Journal Article: FBXL4 suppresses mitophagy by restricting the accumulation of NIX and BNIP3 mitophagy receptors
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
Journal Article: Rapid lamellipodial responses by neighbor cells drive epithelial sealing in response to pyroptotic cell death
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
Journal Article: Targeting BRF2 in cancer using repurposed drugs
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
(2023–2025) Schrodinger Inc.
Functional analysis of STAG2 variants
(2023–2024) Australian Functional Genomics Network
(2022–2023) IPF Healthy - Medical Research
Understanding the role of FBXW7 in mitosis and chromosomal stability
Doctor Philosophy
Decoding the spatiotemporal control of DNA replication and repair
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the role and regulation of the FBXL4-BNIP3/NIX pathway in mitophagy
Doctor Philosophy
Targeting replication stress in cancer
DNA replication is the fundamental mechanism of genetic inheritance and an essential process for all cellular life. In cancer cells, replication is corrupted and replication forks frequently stall and collapse causing DNA damage and copying errors that drive tumorigenesis. As a result, cancer cells are heavily dependent on the pathways that protect and repair stalled replication forks. Disrupting these mechanisms can be selectively toxic to cancer cells. A key player in the regulation of DNA replication and repair is DDK (Dbf4-dependent kinase also known as Cdc7). DDK is frequently overexpressed in cancer, but its role during DNA replication and the repair of stalled replication forks has not been well characterised. Our research uses chemical genetic approaches to selectively target DDK and gain valuable insights into its requirements and molecular targets.
This project aims to understand how DDK coordinates DNA replication and repair to help develop new therapeutic strategies to target these processes in cancer cells. This project is suitable for a PhD student and provides an excellent opportunity to learn molecular and cell biology techniques and gain experience with long-read genome sequencing tools and genome engineering methods (CRISPR/Cas9).
Engineering and functional analysis of mitotic kinases through chemical genetics
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
Chromatin modifications involved in the DNA damage response to double strand breaks
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
FBXL4 suppresses mitophagy by restricting the accumulation of NIX and BNIP3 mitophagy receptors
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
Targeting BRF2 in cancer using repurposed drugs
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
Everything in moderation: lessons learned by exploiting moderate replication stress in cancer
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
T cell help controls the speed of the cell cycle in germinal center B cells
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
DUB-resistant ubiquitin to survey ubiquitination switches in mammalian cells
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
The Fanconi anemia pathway in replication stress and DNA crosslink repair
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
Chromothripsis: chromosomes in crisis
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
Dysregulation of DNA polymerase κ recruitment to replication forks results in genomic instability
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
APC/C Cdh1-dependent proteolysis of USP1 regulates the response to UV-mediated DNA damage
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
A novel corepressor, BCoR-L1, represses transcription through an interaction with CtBP
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
(2023–2025) Schrodinger Inc.
Functional analysis of STAG2 variants
(2023–2024) Australian Functional Genomics Network
(2022–2023) IPF Healthy - Medical Research
(2022) Schrodinger Inc.
Decoding the spatiotemporal control of DNA replication and repair
(2021–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Understanding the role of FBXW7 in mitosis and chromosomal stability
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Decoding the spatiotemporal control of DNA replication and repair
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding the role and regulation of the FBXL4-BNIP3/NIX pathway in mitophagy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Control of mitotic cell death in response to chemotherapy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Regulation of Mitosis by Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Defining the role of cGAS in mitotic cell death
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Targeting replication stress in cancer
DNA replication is the fundamental mechanism of genetic inheritance and an essential process for all cellular life. In cancer cells, replication is corrupted and replication forks frequently stall and collapse causing DNA damage and copying errors that drive tumorigenesis. As a result, cancer cells are heavily dependent on the pathways that protect and repair stalled replication forks. Disrupting these mechanisms can be selectively toxic to cancer cells. A key player in the regulation of DNA replication and repair is DDK (Dbf4-dependent kinase also known as Cdc7). DDK is frequently overexpressed in cancer, but its role during DNA replication and the repair of stalled replication forks has not been well characterised. Our research uses chemical genetic approaches to selectively target DDK and gain valuable insights into its requirements and molecular targets.
This project aims to understand how DDK coordinates DNA replication and repair to help develop new therapeutic strategies to target these processes in cancer cells. This project is suitable for a PhD student and provides an excellent opportunity to learn molecular and cell biology techniques and gain experience with long-read genome sequencing tools and genome engineering methods (CRISPR/Cas9).