nosil P , Osborne CP et al (2016) . Molecular Ecology, 25(24), 6107-6123. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ciezarek AG, Dunning LT, Jones CS, Noble LR, Humble E, Stefanni SS & Savolainen V (2016) . Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(9), 3011-3021. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Hipperson H, Baker WJ, Butlin RK, Devaux C, Hutton I, Igea J, Papadopulos AST, Quan X, Smadja CM , Turnbull CGN et al (2016) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hipperson H, Dunning LT, Baker WJ, Butlin RK, Hutton I, Papadopulos AST, Smadja CM, Wilson TC, Devaux C & Savolainen V (2016) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Swift DG, Dunning LT, Igea J, Brooks EJ, Jones CS, Noble LR, Ciezarek A, Humble E & Savolainen V (2016) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dennis AB, Dunning LT, Sinclair BJ & Buckley TR (2015) . Scientific Reports, 5(13965). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cornetti L, Valente LM, Dunning LT, Quan X, Black RA, H茅bert O & Savolainen V (2015) . Genome Biology and Evolution, 7(9), 2680-2691. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Papadopulos AST, Kaye M, Devaux C, Hipperson H, Lighten J, Dunning LT, Hutton I, Baker WJ, Butlin RK & Savolainen V (2014) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1648). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Dennis AB, Sinclair BJ, Newcomb RD & Buckley TR (2014) . Molecular Ecology, 23(11), 2712-2726. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dennis AB, Dunning LT, Dennis CJ, Sinclair BJ & Buckley TR (2014) . New Zealand Entomologist, 37(1), 35-44. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Dennis AB, Thomson G, Sinclair BJ, Newcomb RD & Buckley TR (2013) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Dennis AB, Park D, Sinclair BJ, Newcomb RD & Buckley TR (2013) . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 8(1), 24-31. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Baraloto C, Hardy OJ, Paine CET, Dexter KG, Cruaud C, Dunning LT, Gonzalez M-A, Molino J-F, Sabatier D, Savolainen V & Chave J (2012) . Journal of Ecology, 100(3), 690-701. RIS download Bibtex download
  • () . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jobson RW & Dunning L () . Telopea, 27. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sotelo G, Gamboa S, Dunning LT, Christin P & Varela S () . New Phytologist. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson JK, Tyler T, Dunning LT, Hjertson M, R眉hling 脜 & Hansen AJ () . American Journal of Botany. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pereira L, Bianconi ME, Osborne CP, Christin P-A & Dunning LT () . Annals of Botany. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pereira L & Dunning LT () . Plant Physiology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pereira L, Christin P & Dunning LT () . PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Young SNR, Dunning LT, Liu H, Stevens CJ & Lundgren MR () . Journal of Experimental Botany. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson JK, Curran EV, Nyirenda F, Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Lundgren MR , Leitch IJ et al () . Molecular Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DUNNING LT & SAVOLAINEN V () . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 164(1), 1-9. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Ramstad KM & Dunning LT (2020) , Population Genomics Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Osborne OG, Wood DP, Dobreva MP, Dunning LT, Tucker R, Coates SER, Pellicer J, Holmberg J, Algar AC, Bocedi G , Gubry-Rangin C et al (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Arthan W, Baker WJ, Barrett MD, Barrett RL, Bennetzen J, Besnard G, Bianconi ME, Birch JL, Catal谩n P, Chen W , Christenhusz M et al (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Coates SER, Comeault AA, Wood DP, Fay MF, Creer S, Osborne OG, Dunning LT & Papadopulos AST (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alenazi AS, Pereira L, Christin P-A, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cavalet-Giorsa E, Gonz谩lez-Mu帽oz A, Athiyannan N, Holden S, Salhi A, Gardener C, Quiroz-Ch谩vez J, Rustamova SM, Elkot AF, Patpour M , Rasheed A et al (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Raimondeau P, Bianconi ME, Pereira L, Parisod C, Christin P-A & Dunning LT (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson J, Tyler T, Dunning L, Hjertson M, R眉hling 脜 & Hansen A (2022) , Authorea. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wood DP, Holmberg JA, Osborne OG, Helmstetter AJ, Dunning LT, Ellison AR, Smith RJ, Lighten J & Papadopulos AST () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dunning LT, Oloffson JK, Papadopulos AST, Baleeiro PC, Ntshangase S, Barker N & Jobson RW () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P-A () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Olofsson J, Curran E, Nyirenda F, Bianconi M, Dunning L, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell R, Lundgren M , Leitch IJ et al () , Authorea, Inc.. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Papadopulos AST, Helmstetter AJ, Osborne OG, Comeault AA, Wood DP, Straw EA, Mason L, Fay MF, Parker J, Dunning LT , Foote AD et al () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Postdoctoral Research Associates:

  • Dr Lara Pereira
  • Dr William Brightly (NSF fellow - Co-supervised)
Technicians:
  • Dr Emily Bailes
PhD Students:
  • Ahmed Alenazi
  • Catherine Collins
  • George Hirons-Alecrim
  • Noah Bourne
  • Abdullah Alshehri
  • Kanyanat Kasetsuntorn (Co-supervised)
  • Violette Petter (Co-supervised)

Masters Students:

  • Emily Baker (MBiolSci)