Christopher A. Johnston

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Associate Professor

Email: 
johnstca@unm.edu
Office: 
CAST 201, Lab: CAST 203

Education:
Purdue University, PharmD (2003)
University of North Carolina, PhD (2007)

 
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Research Area(s)

Cell Biology,  Developmental Biology,  Genetics,  Molecular Evolution

Research Interests:

Molecular mechanisms of mitotic spindle positioning during cell division; genetic pathways involved in asymmetric cell division of Drosophila neural stem cells; cellular approaches to elucidating the pathways linking cortical polarity to division axis orientation; understanding the structural and evolutionary basis for protein–protein interactions involved in signal transduction pathways; defining the role of oriented cell division in development and disease.