Amanda Jones

Dr Amanda Jones

Associate Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

After obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences at Sunderland University, Amanda worked for a number of years in microbial research at Freeman Hospital, who subsequently cofounded her PhD at Newcastle University under the supervision of Professor Michael Goodfellow. Amanda continued to work as a postgraduate research associate, in the field of microbial systematics at Newcastle University until the beginning of 2009, where upon Amanda took her post as a Lecturer in Biology.

Amanda was a member of the ISBA 14 Organising Committee, the 14th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2007. In 2009 Amanda was appointed guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the 15th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Shanghai. In 2011 Amanda was appointed co-chair for the Emerging pathogenic actinomycetes at the 16th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Mexico and guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the same conference. In addition to being elected chairperson of the International Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Nocardia and related genera. Amanda is currently a Charter Member of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics, a member of The Society for General Microbiology and Society for Applied Microbiology.

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Professional Activity

Associate Editor, Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS) Bulletin.

Associate Editor, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

Key Publications

Profiling the Enterobacterales community isolated from retail foods in England, Harding-Crooks, R., Jones, A., Smith, D., Fanning, S., Fox, E. 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Food Protection
A stable home for an equine pathogen: valid publication of the binomial Prescottella equi gen. nov., comb. nov., and reclassification of four rhodococcal species into the genus Prescottella., Sangal, V., Goodfellow, M., Jones, A., Sutcliffe, I. 14 Sep 2022, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Decontamination Strategies Used for AFB Culture Significantly Reduce the Viability of Mycobacterium abscessus Complex in Sputum Samples from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Stephenson, D., Perry, A., Nelson, A., Robb, A., Thomas, M., Bourke, S., Perry, J., Jones, A. 27 Jul 2021, In: Microorganisms
Phylogenetic Characterization and Detection of Polyketide Synthase Type I and Non-ribosomal Peptide Synthases Genes in Micromonospora Strains Isolated from Chilean Marine Sediments, Afegbua, S., Jones, A., Sani, Y., Okoro, C., Goodfellow, M. 1 Dec 2021, In: UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research
HealthCheck UK Live: Series 2, Episode 1, Jones, A. 27 Apr 2020
Phosphonopeptides Revisited, in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance, Marrs, E., Varadi, L., Bedernjak, A., Day, K., Gray, M., Jones, A., Cummings, S., Anderson, R., Perry, J. 23 Mar 2020, In: Molecules
An evaluation of methods for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and patients assessed for lung transplantation, Stephenson, D., Perry, A., Appleby, M., Lee, D., Davison, J., Johnston, A., Jones, A., Nelson, A., Bourke, S., Thomas, M., de Soyza, A., Lordan, J., Lumb, J., Robb, A., Samuel, J., Walton, K., Perry, J. 21 Jan 2019, In: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Decontamination, Stephenson, D., Nelson, A., Perry, J., Jones, A. 2019
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, fungi and bacterial co-isolation from cystic fibrosis specimens, Stephenson, D., Perry, A., Jones, A., Perry, J. 2019

Professional Activity

Invited talk: Utilising actinobacteria diversity in the Great Salt Plains to look for novel TB therapeutics 2024
Invited talk: Legitimate, illegitimate, valid, correct, rejected: negotiating a nomenclatural minefield with Prescottella equi. 2023
Other: Exposed: The Unexpected Areas Germs Are Hiding in Your Home 2020
Invited talk: Decontamination 2019
Invited talk: Diagnostic challenges and classification of pathogenic mycolata 2016
Invited talk: Shaping the future of taxonomy through learning, teaching and assessment 2014
Oral presentation: Whole genome analyses support the taxonomic separation of “Rhodococcus equi” from other rhodococci 2014
Oral presentation: Larvicide bacteria found in Culex mosquitoes: a potential biological control approach. European Congress of Entomology 2014
Invited talk: Reclassification of Rhodococcus equi into a novel genus, Prescottia gen. nov., as Prescottia equi comb 2012
Invited talk: Diagnostic Challenges and Classification of Pathogenic Mycolata 2011

PGR Supervision

Clare Preece A Study of the Diagnosis, Treatment and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Start Date: 01/06/2016 End Date: 29/09/2017
Karen Walker Utilisations of metagenomics to underpin novel culture based approaches in the bioprospecting of extreme habitats for novel antimicrobial agents. Start Date: 01/03/2019
Dominic Stephenson Modifying Mycobacterial Isolation and Identification Approaches for Patients with Pulmonary Disease Start Date: 01/05/2017
Jesmine Lim Characterisation of the Prokaryotic Community of Lake Suigetsu, Japan: Towards a Novel Palaeoenvironment Research Biomarker Start Date: 05/10/2009 End Date: 13/11/2014
Md Hossain Utilization of Novel Approaches in the Bioprospecting of Extreme Habitats for Novel Antimicrobial Agents Start Date: 01/03/2024
Emma Marrs An Evaluation of Antimicrobial Compounds for Clinical and Diagnostic Use with Particular Emphasis on Phosponopeptides Start Date: 01/10/2011 End Date: 13/06/2016

Qualifications

PCAPL July 01 2011
Microbiology PhD September 01 1999
Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) September 01 1994
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
Full Member Society for General Microbiology (SGM) 2014
Full Ordinary Member Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) 2014
Member Standing Conference of Organisational Study 2014
Member University & College Union (UCU) 2014

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