David N. M. Jones, Ph.D.

Educational Background

• Undergraduate Thesis Project, University of Bristol, U.K.1986

  • Synthesized and performed biological tests on plant growth hormones.

• Ph.D. Research, University of Cambridge, U.K., with Dr. Jeremy Sanders1986-1989

  • Developed NMR methods to determine structures of intact capsular polysaccharides from pathogenic bacteria.

• Postdoctoral Research, University of Cambridge, U.K. , with Prof. Alan Fersht1989-1992

  • Mapped the inhibitor binding site of a ribonuclease by multidimensional NMR techniques.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K. with Dr. David Neuhaus1992-1995

  • Solved the NMR solution structure of the chromosomal protein HMG-D and mapped its interactions with DNA.

• Research Associate, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology1995-1997 Assistant Manager of the Biological Sciences Divisional NMR Facility.

  • Solved the structure of the C-terminal subunit of an RNA polymerase and the structures of beta-amyloid peptides involved in the development of alzheimer's disease.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO.1997-Present

  • Initiated an independent research program applying high field NMR spectroscopy to study the molecular basis of alcohol specificity inalcohol binding proteins.

• Other: American Heart Association-Southwestern Division1999

  • Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Structural Biology Grants