Neil Hunter
Professor
nhunter@ucdavis.edu
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Cell Biology & Human Anatomy
Office
347C, Briggs Hall
(530) 754-4401
Lab
(530) 754-4391
1996
PhD
Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford (UK)
Genetics
1992
BS
University of Manchester (UK)
Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology
Molecular, genetic and cytological approaches to understanding the mechanism and regulation of homologous recombination with respect chromosome transmission and genome instability.
1997-2001 Wellcome Trust - Prize Travelling Postdoctoral Fellowship
1993-1996 Wellcome Trust - Prize PhD Studentship
2003-2006 Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation - Scholar Award
2004-2006 Concern Foundation - Young Investigator Award
2005 March of Dimes - Basil O'Connor Award
2006 France-Berkeley Fund Award
2007 UCD Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center Award
2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Early Career Scientist
UC Davis Cancer Center
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Cell Biology & Human Anatonmy
The Genetics Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Genetics
Microbiology
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Oh S.D., Lao, J.P. and Hunter, N. (2008). RecQ Helicase, Sgs1, and XPF-Family Endonuclease, Mus81-Mms4, Resolve Aberrant Joint Molecules During Meiotic Recombination. Molecular Cell 31, 324-336.
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Hunter, N. (2008). Hop1 and the meiotic DNA-damage response. Cell 132, 731-732.
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Hunter, N. (2008). The RecQ DNA helicases: Jacks-of all-trades or master-tradesmen? Cell Research 18, 328-330.
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Lao, J.P, Oh, S.D., Shinohara, M., Shinohara, A. and Hunter, N. (2008). Rad52 promotes post-invasion steps of meiotic double-strand-break repair. Molecular Cell, 29, 517-524.
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Shinohara, M, Oh, S.D., Hunter, N. and Shinohara, A. (2008). Crossover assurance and crossover interference are distinctly regulated by the ZMM/SIC proteins during meiosis. Nature Genetics, 40, 299-309.
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Oh S.D., Lao, J.P., Hwang, P.Y-H., Taylor, A.F., Smith, G.R. and Hunter, N. (2007). Sgs1, a Bloom's helicase ortholog, prevents aberrant crossing-over by suppressing the formation of multichromatid joint molecules. Cell 130, 259-272.
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Hunter, N. (2006). Meiotic Recombination. In, Molecular Genetics of Recombination, Aguilera, A. and Rothstein, R. (Eds), Topics in Current Genetics, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
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Cromie, G. A., Hyppa, R. W., Taylor, A. F., Zakharyevich, K., Hunter, N., and Smith, G. R. (2006). Single Holliday Junctions are intermediates of meiotic recombination. Cell 127, 1167-1178.
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Martini, E., Diaz, R.L., Hunter, N. and Keeney, S. (2006). Crossover homeostasis in yeast meiosis. Cell 126, 285-295.
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Hunter, N. (2004). Meiosis. In, the Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry, Lennarz, W. and Lane, M. (Eds), Elsevier Press, San Diego. pp 610-616.
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Boerner, V.G., Kleckner, N. and Hunter, N. (2004). Crossover/noncrossover differentiation, synaptonemal complex formation and regulatory surveillance at the leptotene/zygotene transition of meiosis. Cell 117, 29-45.
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de los Santos, T., Hunter, N., Lee, C., Larkin, B., Loidl, J., and
Hollingsworth, N.M. (2003). The Mus81/Mms4 endonuclease acts
independently of double-Holliday junction resolution to promote a
distinct subset of crossovers during meiosis in budding yeast. Genetics, 164, 81-94.
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Blat, Y., Protacio, R., Hunter, N. and Kleckner, N. (2002). Physical and
functional interactions among basic chromosome organizational features
govern early steps of meiotic chiasma formation. Cell, 111 791-802.
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Hunter, N. and Kleckner, N. (2001). The single-end invasion: an
asymmetric intermediate at the double-strand-break to double-Holliday
junction transition of meiotic recombination. Cell 106, 59-70.
347 & 351 Briggs Hall
Graduate Students: Patty Hwang, Jessica Lao, April Reynolds, Kseniya Zakharyevich. Junior Specialist: Emily Grau. Postdoctoral Fellows: Ye Yang, Yunmei Ma.
Genetics. Chromosome biology. Genome instability and cancer biology.
BIS
101
Genes and Gene Expression
Winter
MIC
91/191
Introduction to Research
Spring
MIC
276
Adv Concepts DNA Metab
Spring