C. Robertson McClung
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
Professor of Biological Sciences
The Patricia F. and William B. Hale 1944 Professor in the Arts and Sciences
Professor in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
The ability of an organism to measure time is the product of a cellular biological clock. Many phenomena controlled by the biological clock cycle on a daily basis and are called circadian rhythms. My goal is to understand the genetic and biochemical mechanisms by which an organism measures time and uses that temporal information to regulate gene expressionand cellular physiology.
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Department(s)
Biological Sciences
Education
- B.Sc. Queen's University
- M.Sc. Dalhousie University
- Ph.D. Michigan State University
Selected Publications
Lou, P., Greenham, K., McClung, C.R. (2022) Rhythmic Leaf and Cotyledon Movement Analysis. Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2494:125-134. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_9. PMID: 35467204
Deng. L., Gao, B., Zhao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, M., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Xie, L., Lou, H., Ma, M., Zhang, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., McClung, C.R, Li, G., Li, X. (2022) Diurnal RNAPII-tethered chromatin interactions are associated with rhythmic gene expression in rice. Genome Biol. Jan 6;23(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02594-7. PMID: 34991658
McClung, C.R. (2021) Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement. Genes (Basel). 2021 Mar 6;12(3):374. doi: 10.3390/genes12030374. PMID: 33800720Lou, P., S. Woody, K. Greenham, R.VanBuren, M. Colle, P.P. Edger, R. Sartor, Y. Zheng, N. Levendoski, J. Lim, C.So, B. Stoveken, T. Woody, J. Zhao, S. Shen, R.M. Amasino & C.R. McClung. 2020. Genetic and genomic resources to study natural variation in Brassica rapa. Plant Direct. Dec 22;4(12):e00285. doi: 10.1002/pld3.285.
Deng. L., Gao, B., Zhao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, M., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Xie, L., Lou, H., Ma, M., Zhang, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., McClung, C.R, Li, G., Li, X. (2022) Diurnal RNAPII-tethered chromatin interactions are associated with rhythmic gene expression in rice. Genome Biol. Jan 6;23(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02594-7. PMID: 34991658
McClung, C.R. (2021) Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement. Genes (Basel). Mar 6;12(3):374. doi: 10.3390/genes12030374. PMID: 33800720
Greenham, K., R.C. Sartor, S. Zorich, P. Lou, T.C. Mockler, & C.R. McClung. 2020. Expansion of the circadian transcriptome in Brassica rapa and genome wide diversification of paralog expression patterns. Elife. Sep 30;9:e58993. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58993
Leinonen, P.H., M.J. Salmela, K. Greenham, C.R. McClung, & J.H. Willis. 2020. Populations are differentiated in biological rhythms without explicit elevational clines in the plant Mimulus laciniatus. J. Biol. Rhythms 35: 452-464. doi: 10.1177/0748730420936408.