Education
PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, 1989
Current position
Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
Publications (since 2016)
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Sharman, J., Faccenda, E., SHarding, S., Pawson, A., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and IUPHAR, N. C. (2018). Accessing expert-curated pharmacological data in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, in press.
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Davies, J. A. (2017). Organizing organoids: stem cells branch out. Cell Stem Cell, in press.
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Harding, S. D., Sharman, J. L., Faccenda, E., Southan, C., Pawson, A. J., Ireland, S., Gray, A. J. G., Bruce, L., Alexander, S. P. H., Anderton, S., Bryant, C., Davenport, A. P., Doerig, C., Fabbro, D., Levi-Schaffer, F., Spedding, M., Davies, J. A. and Nc, I. (2018). The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2018: updates and expansion to encompass the new guide to IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY. Nucleic Acids Res 46(D1): D1091-D1106.
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Alexander, S. P., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Transporters. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S360-S446.
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Alexander, S. P., Fabbro, D., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Enzymes. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S272-S359.
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Alexander, S. P., Fabbro, D., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Catalytic receptors. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S225-S271.
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Alexander, S. P., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Other ion channels. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S195-S207.
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Alexander, S. P., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Buneman, O. P., Cidlowski, J. A., Christopoulos, A., Davenport, A. P., Fabbro, D., Spedding, M., Striessnig, J., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S1-S16.
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Alexander, S. P., Christopoulos, A., Davenport, A. P., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: G protein-coupled receptors. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S17-S129.
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Alexander, S. P., Peters, J. A., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Ligand-gated ion channels. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S130-S159.
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Alexander, S. P., Striessnig, J., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Voltage-gated ion channels. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S160-S194.
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Alexander, S. P., Cidlowski, J. A., Kelly, E., Marrion, N. V., Peters, J. A., Faccenda, E., Harding, S. D., Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Southan, C., Davies, J. A. and Collaborators, C. (2017). THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Nuclear hormone receptors. Br J Pharmacol 174 Suppl 1: S208-S224.
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Mills, C. G., Lawrence, M. L., Munro, D. A. D., Elhendawi, M., Mullins, J. J. and Davies, J. A. (2017). Asymmetric BMP4 signalling improves the realism of kidney organoids. Sci Rep 7(1): 14824.
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Munro, D. A. D., Hohenstein, P., Coate, T. M. and Davies, J. A. (2017). Refuting the hypothesis that semaphorin-3f/neuropilin-2 exclude blood vessels from the cap mesenchyme in the developing kidney. Dev Dyn 246(12): 1047-1056.
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Cachat, E., Liu, W. and Davies, J. A. (2017). Synthetic self-patterning and morphogenesis in mammalian cells: a proof-of-concept step towards the goal of synthetic tissue development. IET Engineering Biology J Biol Eng 8(1): 26.
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Davies, J. A. (2017). Adaptive self-organization in the embryo: its importance to adult anatomy and to tissue engineering. J Anat.
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Davies, J. A. (2017). Self-Organizing Anatomy. Commentary for Gray’s Anatomy supplement e-book. In press.
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Davies, J. A. (2017). Binding Assets in Drug Design. Eureka.
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Munro, D. A. D., Hohenstein, P. and Davies, J. A. (2017). Cycles of vascular plexus formation within the nephrogenic zone of the developing mouse kidney. Sci Rep 7(1): 3273.
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Davies, J. (2017). Pax2: A "Keep to the Path" Sign on Waddington's Epigenetic Landscape. Dev Cell 41(4): 331-332.
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Davies, J. (2017). Using synthetic biology to explore principles of development. Development 144(7): 1146-1158.
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Ghanizadeh Tabriz, A., Mills, C. G., Mullins, J. J., Davies, J. A. and Shu, W. (2017). Rapid Fabrication of Cell-Laden Alginate Hydrogel 3D Structures by Micro Dip-Coating. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 5: 13.
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Martin, K. C., Yuan, X., Stimac, G., Bannerman, K., Anderson, J., Roy, C., Glykofrydis, F., Yin, H. and Davies, J. A. (2017). Symmetry-breaking in branching epithelia: cells on micro-patterns under flow challenge the hypothesis of positive feedback by a secreted autocrine inhibitor of motility. J Anat 230(6): 766-774.
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Davies, J. A. (2016). Anatomical complexity is acquired at an exponential rate during mouse embryonic development. Matters.
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Davies, J. A. (2016). Machines for living in: connections and contrasts between designed architecture and the development of living forms. Invited review for Architectural Research Quarterly 20.1: 45-50.
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Davies, J. A. and Cachat, E. (2016). Synthetic biology meets tissue engineering. Biochem Soc Trans 44(3): 696-701.
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Cachat, E., Liu, W., Martin, K. C., Yuan, X., Yin, H., Hohenstein, P. and Davies, J. A. (2016). 2- and 3-dimensional synthetic large-scale de novo patterning by mammalian cells through phase separation. Sci Rep 6: 20664.