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Jay C. Dunlap, PhD

Title(s)
Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Nathan Smith Professor

Department(s)
Molecular and Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Education
Harvard University, Ph.D. 1979

Programs
Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Programs

Websites
http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/dunlaploros/

Contact Information

Dartmouth Medical School
HB 7400
Hanover NH 03755

Office: 603-650-1907
Phone: 603-650-1108
Fax: 603-650-1233
Email: jay.dunlap@Dartmouth.edu

Assistant: Cheryl Bush
Asst. Phone: 603-650-1907
Asst. Email: genetics@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Dr. Dunlap's laboratory is interested in understanding the mechanism by which eukaryotic organisms, including humans, keep time on a daily basis, and how this capacity to keep time is used to regulate metabolism and development. They have cloned "clock genes" as a first step towards identifying gears in the circadian oscillator , have isolated genes whose activities are controlled on a daily basis by the clock, and are studying the means by which the clock controls gene expression.

Grant Information

Dr. Dunlap is supported by an R35 MIRA grant from NIGMS and a U01 consortium grant from NIBIB.


Selected Publications

 

Cell-Autonomous and Systemic Circadian Regulation of Gene Expression in Adipocytes.
Worthen JM, Frederick AM, Dumesic PA, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 26; pii: 2026.01.24.701487. doi: 10.64898/2026.01.24.701487. Epub 2026 Jan 26.
PMID: 41659457

A daily cycle of White Collar Complex dephosphorylation sustains circadian rhythmicity in Neurospora.
Wang B, Zhou X, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Feb 10;123(6):e2525126123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2525126123. Epub 2026 Feb 6.
PMID: 41650222

Rhythmic Nuclear Import Mediated by Importins Regulates the Neurospora Circadian Clock.
Wang Z, Wang B, Bartholomai BM, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 12; pii: 2026.01.12.699091. doi: 10.64898/2026.01.12.699091. Epub 2026 Jan 12.
PMID: 41648564

Core Clock Protein Subcellular Dynamics Coordinate Local and Global Circadian Control in Syncytia.
Wang Z, Bartholomai BM, Wang B, Ritz D, Schultz D, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
bioRxiv. 2025 Oct 1; pii: 2025.09.30.679467. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.30.679467. Epub 2025 Oct 1.
PMID: 41256420

A Daily Cycle of White Collar Complex Dephosphorylation Sustains Circadian Rhythmicity in Neurospora.
Wang B, Zhou X, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 26; pii: 2025.09.25.678408. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.25.678408. Epub 2025 Sep 26.
PMID: 41040348

Individual peroxiredoxin or Tor pathway components are not required for circadian clock function in Neurospora crassa.
Kelliher CM, Dunlap JC
Fungal Biol. 2025 Oct;129(6):101619. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2025.101619. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
PMID: 40915678

Celebrating the fifth edition of the International Symposium on Fungal Stress - ISFUS, a decade after its 2014 debut.
Alder-Rangel A, Rangel AEA, Casadevall A, Gusa A, Xue C, Boone CM, Hittinger CT, Masuda CA, Olivares-Yañez C, Bell-Pedersen D, Washington EJ, Braus G, Janbon G, Pocsi I, Stajich JE, Dunlap JC, Bennett JW, Heitman J, Lu L, Landi L, Shinohara ML, Del Poeta M, Acheampong MA, Maltz MR, Lorenz MC, Nowrousian M, Glass NL, Broderick NA, Pedrini N, Osherov N, Billmyre RB, Sarrocco S, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Vicente VA, Lin X, Zhao XQ, Bahn YS, Lewis ZA, Rangel DEN
Fungal Biol. 2025 Aug;129(5):101590. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2025.101590. Epub 2025 May 6.
PMID: 40707112

A Compensated Clock: Temperature and Nutritional Compensation Mechanisms Across Circadian Systems.
Stevenson EL, Mehalow AK, Loros JJ, Kelliher CM, Dunlap JC
Bioessays. 2025 Mar;47(3):e202400211. doi: 10.1002/bies.202400211. Epub 2024 Dec 18.
PMID: 39696884

The auxotrophic formate (for) mutant of Neurospora crassa has significantly delayed growth but a normal circadian clock.
Wang Z, Lindgren KM, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
Fungal Genet Rep. 2024;68 pii: 1. doi: 10.4148/1941-4765.2185.
PMID: 39555235

Acetylation of WCC is dispensable for the core circadian clock but differentially regulates acute light responses in Neurospora.
Wang B, Adamo ME, Zhou X, Wang Z, Gerber SA, Kettenbach AN, Dunlap JC
J Biol Chem. 2024 Aug;300(8):107508. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107508. Epub 2024 Jun 27.
PMID: 38944116

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