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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 470 3548
Email
pete.jones@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Physiology
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) PhD
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms underlying heart disease, arrhythmia and skeletal muscle disease

Research

My principal research interest is in how calcium cycling is controlled in cardiac myocytes. In particular, my focus is on the mechanisms by which calcium release from intra-cellular stores (sarcoplasmic reticulum, SR) is controlled by the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2). The aim of my research is to characterize how the activity of RyR2 is altered both physiologically and in disease. This is achieved using a broad spectrum of assays from molecular biology and single channel recordings, through to isolated cardiac myocytes and ultimately whole animal models.

Publications

Hintz, M. O., Zellhuber-McMillan, U., & Jones, P. P. (2025). Simple method to isolate individual mouse cardiomyocytes using enzymatic digestion via retrograde perfusion. In D. N. K. Chandrasekera & R. Katare (Eds.), Cardiomyocytes: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2894). (pp. 7-20). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4342-6_2 Chapter in Book - Research

Cruz, H. A. E., Jones, P. P., & Munro, M. L. (2024, August). Dual site phosphorylation of calsequestrin II decreases store overload induced calcium release. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Tausi, T. F., Zellhuber-McMillan, U., Mishra-Vakaoti, V., Munro, M. L., & Jones, P. P. (2024, August-September). Investigating CK2 phosphorylation and RyR2 clusters. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Chan, J. A., Vergara-Silva, R., Zellhuber-McMillan, U., Khaing, E. P., Ohline, S. M., Munro, M. L., & Jones, P. P. (2024, August-September). Ryanodine receptor type II ultrastructural remodelling in an Alzheimer’s disease-like mouse model. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Anscombe, M. J., Jones, P. P., & Erickson, J. R. (2024, August-September). HEK293-RyR2 cells as a model for cardiac arrhythmia in high throughput screening. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

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