Dr. Dan Jones joined the faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University in 2002.
He earned degrees and worked at several positions to prepare for his current undergraduate teaching, advising, and research duties. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Biochemistry and from Indiana University School of Dentistry with a D.D.S. After practicing general dentistry for four years, he pursued a doctorate fellowship in Biomedical Science (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology emphasis) at Wright State University. On completion of his Ph.D., he worked five years as a post- doctoral research scientist (Eli Lilly & Company Cardiovascular Drug Discovery Unit for three years and then the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology for two years). He also instructed Pre-Nursing Physiology at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and First-Year Problem-Based Learning at the Indiana University School of Dentistry during that time.
At Indiana Wesleyan University, he engages his research students with projects that focus on the biochemical, cellular, and molecular biology aspects of bone and joints with application to osteoporosis, arthritis, and dental osteonecrosis treatments. In addition, his lab investigates compounds that increase favorable Schwann cell migration to aid peripheral nerve injury repair. He teaches multiple courses, advises Biology majors, chairs the Faculty Pre-Health Care Sciences Program (Non-Nursing) Committee and is co-director of that program.
Research Funding:
Grants from Indiana Academy of Science, Lilly Faculty Scholarship Fund, Hodson Summer Research Institute
Teaching:
Majors’ Courses: Preparing the Christian Health Professional (PMD-110), Dental Science (SCI-202), The Science of Nutrition with Lab (BIO-216/216L), General Anatomy (BIO-311), General Physiology (BIO-312), Cell Biology (BIO-351), Research in Biology (BIO-495)
Non-Majors’ Courses: Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO-211), Anatomy & Physiology II (BIO-212)
PHD
Biomedical Sciences
Wright State University , 1997
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Indiana University School of Dentistry , 1987
BS
Biochemistry
Purdue University , 1984
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Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Jones, D. R., & Leffak, M. (1999).
A bifunctional regulatory element of the human ApoA-I gene responsive to a distal enhancer.
DNA and Cell Biology, 18(2), 107–119. doi:10.1089/104454999315493
- Jones, D. R., Schmidt, R. J., Pickard, R. T., Foxworthy, P. S., & Eacho, P. I. (2002).
Estrogen receptor-mediated repression of human hepatic lipase gene transcription.
Journal of Lipid Research, 43(3), 383–391.
- Shah, R., Alvarez, M., Jones, D. R., Torrungruang, K., Watt, A. J., Selvamurugan, N., Partridge, N. C., Quinn, C. O., Pavalko, F. M., Rhodes, S. J., & Bidwell, J. P. (2004).
Nmp4/CIZ regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13) response to parathyroid hormone in osteoblasts.
American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 287(2), E289–E296. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00517.2003
- Mead, B., Morgan, H., Mann, A., Tedeschi, L., Sloan, C., Lang, S., Hines, C., Gragg, M., Stofer, J., Reimann, K., Derr, T., Heller, E., Collins, D., Landis, P., Linna, N., & Jones, D. (2015).
Reveromycin A-induced apoptosis in osteoclasts is not accompanied by necrosis.
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 116(8), 1646–1657. doi:10.1002/jcb.25125
- Svrcina, H., Greer, A., Baker, S., Smith, M., Martinez, P., Granger, N., Thomas, T., Miller, J., Steinke, E., Davitt, K., Sloane, E., Nugent, L., Sabo, R., Williams, C., Lipton, M., & Jones, D. (2018).
Death effects of reveromycin A in normal and disease-associated cells of the joint.
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 119(6), 4382–4396. doi:10.1002/jcb.26463
- Shaharuddin, N. B., Jones, D., & Chai, W. L. (2022).
The senescence effect of zoledronate on three-dimensional oral mucosa model.
Sains Malaysiana, 51(4), 1131–1142. doi:10.17576/jsm-2022-5104-15
- Kirby, J., Standfest, M., Binkley, J., Barnes, C., Brown, E., Cairncross, T., Cartwright, A., Dadisman, D., Mowat, C., Wilmot, D., Houseman, T., Murphy, C., Engelsman, C., Haller, J., & Jones, D. (2024).
The dynamin inhibitor, dynasore, prevents zoledronate-induced viability loss in human gingival fibroblasts by partially blocking zoledronate uptake and inhibiting endosomal acidification.
Journal of Applied Oral Science, 32, e20240224. doi:10.1590/1678-7757-2024-0224
- Bidwell, J. P., Torrungruang, K., Alvarez, M., Rhodes, S. J., Shah, R., Jones, D., Charoenpatrapong, K., Hock, J., & Watt, A. J. (2001).
Involvement of the nuclear matrix in the control of skeletal genes: The NMP1 (YY1), NMP2 (Cbfa1), and NMP4 (Nmp4/CIZ) transcription factors.
Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression, 11(4), 279–297.
- Jones, D. R. (2015).
A potential osteoporosis target in the FAS ligand/FAS pathway of osteoblast to osteoclast signaling.
Annals of Translational Medicine, 3(14), 189. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.07.01
- Jones, D. R. (2016).
Blueberry polyphenols and their effects on bone and joint.
Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences: Open Journal, 2(Special Edition 2), S27–S33. doi:10.17140/AFTNSOJ-SE-2-104
- Jones, D. R. (2011).
Case study: Using microbe molecular biology for Gulf oil spill clean up.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 39(2), 157–164. doi:10.1002/bmb.20471
