Matthew Hudson

About

Matthew Hudson is a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he has been serving since 2014. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Leicester, an M.A. and B.A. in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on bioinformatics, genomics, and molecular biology, with contributions to understanding gene evolution, transcriptional responses, and genetic variation in various organisms including bees, soybeans, and other plants. Hudson has held positions as an associate and assistant professor at the University of Illinois and has worked as a bioinformatics scientist and specialist in the biotech industry. His work involves investigating gene expression, transposable elements, and genomic signatures related to evolutionary transitions and complex traits in plants and insects.

Research topics

• Biology
• Genetics
• Computer Science
• Agronomy
• Botany
• Evolutionary biology
• Ecology
• Psychology
• Social psychology
• Biotechnology

Selected publications

• Genome biology of the paleotetraploid perennial biomass crop Miscanthus

  Nature Communications · 2020 · 126 citations

  Miscanthus is a perennial wild grass that is of global importance for paper production, roofing, horticultural plantings, and an emerging highly productive temperate biomass crop. We report a chromosome-scale assembly of the paleotetraploid M. sinensis genome, providing a resource for Miscanthus that links its chromosomes to the related diploid Sorghum and complex polyploid sugarcanes. The asymmetric distribution of transposons across the two homoeologous subgenomes proves Miscanthus paleo-allot…

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• Fine mapping and cloning of the major seed protein quantitative trait loci on soybean chromosome 20

  The Plant Journal · 2022 · 78 citations

  SUMMARY Soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is a unique crop species because it has high levels of both protein and oil in its seed. Of the many quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling soybean seed protein content, alleles of the cqSeed protein‐003 QTL on chromosome 20 exert the greatest additive effect. The high‐protein allele exists in both cultivated and wild soybean ( Glycine soja Siebold & Zucc.) germplasm. Our objective was to fine map this QTL to enable positional‐based cloning of its…

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• Genomic regions influencing aggressive behavior in honey bees are defined by colony allele frequencies

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 60 citations

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  on linkage group (chromosome) 7, showed strong signals of both selection and admixture during the evolution of gentleness in a honey bee population. We thus found links between colony genetics and group behavior and also, molecular evidence for group-level selection, acting at the colony level. We conclude that group genetics dominates individual genetics in determining the fatal decision of honey bees to sting.

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• An efficient virus‐induced gene silencing (<scp>VIGS</scp>) system for gene functional studies in Miscanthus

  GCB Bioenergy · 2023-03-15 · 21 citations

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  Abstract Virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful tool for transient gene functional analysis in plants, especially for monocot species (e.g., grasses) that are recalcitrant to transformation. Despite various VIGS systems that have been developed in different plant species, none was previously available for the bioenergy crop Miscanthus. Here, we report the establishment of an efficient and robust VIGS system mediated by Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) in Miscanthus. We first investigated th…

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• An <scp>NBS‐LRR</scp> protein in the <i>Rpp1</i> locus negates the dominance of <i>Rpp1</i>‐mediated resistance against <i>Phakopsora pachyrhizi</i> in soybean

  The Plant Journal · 2022-11-25 · 21 citations

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  The soybean Rpp1 locus confers resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi, causal agent of rust, and resistance is usually dominant over susceptibility. However, dominance of Rpp1-mediated resistance is lost when a resistant genotype (Rpp1 or Rpp1b) is crossed with susceptible line TMG06_0011, and the mechanism of this dominant susceptibility (DS) is unknown. Sequencing the Rpp1 region reveals that the TMG06_0011 Rpp1 locus has a single nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) gene (DS-R),…

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Recent grants

• Exploring the Role of Noncoding RNAs in Heterosis

  NSF · $500k · 2009–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Peter H. Quail

  Agricultural Research Service

  31 shared

• Liudmila S. Mainzer

  University of Wyoming

  31 shared

• Mary A. Schuler

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  28 shared

• Stephen P. Moose

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  28 shared

• Todd P. Michael

  Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  27 shared

• Tong Zhu

  Nanjing Agricultural University

  26 shared

• Jacob R. Heldenbrand

  National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  25 shared

• Yinghong Pan

  25 shared

Labs

• Matt Hudson LabPI

Education

• PhD

  University of Leicester

  1997

• MA

  University of Cambridge

  1994

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