Patrik R. Jones
Current position
(Since March 02, 2009): Independent group leader, Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine. Affiliation: University of Turku, Department of Biology. Location: Centre for Biotechnology, Turku Biocity.
Previous positions
(February 2005 - August 2008): Principal Investigator (Title "Research Director") of Evolutionary Molecular Engineering group at Fujirebio Inc. Frontier Research Department. Research & Development Division, Tokyo, Japan.
(May 2003 - January 2004): Research Biochemist at the Australian Wine Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.
(January 2001 - March 2003): Post-doctoral fellow (JSPS fellowship) at Kazuki Saito’s laboratory at Chiba University, Japan.
Education
(July 1997 - November 2000): Doctor in Philosophy studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Supervisors: Peter B. Høj (Australia) and Birger L. Møller (Denmark). Topic: Biochemistry of secondary plant metabolism. Title of thesis: “Glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of cyanogenic glycosides in Sorghum bicolor”. PhD awarded August 7, 2001 by University of Adelaide.
(January 1996 - December 1996): Honours, University of Adelaide. Title of thesis: “The molecular biology of glycosyltransferases in Vitis vinifera”. Awarded first class.
(March 1993 - December 1996): Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology), University of Adelaide, Department of Horticulture, Viticulture & Oenology, Waite campus, Australia. Graduate awarded in 1997.
(September 1989 - December 1992): Individual courses, Uppsala University, Sweden. 1 year of psychology, 1 year of introductory mathematics. Remainder introductory physics and chemistry.
(September 1988 - May 1989): 1 year post-secondary education course in electrical engineering and computer programming. Electrum, Kista. Programming languages: Matlab, TurboC, Motorola digital signal processors.
Publications
Original articles in refereed scientific journals
1. Akhtar, M.K. and Jones, P.R. (2009) Construction of a synthetic YdbK-dependent pyruvate:H2 pathway in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Metabolic Engineering 11, 139-147.
2. Veit, A., Akhtar, K.M., Mizutani, T., Jones P.R. (2008) Constructing and testing the thermodynamic limits of synthetic NAD(P)H:H2-Pathways. Microbial Biotechnology 1, 382-394.
3. Akhtar, K.M., and Jones P.R. (2008) Deletion of iscR stimulates recombinant clostridial Fe-Fe hydrogenase activity and H2-accumulation in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 78(5), 853-862.
4. Akhtar, K.M., and Jones P.R. (2008) Constructing a synthetic hydF-hydE-hydG-hydA operon for engineering biohydrogen production. Analytical Biochemistry 373(1), 170-172.
5. Jones, P.R., Gawel, R., Francis, I.L., Waters E.J. (2008) The influence of interactions between major white wine components on the aroma, flavour and texture of model white wine. Food Quality and Preference 19, 596-607.
6. Nielsen, K.A., Tattersall, D.B., Jones, P.R. and Møller B.L. (2008) Metabolon formation in dhurrin biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 69(1), 88-98.
7. Park, M.-O., Mizutani, T., Jones. P.R. (2007) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of Bacteriology 189(20), 7281-7289.
8. Pocock, K.F., Alexander, G.F., Hayasaka, Y., Jones, P.R., Waters, E.J. (2007) Sulfate - a candidate for the missing essential factor that is required for the formation of protein haze in white wine. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 55(5), 1799-1807.
9. Sarneckis, C.J., Dambergs, R.G., Jones, P., Mercurio, M., Herderich, M.J., Smith, P.A. (2006) Quantification of condensed tannins by precipitation with methyl cellulose: development and validation of an optimised tool for grape and wine analysis. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 12 (1), 39-49.
10. Jones, P.R.; Messner, B.; Nakajima, J.; Schaffner, A.R.; Saito, K. (2003) UGT73C6 and UGT78D1, glycosyltransferases involved in flavonol glycoside biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278(45): 43910-43918.
11. Jones, P.R.; Manabe, T.; Awazuhara, M.; Saito, K. (2003) A new member of plant CS-lyases. A cystine lyase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278(12): 10291 – 10296.
12. Hansen, K.S.; Kristensen, C.; Tattersall, D.B.; Jones, P.R.; Olsen, C.E.; Bak, S.; Moller, B.L. (2003) The in vitro substrate regiospecificity of recombinant UGT85B1, the cyanohydrin glucosyltransferase from Sorghum bicolor. Phytochemistry 64(1):143-51.
13. Tattersall, D.B.; Bak, S.; Jones, P.R.; Olsen, C.E.; Nielsen, J.K.; Hansen, M.L.; Høj, P.B.; Møller, B.L. (2001). Resistance to an herbivore through engineered cyanogenic glucoside synthesis. Science 293(5536): 1826 – 1828. Authors Bak and Jones shared 2nd authorship.
14. Jones, P.R.; Møller, B.L.; Høj, P.B. (1999) The UDP-glucose:p-hydroxymandelonitrile-O-glucosyltransferase that catalyzes the last step in synthesis of the cyanogenic glucoside dhurrin in Sorghum bicolor. Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 35483 – 35491.
Review articles in refereed scientific journals
15. Jones, P.R. (2008) Improving fermentative biomass-derived H2-production by engineering microbial metabolism. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33, 5122-5130.
16. Waters, E.J., Alexander, G., Muhlack, R., Pocock, K.F., Colby, C., O’Neill, B.K., Hoj, P.B., Jones, P. (2005) Preventing protein haze in bottled white wine. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 11(2), 215-225.
17. Jones, P.; Vogt, T. (2001). Glycosyltransferases in secondary plant metabolism: tranquilizers and stimulant controllers. Planta 213(2), 164-174.
18. Vogt, T.; Jones, P. (2000). Glycosyltransferases in plant natural product synthesis: characterization of a supergene family. Trends in Plant Science 5(9), 380-386.
Articles in refereed scientific volumes
19. P.R. Jones, M.D. Andersen, J.S. Nielsen, P.B. Høj and B.L. Møller (2000) The biosynthesis, degradation, transport and possible function of cyanogenic glucosides. In Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 34, 191-247.
Review articles in non-refereed journals
20. P.R. Jones, M.J. Kwiatkowski, G.K. Skourourmounis, I.L. Francis, K.A. Lattey, E.J. Waters, I.S. Pretorius, P.B. Hoj (2004) Exposure of red wine to oxygen post-fermentation – AWRI report. Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal 19(3), 17-24.
Granted patents
B.L. Møller, P. Høj and P.R. Jones: UDP-glucose aglycon-glucosytransferase. USPTO Patent No. US 7,122,657 B2 (2006). Commercial rights sold to Syngenta.
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