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  • 2011 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Alun Jones is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Organic Chemistry, and Surgery.

The topics central to their work include:

  • Immune cells in cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease

Alun Jones has published articles in several scientific venues, notably Neuro-Oncology, Nature Communications, Cell Reports, eLife, and Environmental Science & Technology. Their publication record includes the following recent papers:

  • Class IIa Histone Deacetylases Drive Toll-like Receptor-Inducible Glycolysis and Macrophage Inflammatory Responses via Pyruvate Kinase M2 (2020, Cell Reports)
  • In vivo proteomic mapping through GFP-directed proximity-dependent biotin labelling in zebrafish (2021, eLife)
  • Elp2 mutations perturb the epitranscriptome and lead to a complex neurodevelopmental phenotype (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Structural Changes in Cell-Wall and Cell-Membrane Organic Materials Following Exposure to Free Nitrous Acid (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Loss of YhcB results in dysregulation of coordinated peptidoglycan, LPS and phospholipid synthesis during Escherichia coli cell growth (2021, PLoS Genetics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Marija Kojic, Brandon J. Wainwright, Robert G. Parton, Irina Vetter, and Shiekh Tanveer Ahmad.

Alun Jones was recognized as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2011.

Best Publications

  • In situ neutralization in Boc-chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis. Rapid, high yield assembly of difficult sequences.

    Martina SCHNölzer;Paul Alewood;Alun Jones;Dianne Alewood

  • Enzymatic pathway for the bacterial degradation of the cyanobacterial cyclic peptide toxin microcystin LR.

    David G. Bourne;Gary J. Jones;Robert L. Blakeley;Alun Jones

  • A climate model study of indirect radiative forcing by anthropogenic sulphate aerosols

    A. Jones;D. L. Roberts;A. Slingo

  • Clathrin-independent carriers form a high capacity endocytic sorting system at the leading edge of migrating cells

    Mark T. Howes;Matthew Kirkham;James D Riches;Katia Cortese

  • Microcin J25 Has a Threaded Sidechain-to-Backbone Ring Structure and Not a Head-to-Tail Cyclized Backbone

    K.J Rosengren;R.J Clark;N.L Daly;U Goransson

  • Novel omega-conotoxins from Conus catus discriminate among neuronal calcium channel subtypes

    Richard J. Lewis;Katherine J. Nielsen;David J. Craik;Marion L. Loughnan

  • A sensitive LC/MS/MS assay of 25OH vitamin D3 and 25OH vitamin D2 in dried blood spots.

    Darryl Eyles;Cameron Anderson;Pauline Ko;Pauline Ko;Alun Jones

  • A new Tc-99m-labeled myocardial imaging agent, hexakis(t-butylisonitrile)-technetium(I) [Tc-99m TBI]: initial experience in the human.

    B L Holman;A G Jones;J Lister-James;A Davison

  • Adiponectin Multimerization Is Dependent on Conserved Lysines in the Collagenous Domain: Evidence for Regulation of Multimerization by Alterations in Posttranslational Modifications

    Ayanthi A. Richards;Tim Stephens;Hayley K. Charlton;Alun Jones

  • A new class of oxotechnetium(5+) chelate complexes containing a TcON2S2 core

    Alan. Davison;Alun G. Jones;Chris. Orvig;Miriam. Sohn

  • In Situ Neutralization in Boc-chemistry Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

    Martina Schnölzer;Paul Alewood;Alun Jones;Dianne Alewood

  • Synthesis and characterization of hexakis(alkyl isocyanide) and hexakis(aryl isocyanide) complexes of technetium(I)

    Michael J. Abrams;Alan Davison;Alun G. Jones;Catherine E. Costello

  • Preparation of oxobis(dithiolato) complexes of technetium(V) and rhenium(V)

    Alan Davison;Chris Orvig;Harvey S. Trop;Miriam Sohn

  • Remarkable inter- and intra-species complexity of conotoxins revealed by LC/MS.

    Jasmine Davis;Alun Jones;Richard J. Lewis

  • A Granulin-Like Growth Factor Secreted by the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, Promotes Proliferation of Host Cells

    Michael J. Smout;Thewarach Laha;Jason Mulvenna;Banchob Sripa

  • Bone scanning: radionuclidic reaction mechanisms.

    Alun G. Jones;Marion D. Francis;Michael A. Davis

  • Exposed proteins of the Schistosoma japonicum tegument

    Jason Mulvenna;Luke Moertel;Malcolm K. Jones;Malcolm K. Jones;Sujeevi Nawaratna

  • crystal Structure and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Magnetic Susceptibility Study of [Cu2(ascidH2)(1,2-.mu.-CO3)(H2O)2].cntdot.2H2O, the Bis(copper(II)) Complex of Ascidiacyclamide (ascidH4), a Cyclic Peptide Isolated from the Ascidian Lissoclinum patella

    Anna L. van den Brenk;Karl A. Byriel;David P. Fairlie;Lawrence R. Gahan

  • Albumins and their processing machinery are hijacked for cyclic peptides in sunflower

    Joshua S Mylne;Michelle L Colgrave;Norelle L Daly;Aurelie H Chanson

  • Isolation and characterisation of Indian Ocean ciguatoxin

    Brett Hamilton;Mira Hurbungs;Jean-Paul Vernoux;Alun Jones

  • alpha-conotoxin EpI, a novel sulfated peptide from Conus episcopatus that selectively targets neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Marion L Loughnan;Trudy Bond;Ann Atkins;Javier Cuevas

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Alewood
Paul F. Alewood University of Queensland
Richard J. Lewis
Richard J. Lewis University of Queensland
Bryan G. Fry
Bryan G. Fry University of Queensland
David J. Craik
David J. Craik University of Queensland
Glenn F. King
Glenn F. King University of Queensland
Michelle L. Colgrave
Michelle L. Colgrave Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stephen B. H. Kent
Stephen B. H. Kent University of Chicago
Thomas Choularton
Thomas Choularton University of Manchester
Catherine E. Costello
Catherine E. Costello Boston University

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