Professor Pam Jones
- Position: Professor
- Areas of expertise: molecular biology; angiogenesis; cell biology; interdisciplinary approaches
- Email: P.Jones@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 8447
- Location: 9.15 Wellcome Trust Brenner Building
Profile
I am currently the Director of the Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's (since June 2018) and Professor of Biomedical Research (since 2012). Prior to my current role, I was the ProDean for Research & Innovation for the Faculty of Medicine of Health. Other previous roles have included Director of St James’s Campus Infrastructure and Facilities (2011-2014) and Deputy Director of the Biomedical & Health Research Centre (2009-2014). Prior to joining the University of Leeds, I held postdoctoral research posts in the Department of Cell Biology, Biocentre and the Friedrich Miescher Institute, both in Basel, Switzerland and a Senior Scientist post at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY, USA
Responsibilities
- Director
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's
Research interests
With a background in molecular biology, I have an extensive background in cloning key cellular signalling molecules including PKB (akt), neurotophin 4/5, noggin, various forms of EGFR, Trk and Tie reeptor kinases and all the members of the angiopoieint family. I am an inventor on 10 US and over 50 world-wide patents and have over 120 GenBank entries.
My research interests focus around angiogenesis and the role of endothelial cells in vascular function.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- MA, University of Oxford
- D.Phil. University of Oxford
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- British Microcirculation and Vascular Biology Society
- European Microcirculation Society
Research groups and institutes
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's
- Microbiology and cell biology