Alwyn Jones (biophysicist)
Alwyn Jones | |
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Born | Thomas Alywn Jones 30 August 1947 Wales |
Alma mater | King's College London |
Known for | Methods development for X-ray crystallography, such as interpretation of electron density maps |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Structure validation, biophysics |
Institutions | Uppsala University |
Thesis | (BSc 1969; PhD 1973) |
Website | xray |
Thomas Alwyn Jones (born 30 August 1947) is a Welsh
Early life and education
Alwyn Jones attended the primary school at Bedlinog, and went on to the Lewis School, Pengam where he studied his GCE Ordinary Levels and A-levels. He was educated at King's College London, where he received his BSc in physics and a PhD degree in biochemistry.[1]
Career
He held various positions at the
Jones is most noted for development of widely used programs for fitting models into crystallographic electron density maps, first Frodo,[6] then its further developed version O (molecular graphics),[7][8] and for involvement in structure validation.[7][9] He has solved a very large number of protein crystal structures and is listed as a depositor on 126 structures at the Protein Data Bank, especially emphasizing enzymes and viruses.[10][11][12][13] Web of Science credits him with over 29,000 citations,[14] and Google Scholar with over 14,000 citations (since 1990) and an h-index of 58, including over 11,000 citations for O and 1700 for Frodo.[6][7] He is currently a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.[15]
References
- ^ a b "Curriculum vitae Thomas Alwyn Jones (130624)". Biomedical Centre, Uppsala, Sweden. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Developer Tale". SBGrid Consortium. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Alwyn Jones". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "T. Alwyn Jones". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "T Alwyn Jones" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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