Sean May

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• workRoom often roaming Plant Sciences
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 3306
• fax0115 951 3297
• sean.may@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://plantsci.arabidopsis.info/staff/sean_may.html

Research Summary

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Selected Publications

• GRAHAM, N.S, CLUTTERBUCK A.L, JAMES, N, LEA, R.G, MOBASHERI, A, BROADLEY, M.R and MAY, S.T., 2010. Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe selection The Veterinary Journal. 186(3), 323-327
• GRAHAM NS, BROADLEY MR, HAMMOND JP, WHITE PJ and MAY ST, 2007. Optimising the analysis of transcript data using high density oligonucleotide arrays and genomic DNA-based probe selection. BMC Genomics. 8, 344
• UPTON G, SANCHEZ-GRAILLET O, ROSWELL J, ARTEGA-SALAS J, GRAHAM N, STALTERI M, MEMON F, MAY S, HARRISON A, 2009. On the causes of outliers in Affymetrix GeneChip data Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics. 8, 199-212
• MILLENAAR, FRANK F, OKYERE, JOHN, MAY, SEAN T, VAN ZANTEN, MARTIJN, VOESENEK, LAURENTIUS A C J and PEETERS, ANTON J M, 2006. How to decide? Different methods of calculating gene expression from short oligonucleotide array data will give different results. BMC bioinformatics [electronic resource].. 7, 137

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• GRAHAM N.S, MAY S.T, DANIEL Z.C.T.R, EMMERSON Z.F, BRAMELD J.M and PARR T., 2011. Use of the Affymetrix Human GeneChip array and Genomic DNA hybridisation probe selection to study ovine transcriptomes Animal. 5(6), 861-866
• GRAHAM N and MAY S., 2011. Bioinformatics Resources for Arabidopsis thaliana. In: SCHMIDT R and BANCROFT I., eds., Genetics and Genomics of Brassicaceae 1st ed. Springer. 585-596 (In Press.)
• CARELLI M, BIAZZI E, PANARA F, TAVA A, SCARAMELLI L, PORCEDDU A, GRAHAM N, ODOARDI M, PIANO E, ARCIONI S, MAY S, SCOTTI C and CALDERINI O, 2011. Medicago Truncatula Cyp716a12 Is A Multifunctional Oxidase Involved In The Biosynthesis Of Hemolytic Saponins. The Plant Cell. 23(8), 3070-81
• CARELLI, M, BIAZZI, E, PANARA, F, TAVA, A, SCARAMELLI, L, PORCEDDU, A, GRAHAM, N, ODOARDI, M, PIANO, E, ARCIONI, S, MAY, S, SCOTTI, C and CALDERINI, O, 2011. Medicago Truncatula Cyp716a12 Is A Multifunctional Oxidase Involved In The Biosynthesis Of Hemolytic Saponins Plant Cell. 23(8), 3070-3081
• GRAHAM, N.S, CLUTTERBUCK A.L, JAMES, N, LEA, R.G, MOBASHERI, A, BROADLEY, M.R and MAY, S.T., 2010. Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe selection The Veterinary Journal. 186(3), 323-327
• GIBSON B, GRAHAM N, BOULTON C, BOX W, LAWRENCE S, LINFORTH R, MAY S, SMART K., 2010. Differential yeast gene transcription during brewery propagation Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. 68(1), 21-29
• LOVE CG, GRAHAM NS, Ó LOCHLAINN S, BOWEN HC, MAY ST, WHITE PJ, BROADLEY MR, <B>HAMMOND JP</B>, KING GJ, 2010. A Brassica exon array for whole-transcript gene expression profiling PLoS ONE. 5(9), e12812
• BASTOW, R, BEYNON, J, ESTELLE, M, FRIESNER, J, GROTEWOLD, E, LAVAGI, I, LINDSEY, K, MEYERS, B, PROVART, N, BENFEY, P, BIRNEY, E, BRAUN, P, BRENDEL, V, BUELL, R, CACCAMO, M, CARRINGTON, J, CHERRY, M, ECKER, J, EPPIG, J, FORSTER, M, GUTIERREZ, R, HILSON, P, HUALA, E, KATARI, M, KERSEY, P, KUDLA, J, MA, H, MATSUI, M, MATTHEWS, K, MAY, S, MAYER, K, MILLAR, A, MILLAR, H, MJOLSNESS, E, MOCKLER, T, NIKOLAU, B, NORDBORG, M, RAWLINGS, C, SCHOFIELD, P, SCHOOF, H, SCHROEDER, JI, SEN, TZ, STANZIONE, D, TOWN, C, TOYODA, T, VISION, T, WALSH, S, WANG, XJ, WARE, D, WECKWERTH, W and YANG, WC, 2010. An International Bioinformatics Infrastructure To Underpin The Arabidopsis Community
• MASSONNET C, VILE D, FABRE J, HANNAH MA, CALDANA C, LISEC J, BEEMSTER GTS, MEYER RC, MESSERLI G, GRONLUND JT, PERKOVIC J, WIGMORE E, MAY S, BEVAN MW, MEYER C, RUBIO-DÍAZ S, WEIGEL D, MICOL JL, BUCHANAN-WOLLASTON V, FIORANI F, WALSH S, RINN B, GRUISSEM W, HILSON P, HENNIG L, WILLMITZER L and GRANIER C, 2010. Probing The Reproducibility Of Leaf Growth And Molecular Phenotypes: A Comparison Of Three Arabidopsis Accessions Cultivated In Ten Laboratories. Plant Physiology. 152(4), 2142-57
• DAWE,, BODHICHARLA,, GRAHAM,, MAY,, READER,, LOADER,, GREGORY,, SWICORD,, BIT-BABIK, and DE POMERAI,, 2009. Low-intensity microwave irradiation does not substantially alter gene expression in late larval and adult Caenorhabditis elegans. Bioelectromagnetics. 30(8), 602 - 612
• DAVEY, M.A, GRAHAM N.S, VANHOLME, B, SWENNEN, R, MAY, S.T and KEULEMANS, J., 2009. Heterologous oligonucleotide microarrays for transcriptomics in a non-model species; a proof-of-concept study of drought stress in Musa BMC Genomics. 10, 436
• FERNANDEZ, A.I., VIRON, N., ALHAGDOW, M., KARIMI, M., JONES, M., AMSELLEM, Z., SICARD, A., CZEREDNIK, A., ANGENENT, G., GRIERSON, D., MAY, S, SEYMOUR, G, ESHED, Y and LEMAIRE-CHAMLEY, ROTHAN, C. AND H, 2009. Flexible tools for gene expression and silencing in tomato Plant Physiology. doi.10.1104/pp.109.147546
• UPTON G, SANCHEZ-GRAILLET O, ROSWELL J, ARTEGA-SALAS J, GRAHAM N, STALTERI M, MEMON F, MAY S, HARRISON A, 2009. On the causes of outliers in Affymetrix GeneChip data Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics. 8, 199-212
• GRAHAM,, CLUTTERBUCK,, JAMES,, LEA,, MOBASHERI,, BROADLEY, and MAY,, 2009. Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe selection. Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997).
• UPTON GJG, SANCHEZ-GRAILLET O, ROWSELL J, ARTEAGA-SALAS JM, GRAHAM NS, STALTERI MA, MEMON FN, MAY ST and HARRISON AP, 2009. On The Causes Of Outliers In Affymetrix Genechip Data. Briefings In Functional Genomics & Proteomics. 8(3), 199-212
• GRAHAM J. G. UPTON, OLIVIA SANCHEZ-GRAILLET, JOANNA ROWSELL, JOSE M. ARTEAGA-SALAS, NEIL S. GRAHAM, MARIA A. STALTERI, FARHAT N. MEMON, SEAN T. MAY and ANDREW P. HARRISON, 2009. On the causes of outliers in Affymetrix GeneChip data. Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics. 8, 199-212
• BROADLEY MR, WHITE PJ, HAMMOND JP, GRAHAM NS, BOWEN HC, EMMERSON ZF, FRAY RG, IANNETTA PPM, MCNICOL JW and MAY ST, 2008. Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants. New Phytologist. 180, 587-593
• SWARUP, R, BENKOVÁ, E, SWARUP, K, CASIMIRO, I, PÉRET, B, YANG, Y, PARRY, G, NIELSEN, E, DE SMET, I, VANNESTE, S, LEVESQUE, M, CARRIER, D, JAMES, N, CALVO, V, LJUNG, K, KRAMER, E, ROBERTS, R, GRAHAM, N, MARILLONNET, S, PATEL, K, JONES, J, TAYLOR, C, SCHACHTMAN, D, MAY, S, SANDBERG, G, BENFEY, P, FRIML, J, KERR, I, BEECKMAN, T, LAPLAZE, L and BENNETT, M., 2008. The auxin influx carrier LAX3 promotes lateral root emergence. Nature Cell Biology. 10(8), 946-954
• HOYEROVÁ, KLÁRA, PERRY, LUCIE, HAND, PAUL, LANKOVÁ, MARTINA, KOCÁBEK, TOMÁS, MAY, SEAN, KOTTOVÁ, JANA, PACES, JAN, NAPIER, RICHARD and ZAZÍMALOVÁ, EVA, 2008. Functional characterization of PaLAX1, a putative auxin permease, in heterologous plant systems. Plant Physiology. 146(3), 1128-41
• BAKER, C., NIELSON, H.M., MINTHON, L., WRIGHT, H.T., CHAPPELL, S., OKYERE, J., MAY, S., MORGAN, K., KALSHEKER, N. and JANCIAUSKIENE, S.M., 2007. Effects of Alzheimer's peptide and α1-antichymotrypsin on astrocyte gene expression Neurobiology of Aging. 28(1), 51-61
• GRAHAM NS, BROADLEY MR, HAMMOND JP, WHITE PJ and MAY ST, 2007. Optimising the analysis of transcript data using high density oligonucleotide arrays and genomic DNA-based probe selection. BMC Genomics. 8, 344
• JAMES N, GRAHAM N, CLEMENTS D, SCHILDKNECHT B and MAY S, 2007. Atensembl. Methods In Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 406, 213-27
• SPANIOLAS, S., MAY, S.T., BENNETT, M.J. and TUCKER, G.A., 2006. Authentication of coffee by means of PCR-RFLP analysis and lab-on-a-chip capillary electrophoresis Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54(20), 7466-7470
• ZIMMERMANN, P., SCHILDKNECHT, B., GARCIA-HERNANDEZ, M., GRUISSEM, W., MAY, S., MUKHERJEE, G., PARKINSON, H., RHEE, S., WAGNER, U. and HENNIG, L., 2006. MIAME/Plant - adding value to plant microarray experiments Plant Methods. 2(1), 1-3
• MILLENAAR, FRANK F, OKYERE, JOHN, MAY, SEAN T, VAN ZANTEN, MARTIJN, VOESENEK, LAURENTIUS A C J and PEETERS, ANTON J M, 2006. How to decide? Different methods of calculating gene expression from short oligonucleotide array data will give different results. BMC bioinformatics [electronic resource].. 7, 137
• HAMMOND, J.P., BOWEN, H.C., WHITE, P.J., MILLS, V., PYKE, K.A., BAKER, A.J.M., WHITING, S.N., MAY, S.T. and BROADLEY, M.R., 2006. A comparison of the <i>Thlaspi caerulescens</i> and <i>Thlaspi arvense</i> shoot transcriptomes New Phytologist. 170(2), 239-260
• MAYES, S., PARSLEY, K., SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R., MAY, S. and FOULKES, J., 2005. Integrating genetic information into plant breeding programmes: how will we produce varieties from molecular variation, using bioinformatics? Annals of Applied Biology. 146(2), 223-237
• HAMMOND, J.P., BROADLEY, M.R., CRAIGON, D.J., HIGGINS, J., EMMERSON, Z.F., TOWNSEND, H.J., WHITE, P.J. and MAY, S.T., 2005. Using genomic DNA-based probe-selection to improve the sensitivity of high-density oligonucleotide arrays when applied to heterologous species. Plant Methods. 1, 10
• ALLEMEERSCH, J., DURINCK, S., VANDERHAEGHEN, R., ALARD, P., MAES, R., SEEUWS, K., BOGAERT, T., CODDENS, K., DESCHOUWER, K., VAN HUMMELEN, P., VUYLSTEKE, M., MOREAU, Y., KWEKKEBOOM, J., WIJFJES, A.H.M., MAY, S., BEYNON, J., HILSON, P. and KUIPER, M.T.R., 2005. Benchmarking the CATMA microarray. A novel tool for Arabidopsis transcriptome analysis. Plant Physiology. 137(2), 588-601
• BAKER,, NIELSEN,, MINTHON,, WRIGHT,, CHAPPELL,, OKYERE,, MAY,, MORGAN,, KALSHEKER, and JANCIAUSKIENE,, 2005. Effects of Alzheimer's peptide and alpha1-antichymotrypsin on astrocyte gene expression. Neurobiology of Aging.
• SWARUP, R., KARGUL, J., MARCHANT, A., ZADIK, D., RAHMAN, A., MILLS, R., YEMM, A., MAY, S., WILLIAMS, L., MILLNER, P., TSURUMI, S., MOORE, I., NAPIER, R., KERR, I.D. and BENNETT, M.J., 2004. Structure-function analysis of the presumptive Arabidopsis auxin permease AUX1 Plant Cell. 16(11), 3069-3083
• CRAIGON, D.J., JAMES, N., OKYERE, J., HIGGINS, J., JOTHAM, J. and MAY, S., 2004. NASCArrays: a repository for microarray data generated by NASC's transcriptomics service. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(Database issue), D575-D577
• JANCIAUSKIENE, S. M., MINTHON, L., VINCIC, G., XONG-XIN, S., BAKER, C., PLUMMER, S., OKYERE, J., MAY, S., MORGAN, K. and KALSHEKER, N., 2004. P4-043 Gene expression profiles of primary human astrocytes exposed to Abeta and ACT/ABETA complexes assessed using a global DNA microarray Neurobiology of Aging. VOL 25(SUPP/2), S485
• HAMMOND, J.P., BENNETT, M.J., BOWEN, H.C., BROADLEY, M.R., EASTWOOD, D.C., MAY, S.T., RAHN, C., SWARUP, R., WOOLAWAY, K.E. and WHITE, P.J., 2003. Changes in gene expression in Arabidopsis shoots during phosphate starvation and the potential for developing smart plants Plant Physiology. 132(2), 578-596
• SCHRADER, J., BABA, K., MAY, S. T., PALME, K., BENNETT, M., BHALERAO, R. P. and SANDBERG, G., 2003. Polar auxin transport in the wood-forming tissues of hybrid aspen is under simultaneous control of developmental and environmental signals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. VOL 100(PART 17), 10096-10101
• MAY, S.T., CLEMENTS, D. and BENNETT, M.J., 2002. Finding your knockout. Molecular Biotechnology. 20, 209-221
• BEALE, M., DUPREE, P., LILLEY, K., BEYNON, J., TRICK, M., CLARKE, J., BEVAN, M., BANCROFT, I., JONES, J. and MAY, S., 2002. GARNet, the Genomic Arabidopsis Resource Network Trends in Plant Science. VOL 7(NUMBER 4), 145-147
• DEEKEN, R., GEIGER, D., FROMM, J., KOROLEVA, O., ACHE, P., LANGENFELD-HEYSER, R., SAUER, N., MAY, S. T. and HEDRICH, R., 2002. Loss of the AKT2/3 potassium channel affects sugar loading into the phloem of Arabidopsis Planta. VOL 216(PART 2), 334-344
• PARRY, G., MARCHANT, A., MAY, S., SWARUP, R., SWARUP, K., JAMES, N., GRAHAM, N.S., ALLEN, T., MARTUCCI, T., YEMM, A., NAPIER, R., MANNING, K., KING, G. and BENNETT, M.J., 2001. Quick on the uptake: characterization of a family of plant auxin influx carriers Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 20, 217
• DE BILLY, F., GROSJEAN, C., MAY, S., BENNETT, M. and CULLIMORE, J. V., 2001. Expression Studies on AUX1-like Genes in Medicago truncatula Suggest That Auxin Is Required at Two Steps in Early Nodule Development Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions: MPMI. VOL 14(PART 3), 267-277
• SCHOLL, R. L., MAY, S. T. and WARE, D. H., 2000. Seed and Molecular Resources for Arabidopsis Plant Physiology. VOL 124(PART 4), 1477-1480
• CARTINHOUR,S., CARDLE,L., O'MALIA,A., WAUGH,R., MARSHALL,D., OUGHAM,H., DAVENPORT,G., COUCHMAN,M., GALE,M., DICKINSON,J., MCWILLIAM,H., MAY,S., WALSH,S., TRICK,M., DICKS,J. and ANDERSON,M., 2000. UK CropNet a collection of databases and bioinformatic resources for crop plant genomes Nucleic Acids Research. 28(1), 104-107
• MAATHUIS, F. J. M., MAY, S. T., GRAHAM, N. S., BOWEN, H. C., JELITTO, T. C., TRIMMER, P., BENNETT, M. J., SANDERS, D. and WHITE, P. J., 1998. Cell marking in Arabidopsis thaliana and its application to patch-clamp studies Plant Journal. VOL 15(NUMBER 6), 843-851
• BENNETT, M. J., MARCHANT, A., GREEN, H. G., MAY, S. T., WARD, S. P., MILLNER, P. A., WALKER, A. R., SCHULZ, B. and FELDMANN, K. A., 1996. Arabidopsis AUX1 Gene: A Permease-Like Regulator of Root Gravitropism Science. ISSUE 5277, 948-950