Professor Alex Jones
Professor
Email: Alex.Jones@warwick.ac.uk
Phone: 024 765 28144
Office: B141
Twitter: no more. Try @alex_me_jones@mstdn.science
Research Clusters
Cell & Development (Cluster Co-Lead)
Plant & Agricultural Biosciences
Vacancies and Opportunities
For PhD and postdoctoral opportunities, and interest in potential collaborations, please contact me at the above email address.
Research Interests
My expertise is in quantifying and characterising post-translational modifications on proteins to identify components of signalling pathways, especially phosphorylation in plant receptor complexes. Phosphorylation is the reversible addition of a small phosphate group to a protein that can act like a switch to control protein activity or its interactions. My early work focused on plant-pathogen interactions, especially the flagellin receptor in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, and its interactions with co-receptors. I have collaborated extensively throughout my career and worked with proteins from a wide range of organisms from yeast to starfish. More recently I have become fascinated by membrane trafficking and secretion, primarily from plants roots but also in wider aspects of plant development and interactions with microorganisms.
Current research projects focus on comparing immune signalling pathways in several species of plants and understanding how plants modify root growth (and secretions) to improve uptake of phosphate from the soil.
Research: Technical Summary
I am a biochemist who has specialised in protein phosphorylation and interactions. I have substantial experience in mass spectrometry and proteomics and in plant growth, development and pathogen interactions.
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- Cai, Weigang, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane G., Jones, Alexandra M., Elphick, Maurice R., 2023. Molecular identification and cellular localisation of a corticotropin-releasing hormone type neuropeptide in an echinoderm. Neuroendocrinology, 113 (2), pp. 231-250
- 'Escudero Castel?n, Nayeli, 'Semmens, Dean C., 'Guerra, Luis Alfonso Ya?ez, 'Zandawala, Meet, 'dos Reis, Mario, 'Slade, Susan E., 'Scrivens, James H., 'Zampronio, Cleidiane G., 'Jones, Alexandra M., 'Mirabeau, Olivier, 'Elphick, Maurice R., 2022. 'Receptor deorphanization in an echinoderm reveals kisspeptin evolution and relationship with SALMFamide neuropeptides. BMC Biology, 20 (1)
- 'Lidbury, Ian, 'Raguideau, Sébastien, 'Borsetto, Chiara, 'Murphy, Andrew R. J., 'Bottrill, Andrew R., 'Liu, Senlin, 'Stark, Richard Jan, 'Fraser, Tandra, 'Goodall, Andrew, 'Jones, Alexandra M., 'Bending, Gary D., 'Tibbetts, Mark, 'Hammond, John P., 'Quince, Chris, 'Scanlan, David J., 'Pandhal, Jagroop, 'Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., 2022. 'Stimulation of distinct rhizosphere bacteria drives phosphorus and nitrogen mineralization in oilseed rape under field conditions. mSystems, 7 (4)
- Tinoco, Ana B., Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón, Yañez Guerra, Luis Alfonso, Delroisse, Jérôme, Zhang, Ya, Gunner, Elizabeth F., Zampronio, Cleidiane G., Jones, Alexandra M., Egertová, Michaela, Elphick, Maurice R., 2021. Ancient role of sulfakinin/cholecystokinin-type signalling in inhibitory regulation of feeding processes revealed in an echinoderm. eLife, 10
- Baxter, Laura, Roy, Proyash, Picot, Emma, Watts, Jess, Jones, Alexandra M., Wilkinson, Helen, Schäfer, Patrick, Gifford, Miriam L., Lagunas, Beatriz, 2021. Comparative genomics across three ensifer species using a new complete genome sequence of the Medicago symbiont Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti WSM1022. Microorganisms, 9 (12)
- Bender, Kyle W., Couto, Daniel, Kadota, Yasuhiro, Macho, Alberto P., Sklenar, Jan, Derbyshire, Paul, Bjornson, Marta, DeFalco, Thomas A., Petriello, Annalise, Font Farre, Maria, Schwessinger, Benjamin, Ntoukakis, Vardis, Stransfeld, Lena, Jones, Alexandra M. E., Menke, Frank L. H., Zipfel, Cyril, 2021. Activation loop phosphorylaton of a non-RD receptor kinase initiates plant innate immune signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (38)
- Lidbury, Ian, Borsetto, Chiara, Murphy, Andrew, Bottrill, Andrew R., Jones, Alexandra M., Bending, G. D., Hammond, John P., Chen, Yin, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Scanlan, David J., 2021. Niche-adaptation in plant-associated Bacteroidetes favours specialisation in organic phosphorus mineralisation. ISME Journal, 15, pp. 1040-1055
- Petre, Benjamin, Contreras, Mauricio P., Bozkurt, Tolga O., Schattat, Martin H., Sklenar, Jan, Schornack, Sebastian, Abd-El-Haliem, Ahmed, Castells-Graells, Roger, Lozano-Durán, Rosa, Dagdas, Yasin F., Menke, Frank L. H., Jones, Alexandra M. E., Vossen, Jack H., Robatzek, Silke, Kamoun, Sophien, Win, Joe, 2021. Host-interactor screens of Phytophthora infestans RXLR proteins reveal vesicle trafficking as a major effector-targeted process. The Plant Cell, 33 (5), pp. 1447-1471
- Saouros, Savvas, Mohan, Thotegowdanapalya C., Cecchetti, Cristina, Lehmann, Silke, Barritt, Joseph D., Scull, Nicola J., Simpson, Paul, Alguel, Yilmaz, Cameron, Alexander D., Jones, Alexandra M. E., Byrne, Bernadette, 2021. Structural and functional insights into the mechanism of action of plant borate transporters. Scientific Reports, 11 (1)
- Vong, Yin Ho, Sivashanmugam, Lavanya, Leech, Rebecca, Zaucker, Andreas, Jones, Alexandra M., Sampath, Karuna, 2021. The RNA-binding protein Igf2bp3 is critical for embryonic and germline development in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics, 17 (7)
- Cecchetti, Cristina, Scull, Nicola J., Mohan, Thotegowdanapalya C., Alguel, Yilmaz, Jones, Alexandra M. C., Cameron, Alexander D., Byrne, Bernadette, 2021. Transfer of stabilising mutations between different secondary active transporter families. FEBS Open Bio, 11 (6), pp. 1685-1694
- Saouros, Savvas, Cecchetti, Cristina, Jones, Alexandra M., Cameron, Alexander, Byrne, Bernadette, 2020. Strategies for successful isolation of a eukaryotic transporter. Protein Expression and Purification, 166
- Yañez-Guerra, Luis Alfonso, Zhong, Xingxing, Moghul, Ismail, Butts, Thomas, Zampronio, Cleidiane G., Jones, Alexandra M., Mirabeau, Olivier, Elphick, Maurice R., 2020. Echinoderms provide missing link in the evolution of PrRP/sNPF-type neuropeptide signalling. eLife, 9
- Zhang, Ya, Yañez Guerra, Luis Alfonso, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane G., Jones, Alexandra M., Elphick, Maurice R., 2020. Molecular and functional characterization of somatostatin-type signalling in a deuterostome invertebrate. Open Biology, 10 (9)
- Jacomin, Anne-Claire, Petridi, Stavroula, Di Monaco, Marisa, Bhujabal, Zambarlal, Jain, Ashish, Mulakkal, Nitha Charles, Palara, Anthimi, Powell, Emma L., Chung, Bonita, Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Cameron, Alexander, Johansen, Terje, Nezis, Ioannis P., 2020. Regulation of expression of autophagy genes by Atg8a-interacting partners Sequoia, YL-1 and Sir2 in Drosophila. Cell Reports, 31 (8)
- Syed, Junetha, Palani, Saravanan, Clarke, Scott T., Asad, Zainab, Bottrill, Andrew R., Jones, Alexandra M.E., Sampath, Karuna, Balasubramanian, Mohan K., 2019. Expanding the zebrafish genetic code through site-specific introduction of azido-lysine, bicyclononyne-lysine, and diazirine-lysine. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (10)
- Palani, Saravanan, Köster, Darius, Hatano, Tomoyuki, Kamnev, Anton, Kanamaru, Taishi, Brooker, Holly R., Hernandez-Fernaud, Juan Ramon, Jones, Alexandra M. E., Millar, Jonathan B. A., Mulvihill, Daniel P., Balasubramanian, Mohan K., 2019. Phosphoregulation of tropomyosin is crucial for actin cable turnover and division site placement. Journal of Cell Biology, 218 (11), pp. 3548-3559
- Lin, Ming, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane G., Jones, Alexandra M., Elphick, Maurice R., 2018. Functional characterization of a second pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling system in the starfish Asterias rubens. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 526 (5), pp. 858-876
- Waghmare, Sakharam, Lileikyte, Edita, Karnik, Rucha Anil, Goodman, Jennifer, Blatt, Mike R., Jones, Alexandra M., 2018. SNAREs SYNTAXIN OF PLANTS 121 (SYP121) and SYP122 mediate the secretion of distinct cargo subsets. Plant Physiology, 4, pp. 1679-1688
- Hatano, Tomoyuki, Alioto, Salvatore, Roscioli, Emanuele, Palani, Saravanan, Clarke, Scott T., Kamnev, Anton, Hernandez Fernaud, Juan Ramon, Sivashanmugam, Lavanya, Chapa y Lazo, Bernardo, Jones, Alexandra M., Robinson, Robert C., Sampath, Karuna, Mishima, Masanori, McAinsh, Andrew D., Goode, Bruce L., Balasubramanian, Mohan K., 2018. Rapid production of pure recombinant actin isoforms in Pichia pastoris. Journal of Cell Science, 131 (8)
- Goodman, Jennifer, Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Hernandez-Fernaud, Juan Ramon, 2018. Updates of the in-gel digestion method for protein analysis by mass spectrometry. Proteomics
- Cai, Weigang, Kim, Chan-Hee, Go, Hye-Jin, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Park, Nam Gyu, Elphick, Maurice R., 2018. Biochemical, anatomical, and pharmacological characterization of calcitonin-type neuropeptides in starfish : discovery of an ancient role as muscle relaxants. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12
- Mohan, Thotegowdanapalya C., Jones, Alexandra M., 2018. Determination of boron content using a simple and rapid miniaturized curcumin assay. Bio-protocol, 7 (2)
- Lin, Ming, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Elphick, Maurice R., 2017. Pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling in a deuterostome : the anatomy and pharmacology of starfish myorelaxant peptide in Asterias rubens. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 525 (18), pp. 3890-3917
- Lin, Ming, Mita, Masatoshi, Egertová, Michaela, Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Elphick, Maurice R., 2017. Cellular localization of relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide expression in Asterias rubens : new insights into neurohormonal control of spawning in starfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 525 (7), pp. 1599-1617
- Üstün, Suayib, Sheikh, Arsheed, Gimenez-Ibanez , Selena, Jones, Alexandra M., Ntoukakis, Vardis, Börnke, Frederik, 2016. The proteasome acts as a hub for plant immunity and is targeted by Pseudomonas type-III effectors. Plant Physiology, 172 (3), pp. 1941-1958
- Lidbury, Ian, Murphy, Andrew, Scanlan, David J., Bending, G. D., Jones, Alexandra M., Moore, Jonathan D., Goodall, Amanda, Hammond, John P., Wellington, E. M. H., 2016. Comparative genomic, proteomic and exoproteomic analyses of three Pseudomonas strains reveals novel insights into the phosphorus scavenging capabilities of soil bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 18 (10), pp. 3535-3549
- Shao, Nan, Singh, N. Sadanands, Slade, Susan E., Jones, Alexandra M., Balasubramanian, Mohan K., 2015. Site specific genetic incorporation of azidophenylalanine in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Scientific Reports, 5, pp. 1-9
- Chaparro-Garcia, Angela, Schwizer, Simon, Sklenar, Jan, Yoshida, Kentaro, Petre, Benjamin, Bos, Jorunn I. B., Schornack, Sebastian, Jones, Alexandra M., Bozkurt, Tolga O., Kamoun, Sophien, 2015. Phytophthora infestans RXLR-WY Effector AVR3a Associates with Dynamin-Related Protein 2 Required for Endocytosis of the Plant Pattern Recognition Receptor FLS2. PLoS One, 10 (9)
- Heard, William, Sklenar, Jan, Tomé, Daniel F. A., Robatzek, Silke, Jones, Alexandra M., 2015. Identification of regulatory and cargo proteins of endosomal and secretory pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana by proteomic dissection. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 14 (7), pp. 1796-1813
- Wirthmueller, Lennart, Roth, Charlotte, Fabro, Georgina, Caillaud, Marie-Cécile, Rallapalli, Ghanasyam, Asai, Shuta, Sklenar, Jan, Jones, Alexandra M., Wiermer, Marcel, Jones, Jonathan D. G., Banfield, Mark J., 2015. Probing formation of cargo/importin-? transport complexes in plant cells using a pathogen effector. The Plant Journal, 81 (1), pp. 40-52
- Dong, S., Stam, R., Cano, L. M., Song, J., Sklenar, J., Yoshida, K., Bozkurt, T. O., Oliva, R., Liu, Z., Tian, M., Win, J., Banfield, M. J., Jones, Alexandra M., van der Hoorn, R. A. L., Kamoun, S., 2014. Effector specialization in a lineage of the irish potato famine pathogen. Science, 343 (6170), pp. 552-555
- Wilhelm, Thomas, Jones, Alexandra M., 2014. Identification of related peptides through the analysis of fragment ion mass shifts. Journal of Proteome Research, 13 (9), pp. 4002-4011
- Kadota, Yasuhiro, Sklenar, Jan, Derbyshire, Paul, Stransfeld, Lena, Asai, Shuta, Ntoukakis, Vardis, Jones, Jonathan D. G., Shirasu, Ken, Menke, Frank, Jones, Alexandra M., Zipfel, Cyril, 2014. Direct regulation of the NADPH oxidase RBOHD by the PRR-associated kinase BIK1 during plant immunity. Molecular Cell, 54 (1), pp. 43-55
- Caillaud, Marie-Cécile, Wirthmueller, Lennart, Sklenar, Jan, Findlay, Kim, Piquerez, Sophie J. M., Jones, Alexandra M., Robatzek, Silke, Jones, Jonathan D. G., Faulkner, Christine, 2014. The plasmodesmal protein PDLP1 localises to haustoria-associated membranes during downy mildew infection and regulates callose deposition. PLoS Pathogens, 10 (11)
- Piquerez, Sophie J., Balmuth, Alexi L., Sklenár, Jan, Jones, Alexandra M., Rathjen, John P., Ntoukakis, Vardis, 2014. Identification of post-translational modifications of plant protein complexes. Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Pais, Marina, Win, Joe, Yoshida, Kentaro, Etherington, Graham J., Cano, Liliana M., Raffaele, Sylvain, Banfield, Mark J., Jones, Alexandra M., Kamoun, Sophien, Saunders, Diane G. O., 2013. From pathogen genomes to host plant processes : the power of plant parasitic oomycetes. Genome Biology, 14 (6)
- Ntoukakis, Vardis, Balmuth, Alexi L., Mucyn, Tatiana S., Gutierrez, Jose R., Jones, Alexandra M., Rathjen, John P., 2013. The tomato Prf complex is a molecular trap for bacterial effectors based on Pto transphosphorylation. PLoS Pathogens, Vol.9 (No.1)
- Liebrand, T. W. H., van den Berg, G. C. M., Zhang, Z., Smit, P., Cordewener, J. H. G., America, A. H. P., Sklenar, J., Jones, Alexandra M., Tameling, W. I. L., Robatzek, S., Thomma, B. P. H. J., Joosten, M. H. A. J., 2013. Receptor-like kinase SOBIR1/EVR interacts with receptor-like proteins in plant immunity against fungal infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (24), pp. 10010-10015
- Jones, Alexandra M., Monaghan, Jacqueline, Ntoukakis, Vardis, 2013. Editorial : mechanisms regulating immunity in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4
- van Damme, Mireille, Bozkurt, Tolga O., Cakir, Cahid, Schornack, Sebastian, Sklenar, Jan, Jones, Alexandra M., Kamoun, Sophien, 2012. The Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans translocates the CRN8 kinase into host plant cells. PLoS Pathogens, 8 (8)
- Greer, E., Martin, A. C., Pendle, A., Colas, I., Jones, Alexandra M., Moore, G., Shaw, P., 2012. The Ph1 locus suppresses Cdk2-type activity during premeiosis and meiosis in wheat. The Plant Cell, 24 (1), pp. 152-162
- Fan, Jun, Mohareb, Fady, Jones, Alexandra M., Bessant, Conrad, 2012. MRMaid : the SRM assay design tool for Arabidopsis and other species. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3
- Göhre, Vera, Jones, Alexandra M., Sklenár, Jan, Robatzek, Silke, Weber, Andreas P. M., 2012. Molecular crosstalk between PAMP-triggered immunity and photosynthesis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 25 (8), pp. 1083-1092
- Liebrand, T. W. H., Smit, P., Abd-El-Haliem, A., de Jonge, R., Cordewener, J. H. G., America, A. H. P., Sklenar, J., Jones, Alexandra M., Robatzek, S., Thomma, B. P. H. J., Tameling, W. I. L., Joosten, M. H. A. J., 2012. Endoplasmic reticulum-quality control chaperones facilitate the biogenesis of Cf receptor-like proteins involved in pathogen resistance of tomato. Plant Physiology, 159 (4), pp. 1819-1833
- Joshi, H. J., Hirsch-Hoffmann, M., Baerenfaller, K., Gruissem, W., Baginsky, S., Schmidt, R., Schulze, W. X., Sun, Q., van Wijk, K. J., Egelhofer, V., Wienkoop, S., Weckwerth, W., Bruley, C., Rolland, N., Toyoda, T., Nakagami, H., Jones, Alexandra M., Briggs, S. P., Castleden, I., Tanz, S. K. et al (Select to open full list), 2011. MASCP Gator : an aggregation portal for the visualization of arabidopsis proteomics data. Plant Physiology, 155 (1), pp. 259-270
- Bozkurt, T. O., Schornack, S., Win, J., Shindo, T., Ilyas, M., Oliva, R., Cano, L. M., Jones, Alexandra M., Huitema, E., van der Hoorn, R. A. L., Kamoun, S., 2011. Phytophthora infestans effector AVRblb2 prevents secretion of a plant immune protease at the haustorial interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (51), pp. 20832-20837
- Jones, Alexandra M., Nühse, Thomas S., 2011. Phosphoproteomics using iTRAQ. Methods in Molecular Biology, 779, pp. 287-302
- Win, Joe, Kamoun, Sophien, Jones, Alexandra M., 2011. Purification of effector?target protein complexes via transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. Methods in Molecular Biology, 712, pp. 181-194
- Roux, Milena, Schwessinger, Ben, Albrecht, C. (Catherine), Chinchilla, D. (Delphine), Jones, Alexandra M., Holton, Nicholas, Malinovsky, F. G., Tör, Mahmut, de Vries, Sacco, Zipfel, Cyril, 2011. The Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 are required for innate immunity to hemibiotrophic and biotrophic pathogens. The Plant Cell, Vol.23 (No.6), pp. 2440-2455
- Guttman, David S., Schwessinger, Benjamin, Roux, Milena, Kadota, Yasuhiro, Ntoukakis, Vardis, Sklenar, Jan, Jones, Alexandra M., Zipfel, Cyril, 2011. Phosphorylation-Dependent Differential Regulation of Plant Growth, Cell Death, and Innate Immunity by the Regulatory Receptor-Like Kinase BAK1. PLoS Genetics, Vol. 7 (No. 4)
- Lee, Sarah E., Elphick, Lucy M., Kramer, Holger B., Jones, Alexandra M., Child, Emma S., Anderson, Alexandra A., Bonnac, Laurent, Suwaki, Natsuko, Kessler, Benedikt M., Gouverneur, Véronique, Mann, David J., 2011. The chemoselective one-step alkylation and isolation of thiophosphorylated Cdk2 substrates in the presence of native cysteine. ChemBioChem, 12 (4), pp. 633-640
- Petutschnig, E. K., Jones, Alexandra M., Serazetdinova, L., Lipka, U., Lipka, V., 2010. The lysin motif receptor-like kinase (LysM-RLK) CERK1 is a major chitin-binding protein in Arabidopsis thaliana and subject to chitin-induced phosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285 (37), pp. 28902-28911
- Yelina, N. E., Smith, L. M., Jones, Alexandra M., Patel, K., Kelly, K. A., Baulcombe, D. C., 2010. Putative Arabidopsis THO/TREX mRNA export complex is involved in transgene and endogenous siRNA biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (31), pp. 13948-13953
- Gutierrez, Jose R., Balmuth, Alexi L., Ntoukakis, Vardis, Mucyn, Tatiana S., Gimenez-Ibanez, Selena, Jones, Alexandra M., Rathjen, John P., 2010. Prf immune complexes of tomato are oligomeric and contain multiple Pto-like kinases that diversify effector recognition. The Plant Journal, Vol. 61 (No. 3), pp. 507-518
- Parker, Jennifer L., Jones, Alexandra M., Serazetdinova, Liliya, Saalbach, Gerhard, Bibb, Mervyn J., Naldrett, Mike J., 2010. Analysis of the phosphoproteome of the multicellular bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by protein/peptide fractionation, phosphopeptide enrichment and high-accuracy mass spectrometry. Proteomics, 10 (13), pp. 2486-2497
- Durek, P., Schmidt, R., Heazlewood, J. L., Jones, Alexandra M., MacLean, Daniel, Nagel, Alexander, Kersten, Birgit, Schulze, W. X., 2010. PhosPhAt : the Arabidopsis thaliana phosphorylation site database : an update. Nucleic Acids Research, 38 (Supplement 1), pp. D828-D834
- Ntoukakis, Vardis, Mucyn, T. S., Gimenez-Ibanez, S., Chapman, H. C., Gutierrez, J. R., Balmuth, Alexi L., Jones, Alexandra M., Rathjen, J. P., 2009. Host inhibition of a bacterial virulence effector triggers immunity to infection. Science, 324 (5928), pp. 784-787
- Huang, Linfeng, Jones, Alexandra M., Searle, Iain, Patel, Kanu, Vogler, Hannes, Hubner, Nina C, Baulcombe, David C, 2009. An atypical RNA polymerase involved in RNA silencing shares small subunits with RNA polymerase II. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 16 (1), pp. 91-93
- Kaffarnik, F. A. R., Jones, Alexandra M., Rathjen, J. P., Peck, S. C., 2009. Effector proteins of the bacterial pathogen pseudomonas syringae alter the extracellular proteome of the host plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 8 (1), pp. 145-156
- Jones, Alexandra M., MacLean, Daniel, Studholme, David J., Serna-Sanz, Antonio, Andreasson, Erik, Rathjen, John P., Peck, Scott C., 2009. Phosphoproteomic analysis of nuclei-enriched fractions from Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Proteomics, 72 (3), pp. 439-451
- Manzano, D., Marquardt, S., Jones, Alexandra M., Baurle, I., Liu, F., Dean, C., 2009. Altered interactions within FY/AtCPSF complexes required for Arabidopsis FCA-mediated chromatin silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (21), pp. 8772-8777
- Bush, Maxwell S., Hutchins, Andrew P., Jones, Alexandra M., Naldrett, Mike J., Jarmolowski, Artur, Lloyd, Clive W., Doonan, John H., 2009. Selective recruitment of proteins to 5' cap complexes during the growth cycle in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 59 (3), pp. 400-412
- De Lucia, F., Crevillen, P., Jones, Alexandra M., Greb, T., Dean, C., 2008. A PHD-polycomb repressive complex 2 triggers the epigenetic silencing of FLC during vernalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (44), pp. 16831-16836
- Traka, Maria H., Gasper, Amy V., Melchini, Antonietta, Bacon, James R., Needs, Paul W., Frost, Victoria, Chantry, Andrew, Jones, Alexandra M., Ortori, Catharine A., Barrett, David A., Ball, Richard Y., Mills, Robert D., Mithen, Richard F., 2008. Broccoli consumption interacts with GSTM1 to perturb oncogenic signalling pathways in the prostate. PLoS One, 3 (7)
- MacLean, Daniel, Burrell, Michael A., Studholme, David J., Jones, Alexandra M., 2008. PhosCalc : A tool for evaluating the sites of peptide phosphorylation from Mass Spectrometer data. BMC Research Notes, 1 (1)
- Whiteman, Sally-Anne, Serazetdinova, Liliya, Jones, Alexandra M., Sanders, Dale, Rathjen, John, Peck, Scott C., Maathuis, Frans J. M., 2008. Identification of novel proteins and phosphorylation sites in a tonoplast enriched membrane fraction of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proteomics, 8 (17), pp. 3536-3547
- Romero-Puertas, M. C., Laxa, M., Matte, A., Zaninotto, F., Finkemeier, I., Jones, Alexandra M., Perazzolli, M., Vandelle, E., Dietz, K.-J., Delledonne, M., 2007. S-nitrosylation of peroxiredoxin II E promotes peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration. The Plant Cell, 19 (12), pp. 4120-4130
- Nühse, Thomas S., Bottrill, Andrew R., Jones, Alexandra M., Peck, Scott C., 2007. Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis of plasma membrane proteins reveals regulatory mechanisms of plant innate immune responses. The Plant Journal, 51 (5), pp. 931-940
- Herr, A. J., Molnar, A., Jones, Alexandra M., Baulcombe, D. C., 2006. Defective RNA processing enhances RNA silencing and influences flowering of Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 (41), pp. 14994-15001
- Lowe, Andrew J., Jones, Alexandra M., Raybould, Alan F., Trick, Martin, Moule, Carolyn L., Edwards, Keith J., 2002. Transferability and genome specificity of a new set of microsatellite primers among Brassica species of the U triangle. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2 (1), pp. 7-11
- Jones, Alexandra M., Winge, P., Bones, A. M., Cole, R., Rossiter, J. T., 2002. Characterization and evolution of a myrosinase from the cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 32 (3), pp. 275-284
- Jones, Alexandra M., Bridges, M., Bones, A. M., Cole, R., Rossiter, J. T., 2001. Purification and characterisation of a non-plant myrosinase from the cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (L.). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 31 (1), pp. 1-5
- Wilkinson, M. J., Davenport, I. J., Charters, Y. M., Jones, Alexandra M., Allainguillaume, J., Butler, H. T., Mason, D. C., Raybould, A. F., 2000. A direct regional scale estimate of transgene movement from genetically modified oilseed rape to its wild progenitors. Molecular Ecology, 9 (7), pp. 983-991
- Davenport, I. J., Wilkinson, M. J., Mason, D. C., Charters, Y. M., Jones, Alexandra M., Allainguillaume, J., Butler, H. T., Raybould, A. F., 2000. Quantifying gene movement from oilseed rape to its wild relatives using remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21 (18), pp. 3567-3573
- Raybould, A. F., Alexander, M. J., Mitchell, E., Thurston, M. I., Pallett, D. W., Hunter, P., Walsh, J. A., Edwards, M. L., Jones, Alexandra M., Moyes, C. L., Gray, A. J., Cooper, J. I., 2003. The ecology of turnip mosaic virus in wild populations of Brassica species. The Fifteenth Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society, 17-19 Sep 2001, Published in Genes in the Environment. The Fifteenth Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society, pp. 226-244
- Jones, Alexandra M. E., De Smet, Ive, 2023. Editorial : Proteomics of plant development and hormonal responses, volume II. Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media S.A
- Bender, Kyle W., Couto, Daniel, Kadota, Yasuhiro, Macho, Alberto P., Sklenar, Jan, Bjornson, Marta, Petriello, Annalise, Farre, Maria Font, Schwessinger, Benjamin, Ntoukakis, Vardis, Stransfeld, Lena, Jones, Alexandra M. E., Menke, Frank L. H., Zipfel, Cyril, 2021. Activation loop phosphorylation of a non-RD receptor kinase initiates plant innate immune signaling [pre-print]. bioRxiv
- Tinoco, Ana B., Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón, Yañez-Guerra, Luis Alfonso, Delroisse, Jérôme, Zhang, Ya, Gunner, Elizabeth F., Zampronio, Cleidiane, Jones, Alexandra M., Egertová, Michaela, Elphick, Maurice R., 2020. Evolutionarily ancient role of cholecystokinin-type neuropeptide signalling as an inhibitory regulator of feeding-related processes revealed in an echinoderm [pre-print]. bioRxiv
- Saouros, Savvas, Mohan, Thotegowdanapalya C., Cecchetti, Cristina, Lehmann, Silke, Barritt, Joseph D., Scull, Nicola J., Simpson, Paul, Alguel, Yilmaz, Cameron, Alexander D., Jones, Alexandra M. E., Byrne, Bernadette, 2020. Structural and functional insights into the mechanism of action of plant boron transporters [pre-print]. bioRxiv
- Vong, Yin Ho, Sivashanmugam, Lavanya, Zaucker, Andreas, Jones, Alex, Sampath, Karuna, 2020. The RNA-binding protein Igf2bp3 is critical for embryonic and germline development in zebrafish [pre-print]. bioRxiv
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Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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MRC Mid-range Equipment Grant Full Stage Application - July 2022 | MRC | 31 Oct 2022 | 30 Oct 2025 |
Resource Only Strategic Equipment: the Warwick Analytical Science Centre (Full) | EPSRC | 01 Sep 2020 | 31 Aug 2024 |
Phospho-proteomic Analysis of Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns (MAMPs) Signalling in Plant Immunity - A small MLSRF grant | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 May 2021 | 30 Apr 2022 |
Ion mobility mass spectrometer for proteomics facility. ALERT19 | BBSRC | 01 Jul 2020 | 30 Jun 2021 |
Elucidating molecular level details of the plant Borate transporter structure and function | BBSRC | 03 Oct 2016 | 31 Mar 2020 |
Phosphorus cycling in the soil-microbe-plant continuum of agri-ecosystems | BBSRC | 31 Dec 2014 | 31 Jul 2019 |
MLSRF Mohan T Chandrashekarai | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 Mar 2018 | 28 Feb 2019 |
Neuropeptide function in a decentalized nervous system | BBSRC | 01 Jan 2015 | 31 Dec 2017 |
Control of seed and organ size by a ubiquitin-mediated signalling cascade | BBSRC | 01 Oct 2013 | 30 Sep 2016 |
Regulation of polar growth in plant roots: the interplay of signalling and vesicle trafficking | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 Aug 2015 | 31 Jul 2016 |
Pilot study to develop methodologies and acquire data, allowing elucidation of the coordinated control of splicing in oestrogen positive and negative breast cancer tissues | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 Jun 2014 | 31 May 2015 |
Developing interdisciplinary omics tools for organelle and cell type-specific analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana | New Phytologist Trust | 01 Sep 2014 | 30 Sep 2014 |
I teach on undergraduate biochemistry modules, MBio workshops and Doctoral training programme masterclasses.
PGT Director
PhD students:
Jianan Lu, CSC Scholar, current
Previous PhD students:
Jess Watts
Georgina Charlton
Jenny Goodman
William Heard (UEA not Warwick)