Dr Simon Dunn – Sensory Neurobiology Group

Lab Manager

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterwards – Oscar Wilde

Simon is the Manager, Research Coordinator and Senior Research Assistant of the Marshall Group. Simon brings great experience and expertise to the lab and ensures the overall functioning of the Marshall group – from fieldwork to finances.

Simon research interests include Coral bleaching, Invertebrate Biology and EcoPhysiology, Marine Molecular Biology, Symbiosis and Technology of marine science.

1998 BSc (1st class Honours) Marine and Freshwater Biology Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London) UK.

2003 DPhil (Marine Molecular Biology) Cell death Mechanism in Bleaching. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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PUBLICATIONS
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Papers

2016

A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems

Cinner, J.E., Pratchett, M.S., Graham, N.A.J., Messmer, V., Fuentes, M.M.P.B., Ainsworth, T., Ban, N. Bay, L.K., Blythe, J. Dissard, D., Dunn, S.R., Evans, L., Fabinyi, M., Fidelman, M., Figueiredo, J. Frisch, A.J., Fulton, C.J., Hicks, C.C., Lukoschek, Mallela, J., Moya, A., Penin, L., Rummer, J.L., Walker, S. and Williamson, D.H. (2016) Regional Environmental Change, 16, 1133-1146. Download Paper

2015

Gene Duplication is extensive but insufficient alone to explain toxin diversity in the proteome of nematocysts isolated from the coral Acropora digitifera - Cnidaria: Anthozoa; Scleractinia

Ranko, G., Chung, R., Dunn, S.R., Weston, A.J., Jaimes, A., Marques, A.C., Morandini, A.C., Hranueli, D. Starcevic, A., Ward, M and Paul F. Long, P. F. (2015) BMC Genomics, 16, 774 Download Paper

A nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry study of dinoflagellate functional diversity in reef-building corals

Pernice , M., Dunn, S.R. (Joint 1st Authors). Tonk, L., Dove, S., Domart-Coulon, I., Hoppe, P., Schintlmeister, A., Wagner, M. and Meibom, A. (2015) Environmental Microbiology, 17, (10) 3570-3580. Download Paper

2012

A lipidomic isotopic approach to understanding dissolved inorganic carbon uptake and subsequent fatty acid lipogenesis within cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

Dunn, S.R., Thomas, M, Nette, G. and Dove, S (2012) PLoS ONE, 7 (10) e339024. Download Paper

Rapid identification of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in a marine extract by HPLC-MS using data dependent acquisition

Thomas, M, Dunn, S. R. Altvater, J. Dove, S Nette, (2012) Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 84 (14) 5976-5983. Download Paper

Thermal stress promotes mitochondrial degradation in symbiotic cnidarians: Are the batteries of the reef going to run out?

Dunn, S. R. Pernice, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Dove, S. (2012)PLoS ONE, 7 (7) e39024. Download Paper

2011

Regulation of apoptotic mediators reveals dynamic responses to thermal stress in the reef building coral, Acropora millepora.

Pernice, M., Dunn, S. R., Maird, T., Dufour, S., Dove, S. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2011) PLoS ONE, 6 (1) e16095. Download Paper

From microbes to people: tractable benefits of no-take areas for coral reefs

Graham, N.A.J., Ainsworth, T.D., Baird, A. H., Ban, N.C., Bay, L.K., Cinner, J.E., DeFrietas, D.M., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dornelas, M., Dunn, S.R., Fidelman, P.I. J., Foret, S., Good, T.C., Kool, J. Mallela, J., Penin, L., Prachett, M.S. and Williamson, D.H (2011) Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 49, pp105-136 Download Paper

2010

Gene expression profiles of cytosolic Heat Shock Proteins Hsp70 and Hsp90 from symbiotic dinoflagellates in response to thermal stress: possible implications for coral bleaching

Rosic, N.N, Pernice, M, Dove, S. Dunn. S, R. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2010) Cell Stress and Chaperones. 16: 69-80. Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean. Current Biology, 18, 429-434. Download Paper

Differential regulation by heat stress of novel Cytochrome P450 genes from the dinoflagellate symbionts of reef building corals

Rosic, N.N, Pernice, M, Dunn. S.R., Dove, S. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2010) Applied Environmental Microbiology. 76: (9) 2823-2829. Download Paper

The effect of ocean acidification on symbiont photorespiration and productivity in Acropora formosa

Crawley, A., Kline, D., Dunn S. R., Anthony K, Dove, S. (2010) Global Change Biology 16: (2) 851-863. Download Paper

2009

Immunorecognition and immunoreceptors in the Cnidaria (Review)

Dunn, S.R. (2009) Invertebrate Survival Journal. 6:7-14. Download Paper

Photoreactivation is the main repair pathway for UV induced DNA damage in coral planulae

Reef, R., Dunn, S.R., Levy,O., Dove,S., Shemesh, E., Brickner, I., Leggat, W. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 2760-2766. Download Paper

Apoptosis as a post-phagocytic winnowing mechanism in a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism

Dunn, S.R. and Weis, V.M (2009) Environmental Microbiology. 11: 268-276. Download Paper

Mesenterial filaments make a clean sweep of substrates for coral growth

Roff, G., Dove, S.G. and Dunn, S.R. (2009) Coral Reefs. 28:79 Download Paper

2007

Apoptosis and autophagy as mechanisms of dinoflagellate symbiont release during cnidarian bleaching: Every which way you lose

Dunn, S.R., Schnitzler, C. E. and Weis, V. M (2007) Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 274: 3079-3085. Download Paper

Knockdown of actin and caspase gene expression by RNA interference in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallida.

Dunn, S.R., Phillips, W.S., Green, D.R. and Weis, V.M. (2007) Biological Bulletin 212: 250-258. Editors choice for featured article. Download Paper

2006

Highly conserved caspase and Bcl-2 homologues from the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida: Lower metazoans as models for the study of apoptosis evolution. Apoptosis and autophagy as mechanisms of dinoflagellate symbiont release during cnidarian bleaching: Every which way you lose

Dunn, S.R., Phillips, W.S., Green, D.R. Spatafora, J.W. and Weis, V.M. (2006) Journal of Molecular Evolution 63: (1) 95-107. Download Paper

2004

Heat stress induces different forms of cell death in sea anemones and their endosymbiotic algae depending on temperature and duration.

Dunn, S.R., Thomason, J.C., Le Tissier, M.D.A., and Bythell, J.C. (2004) Cell Death and Differentiation 11: 1213-1222. Download Paper

2002

Programmed cell death and cell necrosis activity during hyperthermic stress-induced bleaching of the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia sp.

Dunn, S.R., Bythell, J.C., Le Tissier, M.D.A., Burnett, W.J. and Thomason, J.C. (2002) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 272 (1) 29-53. Download Paper

2000

Different forms of cell death during bleaching of the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia sp.

(2000) Dunn, S.R., Thomason, J.C., Le Tissier, M.D.A. and Bythell, J.C. Abstracts of the 9^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali. October 22^nd-27^th 2000. A4 p24 Download Paper

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