Former postdoctoral researcher goes north,
and there
he encounters the Appalachian Mountains and mountains of snow
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Virginia - Wise
Wise, Virginia 24293
E-mail: kgj3c@uvawise.edu
- Education
- Ph. D. (1992)
Department of Botany, Reading University, England
Thesis title: Cytophysiological and Molecular Aspects of Cytoplasmic
Male
Sterility in Petunia hybrida
- B.Sc. (Hon.)
(1983) in Agricultural Botany, Reading University,
England.
- Research
Experience
- 1997-present:
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of
Virginia -- Wise.
- 1993-1997:
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Botany,
Louisiana
State University. Molecular systematics of arthropod-associated
ascomycete
fungi; Genome structure and evolution in asexual lineages.
- 1992-1993:
Co-ordinator, Molecular Biology Research Service, Department
of Botany, Reading University, England. Training and supervision of
graduate
students in plant molecular biology.
- 1990-1992:
Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London, England.
Isolation
and characterisation of genes involved in pollen wall synthesis.
- 1988-1990:
Research Assistant, Department of Botany, Reading
University,
England. Construction of meiotic subtractive cDNA libraries in Lilium
henryii.
- 1983-1984:
Temporary lecturer, Department of Agricultural Botany,
Reading
University, England.
- 1981-1982:
Research Technician, Department of Plant Pathology, North
Carolina
State University. Epidemiology of soil-borne pathogens of Arachis
hypogeae.
- Teaching
Experience
- Qualifications:
Certificate in Education, Reading University, England
- Lecture
Courses: Genetic Engineering, Reproductive Biology of
Angiosperms,
Introductory Botany (in part), Molecular Basis of Host-Pathogen
Interaction,
Breeding for Disease Resistance
- Practical
Courses: Introductory Botany, Introductory Mycology,
Techniques
in Plant Molecular Biology
- Professional
Societies
- Mycological
Society of America (1993-)
- International
Mycological Association (1994-)
- The
Linnean Society (1992-)
- American
Phytopathological Society (1981-1982)
- Other
Achievements
Member
- Genetic
Manipulation Advisory Group, Reading University, England.
- Invited
mycologist, 1994 Scripps Marine Institute Expedition to the
Bahamas.
- Review
of manuscripts for Mycologia and Sexual Plant Reproduction.
- Editor
and contributor of entries for the Encyclopaedia of Science and
Technology (Oxford University Press, 1991).
Publications
Refereed Publications
- Benjamin,
R. K.,
Blackwell, M., Humber, R. A., Jones, K. G., Klepzig,
K. A., Lichtwardt, R. W., Malloch, D., Roeper, R. A., Spatafora, J. W. 2004.
The search for diversity of insects and other arthropod associated
fungi. In: p. 395-433. In: Biodiversity of Fungi:
Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Eds. G. M. Mueller, G. F. Bills,
M. S. Foster. Elsevier Academic Press, New York.
- Jones,
K. G., P. F.
Dowd, and M. Blackwell. 1999. Polyphyletic
origins of yeast-like endocytobionts from anobiid and cerambycid
beetles.
Mycological Research 103:542-546.
- Suh,
S.-O., K. G.
Jones, and M. Blackwell. 1999. A Group I intron
in nuclear small subunit rRNA gene of Cryptendoxyla hypophloia
:
Evidence for a new major class of Group I introns. Journal of Molecular
Evolution 48:493-500.
- Jones,
K. G.,
Blackwell, M. 1996. Polyphyletic origins of yeast-like
endocytobionts from anobiid and cerambycid beetles. Mycological
Research
103:542-546.
- Jones,
K. G. &
Blackwell, M. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of
ambrosial species in the genus Raffaelea based on 18S rDNA
sequences. Mycological
Research 102:661-665.
- Blackwell,
M. &
Jones, K. G. 1996. Taxonomic diversity and interactions
of insect-associated ascomycetes. Biodiversity and Conservation
6:689-699.
- Jones,
K. G. &
Blackwell, M. 1996. Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis
places the yeast-like genus Symbiotaphrina within filamentous
ascomycetes. Mycologia
88: 212-218.
- Sato,
S., Jones, K.
G., De Los Dios Alche, J., & Dickinson, H. G.
1991. Cytoplasmic nucleoloids of Lilium male reproductive cells
contain
rDNA transcripts and share features of development with nucleoli. Journal
of Cell Science 100: 109-118.
- Jones,
K. G.,
Crossley, S. M. & Dickinson, H. G. 1990. Investigation
of gene expression during plant gametogenesis by in situ hybridisation.
In: In situ hybridisation: application to developmental biology and
medicine. Eds. N. Harris & D. G. Williams. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, England.
- Liu,
X. C., Jones, K.
G. & Dickinson, H. G. 1988. Cytoplasmic
male sterility in Petunia hybrida: factors affecting
mitochondrial
ATP export in normal and cytoplasmically male sterile plants. Theoretical
and Applied Genetics 76: 305-310.
- Liu,
X. C., Jones, K.
G. & Dickinson, H. G. 1987. DNA synthesis
and cytoplasmic differentiation in tapetal cells of normal and
cytoplasmically
male sterile lines of Petunia hybrida. Theoretical and
Applied
Genetics 74: 846-851.
Invited
presentations
- Ambrosia
fungi: clues to the mysterious origins of oak wilt. Dept.
Plant
Pathology, LSU, February 1997.
- Benefits
and repercussions of asexuality in fungi. Loyola
University
Seminar Series, New Orleans, October 1996.
- Cytoplasmic
male sterility in Petunia hybrida. Linnean
Society
Meeting, London, September 1992.
- Plants
and Pathogens. Mutual Improvement Society, Royal Botanic
Gardens,
Kew, London, March 1992.
Contributed papers
- Size
variation in 18s rDNA fragments amplified from myxomycetes
Mid-Atlantic
Mycology meeting, Duke University, Durham, April 2000 (with F. L.
Rollins).
- Phylogenetic
position of the termite ectoparasitic Termitaria snyderi
and Laboulbeniopsis termitarium. XVI International Botanical
Congress,
St. Louis, Missouri, August 1999 (with D. Henk, K. G. Jones, and A.
Weir)
(Abstract).
- Intragenomic
variation in 18S rDNA sequences from Pyxidiophora
arvenese
due to the variable presence of a group I intron. MSA/APS,
Indiannapolis,
Indiana, August 1996 (with M. Blackwell). Abstract.
- Yeast
and yeast-like endosymbionts of anobiid beetles. MSA, San
Diego, California, August 1995 (with M Blackwell and P. Dowd). Abstract.
- Evolutionary
simplification of the life cycles of obligate fungal
associates
of arthropods. International Union of Microbiological Societies
Congresses,
Prague, Czech Republic, July 1994 (with M. Blackwell and S. Cassar).
Abstract.
- Heterochrony
in fungal life cycles. IMC5, Vancouver, British
Columbia,
August 1994 (with M. Blackwell & J. Spatafora). Abstract.
- Host-mediated
genetic variation in ambrosia fungi. IMC5,
Vancouver,
British Columbia, August 1994 (with M. Blackwell and S. Cassar).
Abstract.
- Evolution
of conidium types in Pyxidiophora. IMC5,
Vancouver,
British Columbia, August 1994 (with H. Johnson, B. Sawyer, D. Malloch
and
M. Blackwell). Abstract.
- Organisation
and methylation of ribosomal genes in anthers of Petunia
hybrida. International Conference on Pollen and Ovules,
Como,
Italy, June 1991 (with S. Barnes and H. Dickinson). Abstract.
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