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Stephen Albert Johnston

Stephen Albert Johnston

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
22092
World Ranking
5016
National Ranking
2407

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Stephen Albert Johnston is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research intersects key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also made in medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

They have specialized further in subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Genetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The core research topics covered include a broad and interconnected range of subjects:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Virus-based Gene Therapy Research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to diverse biomedical fields. Noteworthy papers include:

  • Implications of new understandings of gliomas in children and adults with NF1: report of a consensus conference (2020), Neuro-Oncology
  • Comparison of personal and shared frameshift neoantigen vaccines in a mouse mammary cancer model (2020), BMC Immunology
  • Predicting response and toxicity to immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer using antibodies to frameshift neoantigens (2023), Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Design of a randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluating efficacy and safety of a cancer preventative vaccine in dogs (2023), Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Antibody characterization using immunosignatures (2020), PLoS ONE

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • Research Square
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Luhui Shen
  • Justin R. Brown
  • Kathryn Sykes
  • John C. Lainson
  • Sierra Nicole Murphy

Stephen Albert Johnston received the distinction of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017, reflecting recognition within the innovation community.

Best Publications

  • Genetic immunization is a simple method for eliciting an immune response.

    De Chu Tang;Michael Devit;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Gene transfer in Cryptococcus neoformans by use of biolistic delivery of DNA.

    D L Toffaletti;T H Rude;S A Johnston;D T Durack

  • Introduction of foreign genes into tissues of living mice by DNA-coated microprojectiles.

    R S Williams;S A Johnston;M Riedy;M J DeVit

  • The temporal expression profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice

    Adel M. Talaat;Rick Lyons;Susan T. Howard;Susan T. Howard;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Interaction of thyroid-hormone receptor with a conserved transcriptional mediator.

    Jae Woon Lee;Fergus Ryan;Jonathan C. Swaffield;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Toward cell–targeting gene therapy vectors: Selection of cell–binding peptides from random peptide–presenting phage libraries

    Michael A. Barry;William J. Dower;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Recruitment of a 19S Proteasome Subcomplex to an Activated Promoter

    Fernando Gonzalez;Agnes Delahodde;Thomas Kodadek;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Mitochondrial transformation in yeast by bombardment with microprojectiles

    Stephen A. Johnston;Paul Q. Anziano;Kathy Shark;John C. Sanford

  • Protection against mycoplasma infection using expression-library immunization

    Michael A. Barry;Wayne C. Lai;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • ORF-FINDER: a vector for high-throughput gene identification.

    Irene T Rombel;Kathryn F Sykes;Simon Rayner;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Ecologically Based Approaches to Management of Phytophthora Blight on Bell Pepper

    Jean Beagle Ristaino;Stephen A. Johnston

  • The 19S Regulatory Particle of the Proteasome Is Required for Efficient Transcription Elongation by RNA Polymerase II

    Anwarul Ferdous;Fernando Gonzalez;Liping Sun;Thomas Kodadek

  • Biological features of genetic immunization.

    Michael A. Barry;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • GuiTope: an application for mapping random-sequence peptides to protein sequences.

    Rebecca F Halperin;Phillip Stafford;Jack S Emery;Krupa Arun Navalkar

  • Interaction of positive and negative regulatory proteins in the galactose regulon of yeast

    Stephen A. Johnston;John M. Salmeron;Sandra S. Dincher

  • Biolistic nuclear transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other fungi.

    Daniele Armaleo;Guang Ning Ye;Theodore M. Klein;Katherine B. Shark

  • Alterations in a yeast protein resembling HIV Tat-binding protein relieve requirement for an acidic activation domain in GAL4.

    Jonathan C. Swaffield;Jacqueline F. Bromberg;Jacqueline F. Bromberg;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Genome-directed primers for selective labeling of bacterial transcripts for DNA microarray analysis.

    Adel M. Talaat;Preston Hunter;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • The 19S regulatory complex of the proteasome functions independently of proteolysis in nucleotide excision repair.

    Steven Jon Russell;Simon H Reed;Wenya Huang;Errol C Friedberg

  • Efficient gene delivery to pancreatic islets with ultrasonic microbubble destruction technology

    Shuyuan Chen;Jia Huan Ding;Raffi Bekeredjian;Bing Zhi Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kodadek
Thomas Kodadek Scripps Research Institute
Michael A. Barry
Michael A. Barry Mayo Clinic
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Leemor Joshua-Tor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Akira Takashima
Akira Takashima University of Toledo
Karsten Melcher
Karsten Melcher Van Andel Institute
Christopher B. Newgard
Christopher B. Newgard Duke University
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
John N. Galgiani
John N. Galgiani University of Arizona
Nadia Harbeck
Nadia Harbeck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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