Faculty Fellows

Thomas E. Johnson

447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447
phone: (303) 492-0279
fax: (303) 492-8063
email:
johnsont@colorado.edu
website:
http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/tj-lab/people/tom.html

Research Interests:

Mapping quantitative trait loci conferring sensitivity to alcohol and other anesthetic agents in mice. Research on genes for extended longevity using the nematode C. elegans.

Selected Publications:

1. Johnson TE. (2008) Caenorhabditis elegans 2007: The premier model for the study of aging. Experimental gerontology, 43(1), 1-4. | pubmed abstract |

2. Rikke BA, Johnson TE. (2007) Physiological genetics of dietary restriction: uncoupling the body temperature and body weight responses. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 293(4), R1522-7.
| pubmed abstract |

3. Bennett B, Downing C, Parker C, Johnson TE. (2006). Mouse genetic models in alcohol research.
Trends in genetics, 22(7), 367-74. | pubmed abstract |