1. science

Huw Jones
write: c/o 6 Main Street,
Witchford,
Ely,
CB6 2HG
Email: info@secambslabour.org.uk
Twitter: @HuwSECambLabour @SECambsLabour
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secambslabour
Website: www.secambslabour.org.uk
Biography:
I grew up in West Wales but I’ve lived and worked in the Cambridge area for around thirty years.
We moved to our family home in Histon in the 1990s, where our two children attended the local
schools.
I currently work as a plant scientist and have been fortunate to study for a PhD quite recently.
Personal views:
I want people to get on in life not just get by.
We need to help each individual achieve their potential, protect the vulnerable and stop the culture
that allows some to plunder the economy through excessive wages and bonuses.
We need to protect the Cambridge area’s science led economy; losing EU research funding would
damage our prosperity.
I believe that communities acting together, with local democratic accountability, deliver the best
high quality services. I’m also passionate about defending our NHS.
I will always stand up for South East Cambridgeshire and fight the damage being done by this
Tory-led Government.
Community, Politics and Campaigning:
• I have been a member of the Labour Party since my Twenties. I revived as an activist in 2011.
• I am a governor at Impington Village College and have campaigned for fairer funding alongside
fellow governors.
• I am part of the group that runs the Impington Fireworks Extravaganza.
• I am part of the committee and working party for Histon Community Orchard.
• I have been a cycle trainer with the local school.
• I campaigned against the Cambridgeshire NHS privatisation
• I opposed the conversion of Cambridgeshire schools to Academies.
• I believe politicians must engage with their communities. To that end I have spent my
weekends out on the streets of towns and villages in SE Cambridgeshire, meeting with people
from all walks of life.
• I’m a long-term supporter of two charities, WaterAid and Sustrans.
• I belong to Unite the Union.
• I am a blood donor.
• I have joined various national demonstrations opposing war, austerity, cuts in public services
and globalisation in the hands of the 1%; also local demonstrations in favour of keeping our
NHS public and against the EDL bringing racism to our streets.
• I have taken part in events to promote public understanding of science.
Education:
PhD Life Sciences, University of Manchester (2009):
Thesis - The origins of diversity at the Ppd-H1 locus among European barley landraces
BSc Chemistry / Environmental Science, University of East Anglia
Employment:
1989 - present National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge:
Senior Researcher
2001 - 2005 Cambridge Regional College: Part-time evening class lecturer (IT)
1987 - 1989 Stevenage Analytical Chemistry, Bedford: Senior Analyst.
1979 - 1987 Anglia Water, Cambridge: Assistant Chemist
Selection of publications (main contributor):
Jones H, Civáň P, Cockram J, Leigh FJ, Smith LMJ, Jones MK, Charles MP, Molina-Cano J-L, Powell W, Jones G,
Brown TA (2011)
Evolutionary history of barley cultivation in Europe revealed by genetic analysis of extant landraces.
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Jones H, Leigh FJ, Mackay I, Bower MA, Smith LMJ, Charles MP, Jones G, Jones MK, Brown TA, Powell W (2008)
Population-based resequencing reveals that the flowering time adaptation of cultivated barley originated east
of the Fertile Crescent.
Molecular Biology and Evolution
H Jones, N Gosman, R Horsnell, G A Rose, L A Everest, A R Bentley, S Tha, C Uauy, A Kowalski, D Novoselovic, R
Simek, B Kobiljski, A Kondic-Spika, L Brbaklic, O Mitrofanova, Y Chesnokov, D Bonnett, A Greenland (2013)
Strategy for exploiting exotic germplasm using genetic, morphological, and environmental diversity.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Jones H, Norris C, Cockram J, Lee D (2013)
Variety Protection and Plant Breeders’ Rights in the ‘DNA era’.
Chapter in Diagnostics in Plant Breeding
Details and other publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huw_Jones5/publications