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74
Citations
46196
World Ranking
1928
National Ranking
885

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Mark Johnston is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a notable focus on molecular biology and plant science. They have contributed to related subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pharmacology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their recent publications demonstrate a range of interests, including cellular transport mechanisms, peer review practices, and clinical physiotherapy management. Notable papers include:

  • Deciphering anomalous heterogeneous intracellular transport with neural networks, 2020, eLife
  • Opening up Peer Review, 2020, Genetics
  • Physiotherapy management of first nations children with bronchiectasis from remote top end communities of the northern territory: a retrospective chart audit, 2023, Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Opening up Peer Review, 2020, Genetics
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Pathogen Genetic Control of Transcriptome Variation in the Arabidopsis thaliana - Botrytis cinerea Pathosystem, 2020, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Mark Johnston has published extensively in the venue Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, with 25 publications, alongside contributions to Genetics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), eLife, and Frontiers in Pediatrics.

The main scientific themes covered in their work include genetic and biomedical research, fungal biology and its applications, and plant-fungal interactions. Specific research topics frequently addressed in their publications are:

  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant and fungal interactions
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Fractional Differential Equations Solutions
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

They have collaborated with several researchers on multiple occasions. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel Han
  • Viki Allan
  • Sergei Fedotov
  • Tracey A DePellegrin
  • A. Yu. Zubarev

Mark Johnston's recognition includes fellowships in significant scientific organizations, such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 2012; the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006; and the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1998.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive analysis of protein–protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Peter Uetz;Loic Giot;Gerard Cagney;Traci A. Mansfield

  • Life with 6000 Genes

    André Goffeau;B G Barrell;H Bussey;R W Davis

  • Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome.

    Guri Giaever;Angela M. Chu;Li Ni;Carla Connelly

  • Functional Characterization of the S. cerevisiae Genome by Gene Deletion and Parallel Analysis

    Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Daniel D. Shoemaker;Anna Astromoff;Hong Liang

  • Sequences that regulate the divergent GAL1-GAL10 promoter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    M Johnston;R W Davis

  • Finding functional features in Saccharomyces genomes by phylogenetic footprinting.

    Paul Cliften;Priya Sudarsanam;Ashwin Desikan;Lucinda Fulton

  • A model fungal gene regulatory mechanism: the GAL genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    M Johnston

  • The Paf1 complex is required for histone H3 methylation by COMPASS and Dot1p: linking transcriptional elongation to histone methylation.

    Nevan J. Krogan;Jim Dover;Adam Wood;Jessica Schneider

  • Function and Regulation of Yeast Hexose Transporters

    Sabire Özcan;Mark Johnston

  • Microbe domestication and the identification of the wild genetic stock of lager-brewing yeast

    Diego Libkind;Chris Todd Hittinger;Elisabete Valério;Carla Gonçalves

  • COMPASS: A complex of proteins associated with a trithorax-related SET domain protein

    Trissa Miller;Nevan J. Krogan;Jim Dover;H. Erdjument-Bromage

  • Identification of the DNA binding site for NGFI-B by genetic selection in yeast.

    Thomas E. Wilson;Timothy J. Fahrner;Mark Johnston;Jeffrey Milbrandt

  • Methylation of Histone H3 by COMPASS Requires Ubiquitination of Histone H2B by Rad6

    Jim Dover;Jessica Schneider;Mary Anne Tawiah-Boateng;Adam Wood

  • Bre1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase required for recruitment and substrate selection of Rad6 at a promoter.

    Adam Wood;Nevan J Krogan;Jim Dover;Jessica Schneider

  • Green Fluorescent Protein as a Marker for Gene Expression and Subcellular Localization in Budding Yeast

    R. K. Niedenthal;L. Riles;M. Johnston;J. H. Hegemann

  • Two glucose transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are glucose sensors that generate a signal for induction of gene expression

    Sabire Ozcan;Jim Dover;Anne G. Rosenwald;Stefan Wolfl

  • Regulated nuclear translocation of the Mig1 glucose repressor.

    M J De Vit;J A Waddle;M Johnston

  • COMPASS, a histone H3 (Lysine 4) methyltransferase required for telomeric silencing of gene expression.

    Nevan J. Krogan;Jim Dover;Shahram Khorrami;Jack F. Greenblatt

  • Three different regulatory mechanisms enable yeast hexose transporter (HXT) genes to be induced by different levels of glucose.

    S Ozcan;M Johnston

  • Feasting, fasting and fermenting: glucose sensing in yeast and other cells

    Mark Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Shilatifard
Ali Shilatifard Northwestern University
Chris Todd Hittinger
Chris Todd Hittinger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanley Fields
Stanley Fields University of Washington
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Jack Greenblatt
Jack Greenblatt University of Toronto
Antonis Rokas
Antonis Rokas Vanderbilt University
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University
Ronald M. Gilgenbach
Ronald M. Gilgenbach University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Lucinda Fulton
Lucinda Fulton Washington University in St. Louis

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