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  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Daniel St Johnston is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on subfields such as Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology.

Their work covers several key topics including:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception

Frequent co-authors collaborating on their research include:

  • Edward S. Allgeyer
  • George Sirinakis
  • Dmitry Nashchekin
  • Jia Chen
  • Sarah J. Bray

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Science
  • Biology of Reproduction
  • Biomedical Optics Express

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • Apical-basal polarity and the control of epithelial form and function (2022) published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • MARK4 controls ischaemic heart failure through microtubule detyrosination (2021) published in Nature
  • A brief history and future prospects of contraception (2023) published in Science
  • Symmetry breaking in the female germline cyst (2021) published in Science
  • The Drosophila anterior-posterior axis is polarized by asymmetric myosin activation (2021) published in Current Biology

Daniel St Johnston was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2005.

Best Publications

  • The origin of pattern and polarity in the Drosophila embryo.

    Daniel St Johnston;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • The art and design of genetic screens: Drosophila melanogaster

    Daniel St Johnston

  • staufen, a gene required to localize maternal RNAs in the Drosophila egg

    Daniel St Johnston;Dirk Beuchle;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • A conserved double-stranded RNA-binding domain.

    D St Johnston;N H Brown;J G Gall;M Jantsch

  • The intracellular localization of messenger RNAs

    Daniel St Johnston

  • Moving messages: the intracellular localization of mRNAs

    Daniel St Johnston

  • Polarization of both major body axes in Drosophila by gurken-torpedo signalling.

    Acaimo González-Reyes;Heather Elliott;Daniel St Johnston

  • Staufen protein associates with the 3′UTR of bicoid mRNA to form particles that move in a microtubule-dependent manner

    Dominique Ferrandon;Lisa Elphick;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard;Daniel St Johnston

  • Cell Polarity in Eggs and Epithelia: Parallels and Diversity

    Daniel St Johnston;Julie Ahringer

  • Drosophila PAR-1 and 14-3-3 Inhibit Bazooka/PAR-3 to Establish Complementary Cortical Domains in Polarized Cells

    Richard Benton;Daniel St Johnston

  • RNA recognition by a Staufen double‐stranded RNA‐binding domain

    Andres Ramos;Stefan Grünert;Jan Adams;David R. Micklem

  • An eIF4AIII-containing complex required for mRNA localization and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

    Isabel M. Palacios;David Gatfield;Daniel St Johnston;Elisa Izaurralde

  • Multiple steps in the localization of bicoid RNA to the anterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte.

    Daniel St. Johnston;Wolfgang Driever;Thomas Berleth;Sibyll Richstein

  • In Vivo Imaging of oskar mRNA Transport Reveals the Mechanism of Posterior Localization

    Vitaly L. Zimyanin;Katsiaryna Belaya;Jacques Pecreaux;Michael J. Gilchrist

  • The origin of asymmetry: early polarisation of the Drosophila germline cyst and oocyte.

    Jean-René Huynh;Daniel St Johnston

  • A role for Drosophila LKB1 in anterior–posterior axis formation and epithelial polarity

    Sophie G. Martin;Daniel St Johnston

  • The Drosophila homolog of C. elegans PAR-1 organizes the oocyte cytoskeleton and directs oskar mRNA localization to the posterior pole.

    Joshua M Shulman;Richard Benton;Daniel St Johnston

  • The Mouse Epididymal Transcriptome: Transcriptional Profiling of Segmental Gene Expression in the Epididymis

    Daniel S. Johnston;Scott A. Jelinsky;Hyun J. Bang;Paul DiCandeloro

  • aPKC Phosphorylation of Bazooka Defines the Apical/Lateral Border in Drosophila Epithelial Cells

    Eurico Morais-de-Sá;Vincent Mirouse;Daniel St Johnston

  • Distinct roles of two conserved Staufen domains in oskar mRNA localization and translation

    David R. Micklem;Jan Adams;Stefan Grünert;Daniel St Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey C. Magee
Jeffrey C. Magee Baylor College of Medicine
Richard Benton
Richard Benton University of Lausanne
Jens Rittscher
Jens Rittscher University of Oxford
Joshua M. Shulman
Joshua M. Shulman Baylor College of Medicine
Jordan W. Raff
Jordan W. Raff University of Oxford
Andrea H. Brand
Andrea H. Brand University of Cambridge
Stephen R. Williams
Stephen R. Williams University of Queensland
Julie Ahringer
Julie Ahringer University of Cambridge
Robert B. Russell
Robert B. Russell Heidelberg University

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