Justin Jones Ph.D.

Biology

Assistant Professor


Justin Jones

Contact Information

Office Hours: Available by appointment
Office Location: BNR 233
Phone: (435) 797-9292
Email: justin.a.jones@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Biology, Utah State University, 2015
AQUEOUS SOLVATION METHOD FOR RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEINS
MS, Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 2000
Mechanical and structural studies of spider silk films
BS, Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1998

Biography

Dr. Justin A. Jones is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Utah State University. Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. degree in biology from Utah State University in 2015. He has worked with spider silk and its recombinant forms since 1998 while attending the University of Wyoming.

Teaching Interests

Protein structure/function, biomaterials, and spider silk engineering

Research Interests

Spider silk, hagfish intermediate filaments, protein structure and function relationships, structural proteins, materials science, biomaterials.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Bittencourt, D.d, Oliveira, P., Michalczechen-Lacerda, V.A, Rosinha, G.M, Jones, J., Filho, E.L, (2022). Bioengineering of spider silks for the production of biomedical materials. Frontiers: Bioengineering
  • Bell, B., Burton, I.K, Arreola-Patino, J., Harris, T.I, Oliveira, P., Chen, D., Lewis, R.V, Jones, J.A, Scalable Purification of Recombinant Structural Proteins, Hagfish Intermediate Filament α and ɣ, from Inclusion Bodies for Fiber Formation.. Protein Expression and Purification
  • Jones, J., Lewis, R., (2016). Secondary Structure Adopted by the Gly-Gly-X Repetitive Regions of Dragline Spider Silk. , doi: 10.3390/ijms17122023
  • Jones, J., Harris, T.I, Oliveira, P.F, Bell, B.E, Alhabib, A., Lewis, R., Importance of Heat and Pressure for Solubilization of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins in Aqueous Solution.. International Journal of Molecular Sciences17
  • Kawasaki, Y., Nischwitz, C., Grilley, M.M, Jones, J., Takemoto, J.Y, (2016). Production and application of syringomycin E as an organic fungicide seed protectant against pythium damping-off. Journal of Phytopathology, 164:10, 801–810.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Teaching

    BENG, BIOL 5790, 6790 - Protein Structure/Function and Purfication, Fall 2023
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2023
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2023
    BIOL 6750, 4750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Fall 2022
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2022
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2022
    BIOL 5790, 6790 - Protein Structure/Function and Purification, Fall 2021
    BIOL 4750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Fall 2021
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2021
    BIOL 3095 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Spring 2021
    BIOL 5790 - Protein Structure/Function and Purification, Fall 2019
    BIOL 4750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Fall 2019
    BIOL 4750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Fall 2018
    BIOL 5790, 6790 - Protein Structure/Function and Purification, Spring 2017

    Graduate Students Mentored

    Oran Wasserman, Biology, August 2021
    Jaden Turner, Biology, January 2021 - June 2023