Rate My Professor Pete Jones

Employing advanced techniques ranging from molecular biology and single-channel recordings to isolated cells, tissue preparations, whole-animal models, and patient studies, Jones characterizes physiological and pathological alterations in RyR2 activity. Notable publications include “MINFLUX microscopy resolves subunits of the cardiac ryanodine receptor and its 3D orientation in cells” with A.H. Clowsley et al. (Nature Communications, 2025), “Interplay between ryanodine receptor arrangement and function: Implications for (patho)physiological control of calcium release” with L.A. Gonano et al. (Circulation Research, 2025), and “Control of cardiac ryanodine receptor by sarcoplasmic reticulum luminal Ca2+” (Journal of General Physiology, 2017). His research is supported by grants from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Royal Society Marsden Fund, Heart Foundation, and Neurological Foundation. Jones has delivered his Inaugural Professorial Lecture titled “Dr Jones and the calcium of doom” in August 2024 and serves as a board member of the New Zealand International Science Festival. He actively supervises postgraduate students, contributing significantly to training the next generation of researchers in cardiovascular and neuronal physiology.