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Dr. Kristen M Johansen

Dr. Kristen M Johansen

Position
  • Professor and Chair
  • Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Teaches: BIOL 314
Recent advances in probing the nucleus have made it clear that nuclear organization is far more complex and ordered than had earlier been appreciated and that it plays a major role in cell function including gene expression and cell division. Our research is directed towards identifying the molecules defining such nuclear organization, as well as the signal transduction pathways regulating cell cycle-specific changes. Using Drosophila as a model system, a combination of molecular and genetic approaches are being used to analyze genes involved in these processes.

Contact Info

3154 Molecular Biology Building
2437 Pammel Drive
Ames
,
Iowa
50011-1079

Education

  • B.A., Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1982
  • Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 1989