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Professor Simon Johnson

Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

Simon Johnson

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Mitochondrial disease

Mitochondrial biology

Basic biology of anaesthesia

Biogerontology

Cell and molecular pathogenesis of human genetic diseases

Key Publications

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • The immune system as a driver of mitochondrial disease pathogenesis: a review of evidence, Hanaford, A., Johnson, S. 2 Sep 2022, In: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Leukocytes mediate disease pathogenesis in the Ndufs4(KO) mouse model of Leigh syndrome, Stokes, J., Bornstein, R., James, K., Park, K., Spencer, K., Vo, K., Snell, J., Johnson, B., Morgan, P., Sedensky, M., Baertsch, N., Johnson, S. 8 Mar 2022, In: JCI insight
  • Differential effects of mTOR inhibition and dietary ketosis in a mouse model of subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, Bornstein, R., James, K., Stokes, J., Park, K., Kayser, E., Snell, J., Bard, A., Chen, Y., Kalume, F., Johnson, S. 1 Feb 2022, In: Neurobiology of Disease
  • Mechanisms underlying neonate-specific metabolic effects of volatile anesthetics, Stokes, J., Freed, A., Bornstein, R., Su, K., Snell, J., Pan, A., Sun, G., Park, K., Jung, S., Worstman, H., Johnson, B., Morgan, P., Sedensky, M., Johnson, S. 13 Jul 2021, In: eLife

Further Information

https://www.johnsonlab.science/

Qualifications

  • Philosophy PhD August 23 2013
  • Bachelors Degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University BSc

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