Dr Mathew Jones
Senior Lecturer
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Senior Research Fellow
Frazer Institute
+61 7 336 54878
Dr Mathew Jones leads the Molecular genetics group.
Book Chapters
                  Jones, Mathew J. K. and Jallepalli, Prasad V.  (2016). Engineering and functional analysis of mitotic kinases through chemical genetics. The Mitotic Spindle. (pp. 349-363) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3542-0_22
                
              
                  Pagan, Julia, Bolderson, Emma, Jones, Mathew and Khanna, Kum Kum  (2009). Chromatin modifications involved in the DNA damage response to double strand breaks. DNA damage response: implications on cancer formation and treatment. (pp. 109-131) edited by Kum Kum Khanna and Yosef Shiloh. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-2561-6_6
                
              Journal Articles
                  Jones, Mathew J. K., Rai, Subash Kumar, Pfuderer, Pauline L., Bonfim-Melo, Alexis, Pagan, Julia K., Clarke, Paul R., Totañes, Francis Isidore Garcia, Merrick, Catherine J., McClelland, Sarah E. and Boemo, Michael A. (2025). A high-resolution, nanopore-based artificial intelligence assay for DNA replication stress in human cancer cells. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 7732, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63168-w
                
              
                  Zhu, Tianyi, Tan, Jing Zhi Anson, Zhang, Lingrui, Huang, He, Das, Sooraj S., Cheng, Flora, Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Jones, Mathew J. K., Lee, Mihwa, Lee, Albert, Widagdo, Jocelyn and Anggono, Victor (2025). FTO suppresses DNA repair by inhibiting PARP1. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 2925, 2925. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58309-0
                
              
                  Totañes, Francis Isidore Garcia, Chapman, Sarah E., Rai, Subash Kumar, Jones, Mathew J. K., Boemo, Michael A. and Merrick, Catherine J. (2025). DNA replication dynamics are associated with genome composition in Plasmodium species. Nucleic Acids Research, 53 (4) gkaf111. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf111
                
              
                  Giles, Katherine A., Taberlay, Phillippa C., Cesare, Anthony J. and Jones, Mathew J. K. (2025). Roles for the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA replication, and double strand break repair. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 13 1548946. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1548946
                
              
                  Vora, Shivam, Chatterjee, Saptarshi, Andrew, Ariel, Kumar, Ramyashree Prasanna, Proctor, Martina, Zeng, Zhen, Bhatt, Rituparna, Nazareth, Deborah, Fernando, Madushan, Jones, Mathew J. K., He, Yaowu, Hooper, John D., McMillan, Nigel A. J., Urosevic, Jelena, Saeh, Jamal, Travers, Jon, Cimini, Daniela, Chen, Jing and Gabrielli, Brian (2025). Aurora B inhibition induces hyper-polyploidy and loss of long-term proliferative potential in RB and p53 defective cells. Cell Death and Disease, 16 (1) 7, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-07329-7
                
              
                  Vora, Shivam, Andrew, Ariel, Kumar, Ramyashree Prasanna, Nazareth, Deborah, Bonfim-Melo, Alexis, Lim, Yoon, Ong, Xin Yee, Fernando, Madushan, He, Yaowu, Hooper, John D., McMillan, Nigel A. J., Urosevic, Jelena, Travers, Jon, Saeh, Jamal, Kumar, Sharad, Jones, Mathew J. K. and Gabrielli, Brian (2024). Aurora B inhibitors promote RB hypophosphorylation and senescence independent of p53-dependent CDK2/4 inhibition. Cell Death & Disease, 15 (11) 810, 810. doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-07204-5
                
              
                  Nguyen-Dien, Giang Thanh, Townsend, Brendan, Kulkarni, Prajakta Gosavi, Kozul, Keri-Lyn, Ooi, Soo Siang, Eldershaw, Denaye N, Weeratunga, Saroja, Liu, Meihan, Jones, Mathew JK, Millard, S Sean, Ng, Dominic CH, Pagano, Michele, Bonfim-Melo, Alexis, Schneider, Tobias, Komander, David, Lazarou, Michael, Collins, Brett M and Pagan, Julia K (2024). PPTC7 antagonizes mitophagy by promoting BNIP3 and NIX degradation via SCFFBXL4. EMBO Reports, 25 (8), 3324-3347. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00181-y
                
              
                  Nguyen‐Dien, Giang Thanh, Kozul, Keri‐Lyn, Cui, Yi, Townsend, Brendan, Kulkarni, Prajakta Gosavi, Ooi, Soo Siang, Marzio, Antonio, Carrodus, Nissa, Zuryn, Steven, Pagano, Michele, Parton, Robert G, Lazarou, Michael, Millard, S Sean, Taylor, Robert W, Collins, Brett M, Jones, Mathew JK and Pagan, Julia K (2023). FBXL4
            suppresses mitophagy by restricting the accumulation of
            NIX
            and
            BNIP3
            mitophagy receptors. The EMBO Journal, 42 (13) e112767, e112767. doi: 10.15252/embj.2022112767
                
              
                  Bonfim-Melo, Alexis, Noordstra, Ivar, Gupta, Shafali, Chan, Amy H., Jones, Mathew J.K., Schroder, Kate and Yap, Alpha S. (2022). Rapid lamellipodial responses by neighbor cells drive epithelial sealing in response to pyroptotic cell death. Cell Reports, 38 (5) 110316, 110316. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110316
                
              
                  Rashidieh, Behnam, Molakarimi, Maryam, Mohseni, Ammar, Tria, Simon Manuel, Truong, Hein, Srihari, Sriganesh, Adams, Rachael C., Jones, Mathew, Duijf, Pascal H. G., Kalimutho, Murugan and Khanna, Kum Kum (2021). Targeting BRF2 in cancer using repurposed drugs. Cancers, 13 (15) 3778, 1-28. doi: 10.3390/cancers13153778
                
              
                  Jones, Mathew J. K., Gelot, Camille, Munk, Stephanie, Koren, Amnon, Kawasoe, Yoshitaka, George, Kelly A, Santos, Ruth E, Olsen, Jesper V, McCarroll, Steven A, Frattini, Mark G, Takahashi, Tatsuro S and Jallepalli, Prasad V (2021). Human DDK rescues stalled forks and counteracts checkpoint inhibition at unfired origins to complete DNA replication. Molecular Cell, 81 (3), 426-441.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.01.004
                
              
                  Nazareth, Deborah, Jones, Matthew J.K. and Gabrielli, Brian (2019). Everything in moderation: lessons learned by exploiting moderate replication stress in cancer. Cancers, 11 (9) 1320, 1320. doi: 10.3390/cancers11091320
                
              
                  Coleman, Kate E., Békés, Miklós, Chapman, Jessica R., Crist, Sarah B., Jones, Mathew J.K., Ueberheide, Beatrix M. and Huang, Tony T. (2017). SENP8 limits aberrant neddylation of nedd8 pathway components to promote cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase function. eLife, 6 e24325. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24325
                
              
                  Maciejowski, John, Drechsler, Hauke, Grundner-Culemann, Kathrin, Ballister, Edward R., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Jose-Antonio, Rodriguez-Bravo, Veronica, Jones, Mathew J.K., Foley, Emily, Lampson, Michael A., Daub, Henrik, McAinsh, Andrew D. and Jallepalli, Prasad V. (2017). Mps1 regulates kinetochore-microtubule attachment stability via the Ska complex to ensure error-free chromosome segregation. Developmental Cell, 41 (2), 143-156.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.03.025
                
              
                  Rahman, Sadia, Jones, Mathew J.K. and Jallepalli, Prasad V. (2015). Cohesin recruits the Esco1 acetyltransferase genome wide to repress transcription and promote cohesion in somatic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (36), 11270-11275. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1505323112
                
              
                  Gitlin, Alexander D., Mayer, Christian T., Oliveira, Thiago Y., Shulman, Ziv, Jones, Mathew J. K., Koren, Amnon and Nussenzweig, Michel C. (2015). T cell help controls the speed of the cell cycle in germinal center B cells. Science, 349 (6248), 643-646. doi: 10.1126/science.aac4919
                
              
                  Chen, Yu-Hung, Jones, Mathew J.K., Yin, Yandong, Crist, Sarah B., Colnaghi, Luca, Sims, Robert J., Rothenberg, Eli, Jallepalli, Prasad V. and Huang, Tony T. (2015). ATR-mediated phosphorylation of FANCI regulates dormant origin firing in response to replication stress. Molecular Cell, 58 (2), 323-338. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.031
                
              
                  Pagan, Julia K., Marzio, Antonio, Jones, Mathew J. K., Saraf, Anita, Jallepalli, Prasad V., Florens, Laurence, Washburn, Michael P. and Pagano, Michele (2015). Degradation of Cep68 and PCNT cleavage mediate Cep215 removal from the PCM to allow centriole separation, disengagement and licensing. Nature Cell Biology, 17 (1), 31-43. doi: 10.1038/ncb3076
                
              
                  Grabocka, Elda, Pylayeva-Gupta, Yuliya, Jones, Mathew J.K., Lubkov, Veronica, Yemanaberhan, Eyoel, Taylor, Laura, Jeng, HaoHsuan and Bar-Sagi, Dafna (2014). Wild-type H- and N-Ras promote mutant K-Ras-driven tumorigenesis by modulating the DNA damage response. Cancer Cell, 25 (2), 243-256. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.01.005
                
              
                  Békés, Miklós, Okamoto, Keiji, Crist, Sarah B., Jones, Mathew J., Chapman, Jessica R., Brasher, Bradley B., Melandri, Francesco D., Ueberheide, Beatrix M., LazzeriniDenchi, Eros and Huang, Tony T. (2013). DUB-resistant ubiquitin to survey ubiquitination switches in mammalian cells. Cell Reports, 5 (3), 826-838. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.008
                
              
                  Jones, Mathew J. K. and Huang, Tony T. (2012). The Fanconi anemia pathway in replication stress and DNA crosslink repair. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 69 (23), 3963-3974. doi: 10.1007/s00018-012-1051-0
                
              
                  Jones, Mathew J.K. and Jallepalli, Prasad V. (2012). Chromothripsis: chromosomes in crisis. Developmental Cell, 23 (5), 908-917. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.10.010
                
              
                  Jones, Mathew J. K., Colnaghi, Luca and Huang, Tony T. (2012). Dysregulation of DNA polymerase κ recruitment to replication forks results in genomic instability. The EMBO Journal, 31 (4), 908-918. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.457
                
              
                  Cotto-Rios, Xiomaris M., Jones, Mathew J.K. and Huang, Tony T. (2011). Insights into phosphorylation-dependent mechanisms regulating USP1 protein stability during the cell cycle. Cell Cycle, 10 (23), 4009-4016. doi: 10.4161/cc.10.23.18501
                
              
                  Cotto-Rios, Xiomaris M., Jones, Mathew J.K., Busino, Luca, Pagano, Michele and Huang, Tony T. (2011). APC/C Cdh1-dependent proteolysis of USP1 regulates the response to UV-mediated DNA damage. Journal of Cell Biology, 194 (2), 177-186. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201101062
                
              
                  Colnaghi, Luca, Jones, Mathew J. K., Cotto-Rios, Xiomaris M., Schindler, Detlev, Hanenberg, Helmut and Huang, Tony T. (2011). Patient-derived C-terminal mutation of FANCI causes protein mislocalization and reveals putative EDGE motif function in DNA repair. Blood, 117 (7), 2247-2256. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-07-295758
                
              
                  Pagan, Julia K., Arnold, Jeremy, Hanchard, Kim J., Kumar, Raman, Bruno, Tiziana, Jones, Mathew J.K., Richard, Derek J., Forrest, Alistair, Spurdle, Amanda, Verdin, Eric, Crossley, Merlin, Fanciulli, Maurizio, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Young, David B. and Khanna, Kum Kum (2007). A novel corepressor, BCoR-L1, represses transcription through an interaction with CtBP. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (20), 15248-15257. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M700246200