During
postdoctoral research at the
University of Edinburgh Jones performed
neutron scattering experiments at the
Institut Laue–Langevin in
Grenoble to investigate the properties of
collagen. She subsequently returned to Oxford to learn protein
crystallography, and determined one of the first structures of a
cytokine,
tumour necrosis factor (TNF) with
David Stuart. During her research, Jones contributed to the
Medical Research Council (MRC)
HIV/AIDS programs investigating the structure of
reverse transcriptase for the development of
antiviral drugs. In 1991 Yvonne started her own research laboratory at the
University of Oxford funded by a
Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) until 2001. In 2021 she was appointed the Sir Andrew McMichael Professor of Structural Immunology at Oxford and elected a professorial fellow of Jesus College, having been a senior research fellow of the college since 2006.
Awards and honours Jones was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017. awarded the
Descartes Prize by the
European Union in 2002 and awarded
EMBO Membership in 2007. ==References==