Celina Jones, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Education:
IRACDA Scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University
PhD in Genetics and Genomics, Baylor College of Medicine
BS in Biology, Minor in Hispanic Studies, Pepperdine University
Office: Winston 223
Phone: x4257
email
Research Interests:
Genetics, epigenetics, STEM education
Selected Publications:
Sad K, Fawwal DV, Jones CY, Hill EJ, Skinner KT, Adams ML, Lustenberger S, Lee RS, Lohano SV, Elayavalli SR, Farhi J, Mehta CC, Lemon LD, Fasken MB, Hong AL, Sloan SA, Corbett AH, Spangle JM. Histone H3E50K remodels chromatin to confer oncogenic activity and support an EMT phenotype. NAR Cancer. 2025 Feb 3;7(1):zcaf002. doi: 10.1093/narcan/zcaf002. PMID: 39901931; PMCID: PMC11788928.
Farhi J, Emenike B, Lee RS, Sad K, Fawwal DV, Beusch CM, Jones RB, Verma AK, Jones CY, Foroozani M, Reeves M, Parwani KK, Bagchi P, Deal RB, Katz DJ, Corbett AH, Gordon DE, Raj M, Spangle JM. Dynamic In Vivo Mapping of the Methylproteome Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach. J Am Chem Soc. 2025 Mar 5;147(9):7214-7230. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c08175. Epub 2025 Feb 25. PMID: 39996454; PMCID: PMC11887452.
Zhang X, Fawwal DV, Spangle JM, Corbett AH, Jones CY. Exploring the Molecular Underpinnings of Cancer-Causing Oncohistone Mutants Using Yeast as a Model. J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Dec 11;9(12):1187. doi: 10.3390/jof9121187. PMID: 38132788; PMCID: PMC10744705.
Jones CY, Williams CL, Moreno SP, Morris DK, Mondello C, Karlseder J, Bertuch AA. Hyperextended telomeres promote formation of C-circle DNA in telomerase positive human cells. J Biol Chem. 2023 May;299(5):104665. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104665. Epub 2023 Mar 30. PMID: 37003504; PMCID: PMC10235436.