Graham Luke
Technical Head
Responsibilities
I am the lecturer and convenor of a second year undergraduate Vertebrate Zoology module in the School of Biological Sciences which I have run for around 10 years. I have lectured to undergraduates for about 14 years on a number of subjects including Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biology and Developmental Biology.
Recently I have taken on the role of the SBS Lead on the Health and Life Sciences Building project. This is a +拢30m project to construct a state of the art building to house the Divisions of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bacteriology and Virology, and Cardiovascular Biology, and the Cole Museum of Zoology. Construction work on the HLS building is due to start in early 2018, and to be completed by 2020. My role in this is quite complex including vetting the design and functionality of the various aspects of the building, taking an overview of the project on behalf of the SBS management team, and acting as liaison point between SBS, the design team, other University colleagues and organisations, and other key stakeholders. Another responsibility lies in planning the departure from the old buildings currently occupied and moving into HLS.
Other roles
Within the Technical Services one of my roles is to provide support and direction for the Technical staff as regards to personal professional development (for example in supporting Professional Registration and membership of the HEA) and also for development of best practice and appropriate skills acquisition within the teaching and research environments they work in. Another major role is supporting, developing and managing research microscopy (BF, fluorescent, confocal and Super Resolution microscopy) facilities within the School of Biological Sciences. I also provide training in the use of these facilities and in developing protocols. Although the facilities are based in SBS they are open to other users in and outside the University. I also provide support and training to Technical Service colleagues in molecular biology (I did my PhD and Postdoctoral research here at 伊人直播app in this area) and in High Speed and Ultra-speed centrifugation.
Publications
2017
- Saad,
K., Theis, S., , and (2017) Gene, 610. pp. 71-79. ISSN 0378-1119
doi:
- Saad,
K., , Theis, S., Kennerley, N., Munsterberg, A., and (2017) Gene, 609. pp. 38-51. ISSN 0378-1119 doi:
- , , , Batarfi,
M., and (2016) PLoS ONE, 11 (12). e0166428. ISSN 1932-6203
doi:
- , Theis, S., DeLaurier, A., Hinits, Y., , , Minchin, J., He, L., Christ, B., , Sang,
H., Evans, D. J., Logan, M., Huang, R. and (2011) Developmental
Biology, 357 (1). pp. 108-116. ISSN 0012-1606 doi:
- Shimeld,
S. M., Degnan, B. and (2010) Genomics, 95 (5). pp. 256-260. ISSN 1089-8646
doi:
- Shimeld,
S. M., Boyle, M. J., Brunet, T., and Seaver, E. C. (2010) Develomental
Biology, 340 (2). pp. 234-248. ISSN 1095-564X doi:
- , Schmidt,
C., , Allen, S., , Muntoni, M., Lawrence-Watt, D. and (2008) Journal of Cell Science, 121 (17). pp. 2939-2950.
ISSN 1477-9137 doi:
- Larroux,
C., , Koopman, P., Rokhsar, D. S., Shimeld, S. M. and Degnan,
B. M. (2008) Molecular
Biology and Evolution, 25 (5). pp. 980-996. ISSN 1537-1719 doi:
- Osborne,
P.W., , Holland,
P.W. and Ferrier, D.E. (2006) International
Journal of Biological Sciences, 2 (2). pp. 54-60. ISSN 1449-2288
- (2001) Home
School Researcher, 14 (4). pp. 13-23.
- and Holland,
P.W. (1999) Journal
of Experimental Zoology Part a-Comparative Experimental Biology, 285 (1).
pp. 50-56. ISSN 0022-104X doi:
- Patton,
S.J., and Holland,
P.W. (1998) Molecular
Biology and Evolution, 15 (11). pp. 1373-1380. ISSN 1537-1719
- and (1997) In: Houdebine, L. M. (ed.)
Transgenic animals: generation and use. CRC Press, London. ISBN
9789057020681
- , and Behnam,
J. (1996) Proceedings of the Royal
Society B-Biological Science, 263 (1374). pp. 1245-1249. ISSN 0962-8452
doi:
- Bresler,
M., Behnam, J., and (1994) British
Poultry Science, 35 (2). pp. 241-247. ISSN 1466-1799 doi:
- Vick,
L., and (1993) Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 98
(2). pp. 637-641. ISSN 1741-7899 doi:
- , Li, Y., , and Vick,
V. (1993) In: Sharp, P.J. (ed.) Avian Endocrinology.
Society for Endocrinology, Bristol. ISBN 9781898099017
- , , and (1991) Biochemical Society
Transactions, 19 (3). 328S. ISSN 1470-8752
- Collins-Hooper,
H., et al., Efficient myogenic reprogramming of adult white fat stem cells
and bone marrow stem cells by freshly isolated skeletal muscle fibers.
Transl Res, 2011.
- Valasek,
P., et al., Cellular and molecular investigations into the development of
the pectoral girdle. Dev Biol, 2011. Shimeld, S.M., B. Degnan, and G.N.
Luke, Evolutionary genomics of the Fox genes: origin of gene families and
the ancestry of gene clusters. Genomics, 2010. 95(5): p. 256-60.
- Shimeld,
S.M., et al., Clustered Fox genes in lophotrochozoans and the evolution of
the bilaterian Fox gene cluster. Dev Biol, 2010. 340(2): p. 234-48.
- Otto,
A., et al., Canonical Wnt signalling induces satellite-cell proliferation
during adult skeletal muscle regeneration. J Cell Sci, 2008. 121(Pt 17):
p. 2939-50.
- Luke,
G.N., et al., Occurrence, function and evolutionary origins of '2A-like'
sequences in virus genomes. J Gen Virol, 2008. 89(Pt 4): p. 1036-42.
- Larroux,
C., et al., Genesis and expansion of metazoan transcription factor gene
classes. Mol Biol Evol, 2008. 25(5): p. 980-96.
- Schmidt,
C., et al., Expression and regulation of Nkd-1, an intracellular component
of Wnt signalling pathway in the chick embryo. Anat Embryol (Berl), 2006.
211(5): p. 525-34.
- Osborne,
P.W., et al., Identification and characterisation of five novel miniature
inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in amphioxus (Branchiostoma
floridae). Int J Biol Sci, 2006. 2(2): p. 54-60.
- Mazet,
F., G.N. Luke, and S.M. Shimeld, The amphioxus FoxQ1 gene is expressed in
the developing endostyle. Gene Expr Patterns, 2005. 5(3): p. 313-5.
- Mazet,
F., et al., Expression of AmphiCoe, an amphioxus COE/EBF gene, in the
developing central nervous system and epidermal sensory neurons. Genesis,
2004. 38(2): p. 58-65.
- Luke,
G.N., et al., Dispersal of NK homeobox gene clusters in amphioxus and
humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2003. 100(9): p. 5292-5.
- Luke,
G.N. Education, Engineering and Enlightenment; The Three E's. State and
Home Education Contrasted. Home School Researcher, Volume 14, No. 4, 2001,
p. 13-23.
- Luke,
G.N. and P.W. Holland, Amphioxus type I keratin cDNA and the evolution of
intermediate filament genes. J Exp Zool, 1999. 285(1): p. 50-6.
- Patton,
S.J., G.N. Luke, and P.W. Holland, Complex history of a chromosomal
paralogy region: insights from amphioxus aromatic amino acid hydroxylase
genes and insulin-related genes. Mol Biol Evol, 1998. 15(11): p. 1373-80.
- Simkiss,
K. and G. Luke, Ballistic transfection of avian primordial germ cells in
ovo, in Transgenic Animals: Generation and Use, L.M. Houdebine, Editor.
1997, Harwood Academic: Amsterdam ; Great Britain. p. xxii, 576p.
- Simkiss,
K., G. Luke, and J. Behnam, Female chromosomes in cockerel ejaculates. Proc
Biol Sci, 1996. 263(1374): p. 1245-9.
- Bresler,
M., et al., Manipulations of germ-cell populations in the gonad of the
fowl. Br Poult Sci, 1994. 35(2): p. 241-7.
- Vick,
L., G. Luke, and K. Simkiss, Germ-line chimaeras can produce both strains
of fowl with high efficiency after partial sterilization. J Reprod Fertil,
1993. 98(2): p. 637-41.
- Simkiss,
K., et al., The production of transgenic birds from primordial germ cell
manipulated embryos, in Avian Endocrinology, P.J. Sharp, Editor. 1993,
Society for Endocrinology: [Bristol]. p. 408p.
- Page, N., et al., Transfection of chick cells by non-retroviral DNA. Biochem Soc Trans, 1991. 19(3): p. 328S.
Career History
After graduating from Leicester University I was employed as a technician within the Psychology Department and then the Department of Pure and Applied Zoology at 伊人直播app. I then studied for a PhD within that department as a research assistant investigating the clustering of homeobox genes in the Cephalochordate, Branchiostoma floridae. This was funded by the BBSRC. Following this I was a post-doctoral researcher investigating firstly the evolution and phylogenetics of FOX genes in a variety of invertebrate taxa (Oxford and 伊人直播app University) and then the effect on the transcriptomic/proteomic profile of embryonic musculature under treatment with the myogenic factors follistatin and myostatin (here at the 伊人直播app). Following this I became a technician again.