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  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sean R. Cutler is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research centers primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work spans several subfields including plant science, molecular biology, biotechnology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and ecology. Key research topics addressed by Sean R. Cutler include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant stress responses and tolerance, transgenic plants and applications, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant molecular biology research, seed germination and physiology, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Sean R. Cutler has published extensively, with frequent appearances in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Plants, ACS Chemical Biology, and Nature Genetics.

  • Systematic characterization of gene function in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Rapid biosensor development using plant hormone receptors as reprogrammable scaffolds (2022, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Next-generation ABACUS biosensors reveal cellular ABA dynamics driving root growth at low aerial humidity (2023, Nature Plants)
  • Click-to-lead design of a picomolar ABA receptor antagonist with potent activity in vivo (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Selective control of parasitic nematodes using bioactivated nematicides (2023, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sean R. Cutler include Aditya S. Vaidya, Ian Wheeldon, Timothy A. Whitehead, Sang-Youl Park, and Zenan Xing.

  • Aditya S. Vaidya
  • Ian Wheeldon
  • Timothy A. Whitehead
  • Sang-Youl Park
  • Zenan Xing

Sean R. Cutler's research has been recognized by their election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2C Protein Phosphatases via the PYR/PYL Family of START Proteins

    Sang-Youl Park;Pauline Fung;Noriyuki Nishimura;Davin R. Jensen

  • Abscisic Acid: Emergence of a Core Signaling Network

    Sean R. Cutler;Pedro L. Rodriguez;Ruth R. Finkelstein;Suzanne R. Abrams

  • In vitro reconstitution of an abscisic acid signalling pathway

    Hiroaki Fujii;Hiroaki Fujii;Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Americo Rodrigues;Silvia Rubio

  • Random GFP∷cDNA fusions enable visualization of subcellular structures in cells of Arabidopsis at a high frequency

    Sean R. Cutler;David W. Ehrhardt;Joel S. Griffitts;Chris R. Somerville

  • A gate–latch–lock mechanism for hormone signalling by abscisic acid receptors

    Karsten Melcher;Ley-Moy Ng;Ley-Moy Ng;X. Edward Zhou;Fen-Fen Soon;Fen-Fen Soon

  • Regulation of Abscisic Acid Signaling by the Ethylene Response Pathway in Arabidopsis

    Majid Ghassemian;Eiji Nambara;Sean Cutler;Hiroshi Kawaide

  • Modulation of drought resistance by the abscisic acid receptor PYL5 through inhibition of clade A PP2Cs.

    Julia Santiago;Americo Rodrigues;Angela Saez;Silvia Rubio

  • The abscisic acid receptor PYR1 in complex with abscisic acid

    Julia Santiago;Florine Dupeux;Adam Round;Regina Antoni

  • Molecular Mimicry Regulates ABA Signaling by SnRK2 Kinases and PP2C Phosphatases

    Fen Fen Soon;Fen Fen Soon;Ley Moy Ng;Ley Moy Ng;X. Edward Zhou;Graham M. West

  • The irregular xylem3 locus of Arabidopsis encodes a cellulose synthase required for secondary cell wall synthesis.

    Neil G. Taylor;Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible;Sean Cutler;Chris R. Somerville

  • Structural mechanism of abscisic acid binding and signaling by dimeric PYR1.

    Noriyuki Nishimura;Kenichi Hitomi;Kenichi Hitomi;Andrew S. Arvai;Robert P. Rambo

  • PYR/PYL/RCAR family members are major in-vivo ABI1 protein phosphatase 2C-interacting proteins in Arabidopsis

    Noriyuki Nishimura;Ali Sarkeshik;Kazumasa Nito;Sang-Youl Park

  • A Protein Farnesyl Transferase Involved in Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis

    Sean Cutler;Majid Ghassemian;Dario Bonetta;Sarah Cooney

  • A small-molecule screen in C. elegans yields a new calcium channel antagonist

    Trevor C. Y. Kwok;Nicole Ricker;Regina Fraser;Allen W. Chan

  • Tuning water-use efficiency and drought tolerance in wheat using abscisic acid receptors

    Ryosuke Mega;Fumitaka Abe;June-Sik Kim;Yuuri Tsuboi

  • Activation of dimeric ABA receptors elicits guard cell closure, ABA-regulated gene expression, and drought tolerance

    Masanori Okamoto;Masanori Okamoto;Francis C. Peterson;Andrew Defries;Sang-Youl Park

  • Structural and functional insights into core ABA signaling.

    Joshua J Weiner;Francis C Peterson;Brian F Volkman;Sean R Cutler

  • Agrochemical control of plant water use using engineered abscisic acid receptors

    Sang-Youl Park;Francis C. Peterson;Assaf Mosquna;Assaf Mosquna;Jin Yao

  • Tomato PYR/PYL/RCAR abscisic acid receptors show high expression in root, differential sensitivity to the abscisic acid agonist quinabactin, and the capability to enhance plant drought resistance

    Miguel González-Guzmán;Lesia Rodríguez;Laura Lorenzo-Orts;Clara Pons

  • Caenorhabditis elegans is a useful model for anthelmintic discovery.

    Andrew R. Burns;Genna M. Luciani;Gabriel Musso;Gabriel Musso;Rachel Bagg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter McCourt
Peter McCourt University of Toronto
Brian F. Volkman
Brian F. Volkman Medical College of Wisconsin
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Pedro L. Rodriguez
Pedro L. Rodriguez Spanish National Research Council
Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
David W. Ehrhardt
David W. Ehrhardt Carnegie Institution for Science
Nicholas J. Provart
Nicholas J. Provart University of Toronto
Viswanathan Chinnusamy
Viswanathan Chinnusamy Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Julia Santiago
Julia Santiago University of Lausanne
Mike Tyers
Mike Tyers University of Montreal

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