Thomas E. Johnson, P.I.
Thomas E. Johnson, Ph.D.

Current Positions:
Professor of Behavioral Genetics
Faculty Fellow
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Campus Box 447
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0447
Phone: (303) 492-0279 / 7362 (Admin office)
Fax: (303) 492-8063
email: johnsont@colorado.edu
(FED EX address:
1480 30th St., Boulder 80303)

Professor of Integrative Physiology
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

Adjuct Professor
Buck Institute for Age Research
8001 Redwood Blvd
Novato CA 94945

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Education

    Fellowships, Honors and Awards

    Current Research Grants

    Memberships

    Professional Offices

    Editorial Review Boards

    Meetings Organized

    Membership in Advisory Groups

   Consulting Relationships

 

    Grant Review Committees

    Invited Presentations at National or International Symposia

    Invited Seminars

    Solicited Manuscripts, Editorials

    Book Reviews, Books Edited, Books Authored

   Internet Presentations, Published Interviews

   Abstracts

  Peer Reviewed Publications


EDUCATION:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 9/66 - 6/70 B.Sc. (Life Science)

University of Washington: 9/70 - 3/75 Ph.D. (Genetics)

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FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS:

2007 Organizing Committee, Dahlem Conference on Barrier Diseases and Aging
2006 Elected President, American Aging Association
2005 Hayflick Lecture, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Center for Aging
2004 Co-Recipient, with Research Associate Brad Rikke, of Sam Goldstein Award for best paper published in the J. Gerontology: Biological Sciences, during 2003/2004
2003 Appointed to Cellular Mechanisms In Aging And Development (CMAD) Study Section, Biology of Development and Aging Integrated Review Group
2002 Recipient, Robert W. Kleemeier Award, Gerontological Society of America
2002 Co-Recipient, with former student, James Cypser, of Sam Goldstein Award for best paper published in the J. Gerontology. Biological Sciences, during 2001/2002
2000 Elected to Board of Directors, American Aging Association
1998 Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar
1997 Chaired, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging
1996 Listed in Who's Who in the World, 14th Edition
1995 Nathan Shock Memorial Lecture, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging
1994 Research Scientist Development Award, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1994 Elected Chair, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging
1993 Recipient of 1993 Busse Research Award for Biomedical Gerontology, Awarded at International Association for Gerontology meeting, Budapest, Hungary
1992 Appointed to Biological and Clinical Aging Review Committee A, National Institute on Aging
1990 Glenn Foundation Fellowship
1990 Elected Chair, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America
1990, 2000 Elected to Board of Directors, American Aging Association
1987 - 1992 Research Career Development Award from the USPHS
1986 Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
1986 Fellow of the American Federation for Aging Research
1986 - 1987 Appointed to National Research Council, Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging
1979 - 1982 USPHS Young Investigator Award
1977 - 1979 USPHS Postdoctoral Fellowship
1970 - 1972 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
1966 - 1970 Gates Foundation Scholarship

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CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS:

“Generation of Oxidative Resistant Mutant Mice (with Chick Wallace at UCHSC),
 
“Ethanol Teratogenesis and Genomic Imprinting”,
 
National Institute on Aging: “Molecular Genetics of Aging in C. elegans,”
 
National Institute on Aging: “Oldest-Old Mortality: Demographic Models and Analyses,”
 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: "Mapping of Genes Predisposing to Alcohol Sensitivity,"
 
National Institute on Aging: “Genes Specifying Aging and Longevity in the Mouse,”
 
National Institute on Aging: “Transgenic C. elegans as Amyloid Disease Model,” $900,00, estimated total direct costs (PI: Chris Link, Dr. Johnson is co-PI; work is ongoing in his lab.)
 
Ellison Medical Foundation, $200,000, total direct costs, (PI: Brad Rikke, Dr. Johnson is co-PI; work is ongoing in his lab.)
 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: “ High Efficiency Mapping of Alcohol Sensitivity Genes,”
 

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MEMBERSHIPS:

American Aging Association

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Federation for Aging Research

Behavior Genetics Association

Genetics Society of America

Gerontological Society of America

International Mammalian Genome Society

International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism

Research Society on Alcoholism

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PROFESSIONAL OFFICES:

President Elect, President. Past President American Ageing Association, 2005-2008

Board of Directors, American Aging Association, 1991-1994, 2000 - 2005

Presidential Appointee, Task Force on Publications, Gerontological Society of America, 2001 - 2003, 2005.

Program Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism, 1997, 1998, 2001

Chair, Publications Committee, Gerontological Society of America, 1998 - 2000

Program Committee for the Biological Sciences, Gerontological Society of America, 1997

Chair, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging, 1997

Member of the Permanent Faculty, Summer Training Courses in Experimental Aging Research, 1994 - 1996

Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 1990-1993

National Scientific Advisory Council, American Federation for Aging Research, 1991-present

Membership and Fellowship Committee, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 1986-1989

Publications Committee, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 1986-1989

Chair, Ethics Subcommittee, Gerontological Society of America, 1986-1989

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EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARDS:

Deputy Editor for the Americas Experimental Gerontology 2005 - present
Section Editor Genetics and Model Systems, Neurobiology of Aging 1998 - 2005
Assicuate Editor Journals of Gerontology, Biological Sciences Gerontological Society of America 1998-1999, 2003 - present
Editorial Board Genes, Brain and Behavior,2002 - present
Section Editor Genetics and Model Systems
Neurobiology of Aging, 1998 - present
Associate Editor Experimental Gerontology,1998 - 2004
Editorial Board Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine.1998 - present
Editorial Board, Mechanisms of Aging and Development.1999 - 2001
Associate Editor, Aging domain of he Scientific World.2000 - 2002
Editorial Board, Biogerontology.2001 - present
Board of Managing Editors, Mutation Research DNAging.1991-1995

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MEETINGS ORGANIZED:

Organizer of Symposium for the Annual American Aging Association; May 31 – June 03 2008, Boulder, CO.

Co-Organizer with Drs. James Curtsinger and David Harrison, Aug 2 - 8, 2000, Third International Conference on Genetic Effects on Aging, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME

Chair, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging, January 1997, Ventura, CA

Organizing Committee, "The Biology of Aging- A Molecular Viewpoint," May 1994, Geriatric Center, St. Louis, MO

Co-Organizer with Dr. Caleb Finch, March 1993 Keystone Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Aging, Keystone, CO

Chair of Organizing Committee for Biological Sciences, November 1991 Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA

Co-Organizer with Dr. Caleb Finch, UCLA Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Aging, March 1989, Santa Fe, NM

Organizer, Second West Coast C. elegans Conference, March 1988, Lake Arrowhead, CA

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MEMBERSHIP IN ADVISORY GROUPS:

2005 - current External Advisor, MIMAGE European Consortium, Frankfurt, Germany
   
2004 - current External Advisor, Genetics of Healthy Aging Consortium (GEHA), Bologna, Italy
   
2002 -2003 External Advisor, Neuromutagenesis Program, Tennessee Mouse Genetic Consortium.
   
2000 International Advisor, Australian Society for Cellular and Molecular Gerontology, Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine.
   
1999 Author, Report to Congress on QTL Mapping, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
   
1997 Member, Extramural Scientific Advisory Board, Advisor on Report to Congress, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
   
1997 - 2004 Scientific Advisor to Portland Alcohol Research Center.
   
1997 Member, Extramural Scientific Advisory Board, Advisory on Genetics Portfolio, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
   
1995, 1996 Member, ad hoc Mapping of Genes for Longevity, Committee on Population, National Academy of Sciences.
   
1994 - 1996 Member of Course Advisory Group, Summer Training Courses in Experimental Aging Research, Administered through Univ. of Michigan.
   
1994 ACTION Review Committee, Gerontology Society of America.
   
1992 Scientific Advisor to National Institute on Aging, Committee to Assess the Value of an Outbred Rodent Model for Selection on Longevity.
   
1992 Scientific Advisor to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Extramural Science Advisory Board: Applications of Animal Models to Alcohol Research.

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CONSULTING RELATIONSHIPS:

2006 Consultant, Peptide Pharmaceuticals
2005 Consultant, SomaLogic, Boulder, CO
2005 - present External Advisor, “Role of Mitochondria in Conserved Mechanisms of Ageing” (MIMAGE), Frankfurt, Germany
2005 - present External Advisor, Genes Specifying Human Aging (GEHA), Bologna, Italy
2001 - present Consultant, Accera, Aurora, CO.
2000 - present Consultant, Evolutionary Genomics, Inc., Denver, CO.
1999 - 2001 Consultant, Neurogenetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA.
1999 - present Executive Committee, San Antonio Nathan Shock Aging Center
1997 - 2000 Founder and Vice President for Functional Genomics at GenoPlex, a genomics company with a major focus on aging, learning, and anesthetics
1996 - 1999 External Advisor to Program on Aging, UT Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
1995 - 1996 Scientific Advisory Board, MRX Biotechnologies
1994 External Advisor to Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California
1994 Scientific Advisor, Genome Technologies
1993 Scientific Advisor and Member of Board of Peers, Biogerontronix, Inc.
1992 Outside Advisor to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1991 Scientific Advisor to National Institute on Aging, Committee on Mammalian Genetic Models for Longevity
1991 Scientific Advisory Council GRECC, Denver Veterans Administration
1988 - 1990 Scientific Advisory Committee, Nucleic Acids Research Institute

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GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEES:

2003 - present Cellular Mechanisms in Aging and Development Study Section, Founding Member
2001 Mammalian Genetics Study Section, ad hoc
1995 - present National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, ad hoc
1995 National Institute on Drug Abuse, ad hoc
1992 - 1996 Biological and Clinical Aging Review Subcommittee A, 1992 - present Veterans Administration, ad hoc
1986, 1991-present American Federation for Aging Research
1986 - present United States Department of Agriculture
1983 - present National Science Foundation
1983 - present National Institute on Aging, ad hoc National Institute on Aging

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS at NATIONAL or INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA (since 1996):

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:

Genetics and Genomics of Inflammatory Barrier Diseases, July 12, 2007, Kiel Germany: "The Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans: An Anti Aging Model for Humans?"

Symposia Related to Aging

National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Population’s Workshop on the Biodemography of Aging, April 12-13, 1996, Washington, D.C.: Approaches to Mapping Longevity Genes.

UNESCO Sponsored International Conference on Human Ageing, Adding Life to Years, June 17-20, 1996, Paris, France: Role of Stress in the Life-Extension Mutants of C. elegans.

French Academies of Sciences and of Moral and Political Sciences, June 21-22, 1996, Paris, France: The Discovery of Gerontogenes.

Featured Speaker, 1996 FASEB Meeting, August 17-22, Snowmass, CO: Clonal Senescence and Differentiation; Longevity Genes in the Nematode.

49th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 17-21, 1996, Washington, D. C.: Changing Funding Structure and its Effects on Biological Science Research Directions in Gerontology.

Fourth South-North Human Genome Conference, UNESCO, March 16-19, 1997, Guadalajara, Mexico: Genetic determination of aging in C elegans: the role of stress.

American Association for Cancer Research 88th Annual Meeting, April 12-16, 1997, San Diego, CA: Genetics of aging and dietary restriction: Possible convergence.

Third European Research Workshop on Longevity, May 17-21, 1997, Ancona, Italy: Genes determining longevity in model systems: Relevance to humans.

NHMCC Bio/Technology Conferences: Molecular and Genetic Strategies for Treatment of Age-Related Diseases, July 14-15, 1997, Seattle, WA: Identification of genes specifying signal transduction pathways leading to increased health and longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Second Annual Symposium on the Biology of Aging, November 6-8, 1997, Lexington, KY: Increased resistance to stress as a ‘public’ mechanism for increased longevity.

Bat-Sheva Seminar on Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Aging and Longevity, December 7-12, 1997, Israel: Longevity assuring genes in nematodes.

Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging, May 10-15, 1998, Barga, Italy: Stress resistance, dietary restriction and hormesis: common actions in aging.

NHMCC Bio/Technology Conferences: Frontiers in Aging research and Age-Related Diseases, Oct. 5-7, 1998, San Diego, CA: Life extension as resistance to stress: toward a molecular description. (Meeting cancelled.)

Hiroshima Cancer Seminar Foundation, November 2, 1998, Hiroshima, Japan: Genes for Aging in Nematodes: Regulating Response to Environmental Stress.

51st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 20-23, 1998, Philadelphia PA.: Stress and gerontogenes: the intersection.

Internet World Congress, Dec. 7-16, 1998, Cyberspace: Genetic manipulation of longevity in C. elegans through increased response to stress.

Keystone Symposium, Aging: Genetic & Environmental Influences on Life Span. Feb. 2-7, 1999, Tamarron Hilton, Durango CO: Genetic and environmental manipulation of longevity in C. elegans.

American Aging Association, June 4, 1999, Seattle WA: Genes, longevity and stress adaptation in C. elegans.

22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biomedical Gerontology. June 16-18, 1999, Kyoto, Japan. Uncovering the secrets of aging using genetics in the nematode C. elegans.

1999 FASEB Meeting, July 5-9, Copper Mountain, CO: "Role of stress resistance in life extension: focus on the worm.

Third International Research Colloquium on Social and Biological Determinants of Longevity, August 2-6, 1999, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany Physiological aspects of individual life expectancy in the nematode worm.

Course on the Molecular Biology of Aging, August 11, 1999, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA: Increased resistance to environmental stressors and diseases of aging: common-ground among all gerontogenes.

Colloquium on the Molecular Biology of Aging, August 13, 1999, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA: Resistance to stress: Worms to mammals.

EMBO Workshop of Molecular and Cellular Gerontology, Sept 18-22, 1999, Olivone, Switzerland: Life extension of C. elegans is specified by increased stress resistance. (lecture presented by Dr. Shin Murakami, a postdoctoral fellow.)

Buck Center for Research in Aging, Inaugural Symposium, Sept. 30, 1999, Novato CA.: Life extension as resistance to environmental stress: toward a molecular description in C. elegans.

52nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 19-23, 1999, San Francisco, CA.: Gerontogenes through evolution: nematode, mouse, human.

52nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 19-23, 1999, San Francisco, CA.: From daf-2 to the insulin receptor: does the dauer pathway truly mimic CR in mammals?

European Science Foundation meeting on the Biology of Ageing, May 6-10, 2000, Spa, Belgium: Gerontogenes mediate health and longevity in nematodes through increasing resistance to environmental toxins and stressors.

American Aging Association, June 2, 2000, Boston MA: Changes in transcript prevalence with age in a nematode worm.

Third International Conference on Genetic Effects on Aging August 7, 2000, Bar Harbor, ME: "Analysis of longevity genes in Caenorhabditis elegans points to increased response to stress as key for increased longevity."

Course on the Molecular Biology of Aging, August 14, 2000, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA: Increased resistance to environmental stressors and diseases of aging: common-ground among all gerontogenes.

Australian Society of Cellular and Molecular Gerontology, March 27, 2001, Melbourne, Australia: Increased resistance to environmental stressors and diseases of aging: common-ground among all gerontogenes.

Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging, July 22 – 26, 2001, Oxford, UK: Microarray analysis of normal aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Sept 4-7, 2001, Prague, Czech Republic: Longevity genes in the nematode C. elegans also increase resistance to stress and prevent disease.

Comparative Biology of Aging Workshop, Feb. 6, 7, 2002, Washington D.C. The Insulin/IGF-1 pathway in C. elegans: conservation of signaling cassette; apparent divergence of signal outcome.

Second Euresco Conference on Biological Ageing, Spetses Greece, May 18-22, 2002, "The aging program: an organismic response to living?"

Third Longevity Consortium Meeting, Annapolis Md., July 14 – 16, 2002, The ‘aging program’ is an organismic response to life.

55th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 22-25, 2002, Boston, MA: C. elegans, The Promise and The Reality".

56th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, at the Public Policy Committee Symposium: “The Genie’s Out of the Bottle: Moral, Ethical, and Societal Implications of the Search for the Fountain of Youth”, November 22, 2003, San Diego CA: “Advances in genetics research promote development of a drug for life extension”.

Robert W. Kleemeier Award Lecture, 56th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 22, 2003, San Diego CA: “Genes, phenes, and dreams of immortality”.

56th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, At the Presentation of the Longevity Prize of the Foundation IPSEN to J. Vaupel, November 22, 2003, San Diego CA: “Genetics of Longevity”.

Biodemography of Survival and Longevity, Duke University, March 11-13, 2004, Raleigh NC: "Revealing hidden heterogeneity underlying mortality deceleration".

Functional Genomics Conference of Ageing, April 28 - May 1, 2004, Crete, Greece, “The age-1 pathway specifies response to hard times”.

33rd Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, June 4-7, 2004, Tampa FL: “Metabolism and stress resistance in age mutants of C. elegans ”.

University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Redox Biology Center, Oct. 1, 2004, Lincoln NE: “Resistance to reactive oxidants in longevity mutants of C. elegans”.

International Meeting on C. elegans, June 25 – 29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA: “Stochastic Effects Make a Big Difference in How Long You Will Live (If You Are a Worm)”.

Conference on Genetics of Healthy Aging (GEHA), July 6 – 9, 2005, Bologna, Italy: “Genes, Environment and Chance Determine Longevity.”

Nutrient Control of Gene Expression and Cell Signaling, August 3 - August 4, 2005, Tucson AZ: “Nutrient Specification of Longevity in C. elegans.”

Buck Institute 2005 Symposium, Pharmacology of Lifespan Extension, October 6-8, Novato, CA: "Genes, environment and especially chance determine longevity."

2nd Symposium on The Role of Mitochondria in Conserved Mechanisms of Aging, April 6, 2006, Frankfurt, Germany. “Genes, Environment and Chance – All Play a Role in Determining Life Span; How Much?

11th Annual Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century Conference, July 21 – 23, 2006, Aspen, CO. “Life Span Extension or Immortality: The Reality and the Hype”

International Association of Gerontology, 5th European Congress of Biogerontology, Istanbul, Turkey, September 16-20, 2006, “Conservation of gene function?”  contrasting the IGF-1 and mitochondrial longevity genes of C. elegans”.

Austrian Biochemical Society September 25 – 27, 2006, Salzburg, Austria. “The Roles of Genes, Environment and Chance in Determining Life Span.”

Evolutionary Demography Workshop, October 23 – 25, 2006, Durham, NC. “Environmental and stochastic determinants of longevity explain most of the variation in nematode life-span.”

3rd International Friedreich’s Ataxia Scientific Conference, November 10 – 12, 2006, Bethesda, MD. “A Nematode Model for Friedreich’s Ataxia”

59th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Sciety of America, November 16 – 20, 2006, Dallas, TX. “How Far to Immortality? Facts from Research in Invertrebrates.”

European Conference on Aging, November 28 –  30, 2006, Innsbruck, Austria. “Stochastic Aspects of Programmed Aging”

Conference on Research Frontiers of Social, Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Healthy Longevity, December 19 – 21, 2006, Beijing, China. “Genetics of Longevity in C. elegans”.

Molecular Basis of Aging, April 11-15, 2007, Titisee (Germany), “Epigenetic and stochastic factors in C. elegans longevity”.

Summit for Systems Biology, June 5-7, 2007, Richmond, VA, “Genetics of Aging in C. elegans”.

Ben Hall Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, August 22-25, 2007, “Genes, environment or chance – Roles in the specification of life span, a C. elegans story.”

MiMage Summer Course, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, September 18-22, 2007, “Genes, environment, and chance in aging and life span:How much of each?”

Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, September  23-28, 2007, ”Worm regulation of stress resistance”.

20th Annual AFAR Grantee Conference, New York City, October 1-2, 2007, “A Biomarker of Longevity Involves Response to Stress.”

Summit on Cognitive Aging, Washington D.C. October 9 – 11, 2007, “Genetic and Epigenetic Factors in Age Related Cognitive Function.”

GEHA Training course on Genetic Data Analysis, Rostock, Germany, November 11-13, 2007. “Biodemography in a Model System: The Nematode C. Elegans.”


Symposia Related to QTL-Mapping of Alcoholism and Related Traits

1996 Gordon Research Conference on Alcohol, January 7-12, 1996, Oxnard, CA: Identifying, Confirming, and Cloning Genes Specifying Sensitivity to Ethanol in LS and SS Mice.

The Fifth International Conference on Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Anaesthesia, June 18-20, 1997, Calgary, Alberta. Presentation delivered by Dr. Victoria Simpson, a major collaborator.

Veteran’s Administration Workshop on QTLs and Alcohol Action, September 18-20, 1997, Cannon Beach, OR: Whither QTLs, After the Mapping.

Member, Extramural Scientific Advisory Board, Advisory on Genetics Portfolio, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Nov. 4, 5, 1997, Washington D.C.: Quantitative Trait Loci for Alcohol-Related Behaviors in Non-Human Mammals.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Workshop on QTL Mapping; August 20-21, 1998, Bethesda, MD: Sedation.

2000 Keystone Symposium on the Genetics of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Jan. 23-28, 2000, Tahoe City, CA.: Uncovering genes for neurosensitivity to ethanol and general anesthetics.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Workshop on QTL Endgame: Strategies for Identifying Genes Influencing Alcohol-Related Behavior; Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2000, Rockville, MD: QTL ID to gene ID for alcohol’s hypnotic action.

Keystone Symposia on Natural Variation and Quantitative Genetics in Model Organisms, Jan. 8 - 13, 2004, Breckenridge, CO: "QTLs in mice and worms; use of recombinant inbred strains."

38th Winter Conference on Brain Research, Jan.  22 – 28, 2005, Breckenridge, CO: “Novel quantitative trait genes (QTGs) for the sedative-hypnotic drug dependence, withdrawal, and sensitivity.”


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INVITED SEMINARS (since1998):

 

University of California at Los Angeles, January 29, 1998, Los Angeles, CA: Gerontogenes in the worm and relevance to mammalian aging.

School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, October 22, 1998, Denver CO: Life extension as resistance to stress: toward a molecular description in C. elegans.

Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, October, 27, 1998, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Life extension as resistance to stress: toward a molecular description in C. elegans.

Department of Aging Angiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, November 4, 1998, Asahi, Matsumoto, Japan: Life extension as resistance to stress: toward a molecular description in C. elegans.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, December 8, 1998, Berkeley, CA: Gerontogenes in the nematode and their role in the response to stress.

Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, May 13, 1999, Denver, CO: Molecular genetic approaches to slowing organismic aging and extending healthy life.

Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Oct. 21, 1999, Philadelphia, PA: The role of stress resistance in the specification of life extension in C. elegans.

Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Oct. 22, 1999, Chapel Hill, NC: The role of stress resistance in the specification of life extension in C. elegans.

Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Sept. 15, 2000: The role of stress resistance in the specification of life extension in the nematode C. elegans.

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Sept. 28, 2000, Boulder, CO: Mouse models of human alcoholism: genes underlying ethanol neurosensitivity.

NIAAA QTL Mapping Workshop, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 30, 2000 "QTL ID to Gene ID for alcohol's hypnotic action".

Neurogenetics, Inc., San Diego, CA, Dec. 7, 2000 Potential clinical relevance of daf-16 homologs.

Alcohol Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX, March 5, 2001, Mouse models of human alcoholism: genes underlying hypnotic neurosensitivity to ethanol.

Alcohol Research Center, Wake Forest University, Greenboro, NC, April, 2001, Mouse models of human alcoholism: genes underlying ethanol hypnotic neurosensitivity.

Roche Bioscience, Palo Alto, CA, April 25, 2001, Mapping QTLs for alcohol and drug sensitivity in mice.

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Shock Center on Aging, Sept 10, 2001, Genetic analysis of aging mutants in C. elegans reveals an insulin/IGF-1 pathway regulating life extension and stress resistance; are there human applications?

Fitzsimons BioTechnology Park, Aurora, CO, Sept 26, 2001, Finding the longevity gene…in Colorado.

Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Nov. 26, 2001: Playing the gene game to understand aging.

California Institute of Technology, January 22, 2002: Aging mutants in C. elegans reveal trade-offs between life extension and reduced fitness; are there human applications?

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Feb. 25, 2002: Identification of life extension genes and relevance to humans and mice.

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 23, 2002: Increased resistance to environmental stressors and diseases of aging: common-ground among all gerontogenes.

Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Oct. 18, 2002: Playing the gene game to understand aging.

Annual Retreat of the Tennessee Mouse Genetics Consortium, Nashville, TN, Jan. 16, 2003: Stress resistance as a screenable trait for identifying mouse gerontogenes.

Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dec. 4, 2003 "Life extension mutants in C. elegans."

Case Western Reserve, Dec. 10, 2003, "Programmed aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans? Environmental stress targets a daf-16 dependent pathway."

Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, March 31, 2004, "Environmental stress targets a daf-16 dependent pathway and other alternative interpretations for programmed aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans."

Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome, "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy, "Tor Vergata, May 4, 2004, "Genes, environment and chance specify the life span and aging".


Department of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, December 14, 2004, "Genetic, environmental and chance determination of the life span and aging".


Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institutes on Aging, Baltimore MD., April 19, 2005, "Genetic, environmental and chance determination of the life span and aging".

 Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, July 10-11, 2005, Innsbruck, Austria:  “Genes, environment and chance determine longevity.”

Salzburg University, Department of Genetics, July 11-12, 2005, Salzburg, Austria: “Genes, environment and chance determine longevity.”

Karl Franzens University, Department of Molecular Biology, July 13-14, 2005, Graz, Austria:  “Genes, environment and chance determine longevity.”

Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology & Pharmacology, November7, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri: “Genes, Environment and Chance Determine Longevity.”

University of Alabama, Birmingham Center for Aging, Dec 2, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama.   2005 Annual Hayflick Lecture, honoring contributions to the biology of aging field. “Genes, environment and chance determine longevity.”

University of Arkansas, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dec. 14, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas: “Genes, Environment and Chance Coordinately Specify Life Span and Aging.”

Austin, TX,  March 23, 2006 "Roles of Genes Environment and Chance in Determining Life Span."

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, May 26, 2006 "Genes, Environment, and Chance All Play a Role in Determining Individual Life Span: How Much of Each?"

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, October 4, 2006. “Life Extension Mutants in C. elegans

Barshop Institute, Univeristy of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, March 7, 2007, San Antonio, TX “How Genes, Environment and Chance Work Together to Determine Life Span”.

Boulder, CO  June 11-13, 2007. Biodemography ~ University of Colorado Population Center Summer Short Course  “The Genetics of Longevity”.


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SOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS:

  1. Johnson, T. E., 1997 The Identification of Gerontogenes in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans and their Involvement in Resistance to Stress 1997

  2. Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health, January, 1998.

EDITORIALS:

  1. Johnson, T. E., 1988 Thoughts on the selection of longer-lived rodents. Growth, Develop., Aging 52: 207-209.

  2. Johnson, T. E., 1999 Introduction to the special issue on "Genetics and Model Systems". Neurobiol. Aging 20: 469-470.

  3. Allison, T. E., Miller, R. A., Austad, S. N., Bouchard, C., Leibel, R., Klebanov, S., Johnson, T. E., and Harrison, D. E., 2001 Genetic variability in responses to caloric restriction in animals and in regulation of metabolism and obesity in humans. J. Gerontol: Biol. Sci. 56A: 55-65.

  4. Cypser, J. and Johnson. T. E., 2001 Hormesis extends the correlation between stress resistance and life span in long-lived mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. Human and Exp. Toxicol., 20:295-296; 319-320.

  5. Johnson. T. E., 2001 SAGE thoughts on aging. Commentary on "Changes in gene expression associated with developmental arrest and longevity in C. elegans" Gen. Res., 8:1323-1324.

  6. Johnson. T. E., 2002 Commentary on "How many genes influence aging?" Mech. Aging Develop, 123:77-78

  7. Olshansky, S. J., et al. (including myself and 39 others) "Position statement on anti-aging medicine." Scientific American, 286:92-5

  8. Johnson, T. E., Martin, G.M. and Smith, J.R., 2003 A forum for commentaries on recent publications. J. Gerontol: Biol. Sci. 58A: 579-580

  9. .Houthoofd, K., Braeckman, B. P., Johnson, T. E., Vanfleteren, J. R., 2004 Extending life-span in C. elegans. Science. 305:1238-1239

  10. Johnson, T. E. 2005 A salutation from the US. Exper. Gerontol., 40: 5-6.

  11. Crow, J.F.,and Johnson, T.E., 2005 Research on environmental effects in genetic studies of aging: comments. J. Gerontol.: B Psychol. Sci. Soc. Sci. 60 Spec No 1:7-11.

  12. Ventura, N., Rea, S. L., Henderson, S. T., Condo, I., Testi, R., and Johnson, T. E. 2006 C. elegans as a model for Friedreich Ataxia. FASEB J. 20:1029-1030.

  13. Johnson, T. E. 2006 Description of the 2005 Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Societal Implications of Anti-Aging Research at the Gerontological Society of America. Rejuvenation Res. 9:431-432.

  14. Johnson, T.E. 2006 For the special issue: The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in aging research. Exp. Gerontol. 41:887-889.

  15. 15. Grubeck-Loebenstein, B., and Johnson, T. 2006 Introduction to Annual Reviews in Biogerontology. Exp. Gerontol. 41:1207.

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BOOK REVIEWS:

  1. Johnson, T. E., 1991 The Evolutionary Biology of Aging, by Michael R. Rose. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 49:469-470.

  2. 2. Johnson, T. E., 1991 A Hitchhikers Guide to Senescence: Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome, by Caleb E. Finch. Cell 68:183-184.

  3. Johnson, T. E., 1995 How and Why We Age, by Leonard Hayflick. Quarterly Review of Biology 70:331-332.

  4. Johnson, T. E., 2001 Following the Lead of the Long-Lived Mutants. The Molecular Genetics of Aging, by Siegfried Hekimi. American Scientist, 89: 84-85.

  5. Johnson, T. E., 2004 The Start Of Anti-Aging Medicine? Merchants of Immortality Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension, by Stephen S. Hall and Ageless Quest, One Scientist's Search for Genes that Prolong Youth by Lenny Guarente. The Gerontologist, 44: 270-270.

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BOOKS EDITED:

  1. Mitchell, D. H. and Johnson, T. E. (Eds.), Invertebrate Models in Aging Research. CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 1984.

  2. Finch, C. E. and Johnson, T. E. (Eds.), Molecular Biology of Aging, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. 123, Alan R. Liss, NY, 1990.

  3. Johnson, T. E. Editor for Genetics: Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Fourth Edition. Schneider, E. L. and Rowe, J. W. (Eds.), Academic Press, NY, 1996.

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BOOKS AUTHORED:

  1. Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging, (Johnson, T. E. Member), Aging in Today's Environment. 1987 National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences Press.

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Papers Presented at Professional Conferences but not Published:

  1. Johnson, T. E. and Shook, D. R. Theoretical knowledge for demography to be gained from quantitative trait locus analysis. A presentation at the Biodemography of Aging Expert Meeting. Beckman Center, National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA, October 27, 1995.

  2. Johnson, T. E. Quantitative trait loci for alcohol-related behaviors in non-human mammals. A report to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse in reviewing research priorities in the area of alcohol-related genetics, Washington D. C. Nov. 3, 1997.

  3. Johnson, T. E. Animal genetic studies on the etiology of alcoholism. A report to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse prepared in support of the Tenth Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health, January, 1998.

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INTERNET PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Cypser, J., Link, C., Rikke, B. and Tedesco, P., Genetic manipulation of longevity in C. elegans through increased response to stress. Internet World Congress, Dec. 7-16, 1998, http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/index.html.

  2. Michalski, A. I., Johnson, T. E., Cypser, J. W., Yashin, A. I., Changes in C. elegans surviving after early life heating. March 1, 2000. http://www.stress-conference.com.

  3. 1. T. E. Johnson, Subfield History: Caenorhabditis elegans as a System for Analysis of the Genetics of Aging Science's SAGE KE (28 August 2002), http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sageke;2002/34/re4

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PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:

  1. An Interview with Tom Johnson, Ph.D. 2000 "Pieces of the Puzzle". J. Anti-Aging Med. 2:325-329.

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ABSTRACTS :

  1. Johnson, T. E., 1972 A method for isolating protoperithecia. Neurospora Newsletter 19:22.

  2. Johnson, T. E., 1974 Some mutations affecting perithecial and spore pigmentation. Neurospora Newsletter 22:19-20.

  3. Johnson, T. E., 1975 Pattern formation in Neurospora crassa perithecial development: A mosaic analysis. Genetics 80:345-346.

  4. 4. Johnson, T. E., 1976 Analysis of a perithecial developmental mutant in Neurospora crassa that is male and female fertile. Genetics 83:36-37.

  5. Johnson, T. E., 1978 A method for obtaining high specific activity radioactive extracts from perithecia. Neurospora Newsletter 25:14-15.

  6. Johnson, T. E., 1979 A search for position effects in Neurospora. Neurospora Newsletter 26:14
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  7. 7. Johnson, T. E., McAfee, M. and Wood, W. B., 1979 The generation of genetic mosaics. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on C. elegans, p. 34.

  8. Johnson, T. E., McCaffrey, G. and Kauffman, D., 1980 Characterization of worm senescence. C. elegans Newsletter 5:1.

  9. Johnson, T. E., 1980 Generation of X-linked mosaics. C. elegans Newsletter 5:1.

  10. Johnson, T. E., McCaffrey, G. and Lashlee, C. H., 1980 Genetic control of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 95:S51.

  11. Johnson, T. E., Lashlee, C. H. and McCaffrey, G., 1981 Genetic control of lifespan. C. elegans Newsletter 6:1.

  12. Johnson, T. E., Lashlee, C. H. and McCaffrey, G., 1981 Quantitative genetics of lifespan. Abstracts of the Third International C. elegans Conference, p.53.

  13. McCaffrey, G. and Johnson, T.E., 1981 Protein changes during lifespan: 2-D gel analysis. Abstracts of the Third International C. elegans Conference, p. 42.

  14. Johnson, T. E., Lashlee, C. H. and McCaffrey, G., 1981 Quantitative genetics of lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 97:S53-S54.

  15. Johnson, T. E., 1982 Use of recombinant inbred strains in the genetic analysis of lifespan. C. elegans Newsletter 7(1):64.

  16. Kline, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1982 Effects of developmental blocks on lifespan. C. elegans Newsletter 7(1):64.

  17. McCaffrey, G. and Johnson, T. E., 1982 Absence of protein changes in "old" worms. C. elegans Newsletter 7(1):66.

  18. Johnson, T. E. and Robinson, L., 1982 Use of recombinant inbred lines in the genetic analysis of lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 100:S52.

  19. Johnson, T. E. and Robinson, L. A., 1982 Genetic analysis of lifespan in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Behav. Genet. 12:588-589.

  20. Johnson, T. E., 1982 Genetic analysis of long-lived strains of the nematode, C. elegans. The Gerontologist 22:185.

  21. Johnson, T. E., 1983 The use of recombinant inbred lines of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, in the genetic analysis of lifespan, development and behavior. Genetics 104:S37-S38.

  22. Johnson, T. E., Robinson L. and Cuccaro, P. M., 1983 Genetics of long-lived variants of C. elegans. Abstracts of the Fourth International C. elegans Conference, p. 50.

  23. Johnson, T. E., 1983 Use of recombinant inbred lines of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, in quantitative analysis of behavior, development, and senescence. Behav. Genet. 13:539.

  24. Cuccaro, P. and Johnson T. E., 1983 Reversible blocks of aging and development. C. elegans Newsletter 8.1:15-16.

  25. Mitchell, D. H. and Johnson, T. E., 1984 Development and senescence are reversibly arrested by transient starvation in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. The Gerontologist 24:228.

  26. Johnson, T. E. and Mitchell, D. H., 1984 Aging is arrested when development is arrested in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 107:S53.

  27. Friedman, D. B. and Johnson, T. E., 1984 Genetic analysis of a long life-span mutant strain. C. elegans Newsletter 8.3:12-13.

  28. Keller, M. L. and Johnson, T. E., 1984 Movement behavior as a predictor of life-span. C. elegans Newsletter 8.3:14-15.

  29. Simpson, V. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1984 No 5'methyl-cytosine in worm DNA. C. elegans Newsletter 8.3:16.

  30. Friedman, D. and Johnson, T., 1985 Genetic analysis of a long-lived mutant. Abstracts of the Fifth International C. elegans Conference, p. 45.

  31. Johnson, T., 1985 Life-spans of induced mutants. Abstracts of the Fifth International C. elegans Conference, p. 58.

  32. Hartman, P., Simpson, V. and Johnson, T., 1985 Life-span of recombinant inbreds do not correlate with sensitivities to three DNA-damaging agents. Abstracts of the Fifth International C. elegans Conference, p. 68.

  33. Etebar, S. and Johnson, T., 1985 Effects of ionizing irradiation on life-span. Abstracts of the Fifth International C. elegans Conference, p. 39.

  34. Simpson, V., Johnson, T. and Klass, M., 1985 Absence of 5-methylcytosine in DNA at any age. Abstracts of the Fifth International C. elegans Conference, p. 133.

  35. Johnson, T. E. and the Nematode Aging Group, 1985 Life-spans of induced mutants. Abstracts of the 1st International Meeting on Biomedical Gerontology, AGE 8:91.

  36. Johnson, T. E., Friedman, D. B., Fitzpatrick, P. A., Conley, W. L. and Bryant, M. L., 1986 Recessive mutations in a single gene confer life-span extensions of 70% in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 113:S30.

  37. Johnson, T. E., Friedman, D. B., Fitzpatrick, P. A. and Conley, W. L. 1986 Characterization of genetic stocks which prolong life. The Gerontologist 26:75A.

  38. Johnson, T., Conley, B. and Bryant, M., 1986 Developmental effects of loci lengthening life-span. C. elegans Newsletter 9.1:98.

  39. Friedman, D. and Johnson, T., 1986 Further genetic analysis of a long-life mutant strain. C. elegans Newsletter 9.1:99.

  40. Fitzpatrick, P. and Johnson, T., 1986 Analysis of the age-1 locus by three-factor crosses. C. elegans Newsletter 9.1:100.

  41. Johnson, T., Wagner, J. and Nguyen, H., 1986 Isolating long-lived mutants. C. elegans Newsletter 9.1:102.

  42. Johnson, T. E., Friedman, D. B., Fitzpatrick, P. A. and Conley, W. L., 1986 Mutant genes that extend life span. Brookhaven Symposium, Number 34, Abstracts, p.10.

  43. Friedman, D. B. and Johnson, T. E., 1986 Mutations specifying increased mean and maximum life-span in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Ann. Meetings of Soc. for Develop. Biol.

  44. Cruzen, M. and Johnson, T., 1987 Lysosomal enzyme activity as a biomarker of aging using long-lived lines of Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the Sixth International C. elegans Conference, p. 155.

  45. Friedman, F. and Johnson, T., 1987 Genetic analysis of age-1, a gene which increases mean and maximum life span in C. elegans. Abstracts of the Sixth International C. elegans Conference, p. 130.

  46. Fitzpatrick, P. and Johnson, T., 1987 Attempts to separate long life and reduced fertility using four factor crosses. Abstracts of the Sixth International C. elegans Conference, p. 145.

  47. Shoemaker, J., Friedman, D., Fitzpatrick, P. and Johnson, T. , 1987 Deficiency mapping of the age-1 locus in Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the Sixth International C. elegans Conference, p. 43.

  48. Foltz, N. and Johnson, T., 1987 Life span and self-fertility polygenes in C. elegans. Abstracts of the Sixth International C. elegans Conference, p. 143.

  49. Johnson, T. E., 1987 Recombinant inbred lines can be used to conveniently map cloned DNA fragments based solely on strain distribution patterns. C. elegans Newsletter 10.1:15.

  50. Shoemaker, J. E. and Johnson, T., 1987 Progress in cloning the age-1 gene. C. elegans Newsletter 10.1:16.

  51. Cruzen, M. and Johnson, T., 1987 Preparation and maintenance of age-synchronous mass cultures. C. elegans Newsletter 10.1:141.

  52. Johnson, T. E., 1988 A mutation in a single gene produces a 70% increase in the life span of the round worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the International Symposium on the Biology of Aging, pp. 22-26.

  53. Foltz, N. and Johnson, T., 1988 Long life and low fertility: mating experiments with mutants and wild-type hermaphrodites. Abstracts of the 1988 C. elegans meetings at Arrowhead.

  54. Shoemaker, J., Fitzpatrick, P. and Johnson, T., 1988 Strange happenings at the age-1 locus. Abstracts of the 1988 C. elegans meetings at Arrowhead.

  55. Johnson, T., 1988 Genetic modulation of the aging processes. 39th Annual Meeting of the Tissue Culture Association.

  56. Johnson, T., 1988 A developmental genetic approach to the analysis of aging processes. Biomedical Advances in Aging '88, Abstracts.

  57. Foltz, N., Johnson, T. and Shoemaker, J. E., 1988 Long life and low fertility: mating effects on life span. C. elegans Newsletter 10.2:37.

  58. Johnson, T. E., 1988 How genetics can be used to infer causality among aging related events. 41st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

  59. Johnson, T. E., 1988 Mutant genes that extend life span. The Gerontologist 28:298A.

  60. Hutchinson, E. W., Tedesco, P. M., Link, C. D. and Johnson, T. E., 1989 Cloning genes for life-extension in Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Cell. Biochem 13C:140.

  61. Hutchinson, E. W., Tedesco, P. and Johnson, T. E., 1989 Molecular and genetic localization of age-1: one gene and its nature. Abstracts of the Seventh International Meeting on C. elegans, p.130.

  62. Fabian, T. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1989 Age-dependent transcription. Abstracts of the Seventh International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 73.

  63. Johnson, T. E., 1989 Molecular genetic analysis of processes limiting life. Third International Congress of Biomedical Gerontology.

  64. Johnson, T. E., 1989 Genetic analysis of life span: Whence and Where. The Gerontologist 29:64A.

  65. Johnson, T. E., 1989 Aging: Is it all in your genes? 90 Minutes, Alumni lecture series at University of Colorado.

  66. Johnson, T. E., 1990 Aging genes in worms. 1990 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 129.

  67. Hutchinson, E. W., Tedesco, P. M. and Johnson, T. E., 1990 Antagonistic pleiotropy in nematode aging: a genetic analysis. Society for Evolutionary Biology Annual Meeting.

  68. Johnson, T. E., 1990 Genetic analysis of aging genes in nematodes. Workshop on the Correlations of Aging and Space Effects on Biosystems (CASEB).

  69. Johnson, T. E., Tedesco, P. M. and Hutchinson, E. W., 1990 Molecular and classical genetic analysis of life span in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Gerontologist 30:251A-252A.

  70. Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1990 Fertility in C. elegans. Abstracts of the 1990 West Coast C. elegans meetings, Seattle, WA.

  71. Johnson, T. E., Tedesco, P. M. and Hutchinson, E. W., 1990 Cloning a gene specifying life-span extension. Third Serling Symposium on the Biology of Aging, Jerusalem, Israel.

  72. Johnson, T. and Tedesco, P., 1990 Identification of deficiency endpoints surrounding fer-15 and emb-27. C. elegans Newsletter 11.4:14.

  73. Hutchinson, E. W. and Johnson, T. E., 1990 age-1 and fer-15 are separate genes. C. elegans Newsletter 11.4:74.

  74. Fabian, T. and Johnson, T., 1990 Isolation of cDNAs differentially expressed during the adult life span. C. elegans Newsletter 11.4:13.

  75. Brooks, A. and Johnson, T., 1990 Effects of deficiencies on hermaphrodite fertility. C. elegans Newsletter 11.4:73.

  76. Johnson, T. E., Greenlee, J. T. and Markel, P. D., 1991 QTL mapping of genes conferring ethanol sensitivity. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 15:320.

  77. Johnson, T. E., 1991 Identifying and cloning genes that limit life span of Caenorhabditis elegans. 1991 Asia/Oceania Conference on Gerontology, Yokohama, Japan.

  78. Brooks, A., Wold, R. and Johnson, T. E., 1991 The interaction between hermaphrodite fertility and life span. Abstracts of the Eighth International Meeting on C. elegans.

  79. Tedesco, P., Hutchinson, E. and Johnson, T., 1991 Deficiency mapping shows that reduced hermaphrodite self fertility is separable from age-1. Abstracts of the Eighth International Meeting on C. elegans.

  80. Fabian, T. J. and Johnson, T., 1991 Isolation and characterization of genes which are differentially expressed during the adult life span. Abstracts of the Eighth International Meeting on C. elegans.

  81. Hutchinson, E., Lindsay, D. and Johnson, T., 1991 Multi-point mapping of age-1. Abstracts of the Eighth International Meeting on C. elegans.

  82. Duhon, S. and Johnson, T., 1991 Movement and pharyngeal pumping as biomarkers of longevity. Abstracts of the Eighth International Meeting on C. elegans.

  83. Brooks, A., Wold, R. and Johnson, T. E., 1991 The interaction between hermaphrodite fertility and life span in C. elegans. The Gerontologist 31 (special edition II):77.

  84. Hutchinson, E. W., Lindsay, D. and Johnson, T. E., 1991 Multi-point mapping of age-1. The Gerontologist 31 (special edition II):180.

  85. Brooks, A., Wold, R. and Johnson, T. E., 1991 The interaction between hermaphrodite fertility and life span in C. elegans. AGE 14:139.

  86. Johnson, T., Fabian, T., Tedesco, P. and Hutchinson, T., 1991 Molecular genetic approaches to the analysis of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. AGE 14:135-136.

  87. Fabian, T. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1991 Differential gene expression during the adult life span of C. elegans. AGE 14:143.

  88. Duhon, S. and Johnson, T., 1991 Movement and pharyngeal pumping as biomarkers of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. AGE 14:140.

  89. Johnson, T. E., Tedesco, P. M., Hutchinson, E. W., Brooks, A. and Lithgow, G. J., 1992 Identification and cloning of gerontogenes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago.

  90. Jensen, A. and Johnson T., 1992 Paraquat resistance maps near the age-1 locus in multipoint mapping in Age recombinant strains. C. elegans Newsletter 12.2:101.

  91. Tedesco, P. and Johnson, T., 1992 Integrated transgenic lines rescue fertility in Age strains. C. elegans. Newsletter 12.2:39.

  92. Markel, P. D. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Detection of QTLs regulating ethanol sensitivity using STS mapping. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 16:373.

  93. Fabian, T. and Johnson, T., 1992 Differential gene expression in the adult life span of C. elegans. Abstracts of the 1992 Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Aging p. 55.

  94. Lithgow, G. J., Tedesco, P. M., Hutchinson, E. W., Melov, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Cloning of the C. elegans gerontogene, age-1. Abstracts of the 1992 Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Aging, p. 16.

  95. Johnson, T. E., Hutchinson, E. W., Tedesco, P., Brooks, A., Fabian, T. J., Duhon, S., Lithgow, G. J. and Melov, S. L., 1992 Genetic approaches to the dissection of aging processes of Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the 1992 Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Aging, p. 63.

  96. Lithgow, G. J., Johnson, T. E., Tedesco, P. M., Brooks, A., Fabian, T. J., Duhon, S. A. and Melov, S. L., 1992 Genetic approaches to the dissection of aging processes of Caenorhabditis elegans. Behav. Genet. 22:732.

  97. Johnson, T. E., DeFries, J. C., Jensen, A. K. and Markel, P. D. , 1992 Mapping quantitative trait loci for behavioral traits in the mouse. Behav. Genet. 22:728.

  98. Duhon, S. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Movement and pharyngeal pumping as biomarkers of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Behav. Genet. 22:719.

  99. Markel, P. D. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Repeatability of ethanol induced sleep time in mice. Behav. Genet. 22:734.

  100. Fabian, T. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Age-dependent expression during the adult life span of Caenorhabditis elegans. Behav. Genet. 22:720.

  101. Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Mapping quantitative trait loci for life span and self-fertility. Behav. Genet. 22:712.

  102. Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. and Hutchinson, T., 1992 Mapping quantitative trait loci for life span and self-fertility. C. elegans Newsletter 12.3:114-115.

  103. Johnson, T., Lithgow, G., Tedesco, P., Brooks, A., Fabian, T., Duhon, S., Jensen, A. and Melov, S., 1992 Genetic dissection of aging processes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Fourth Serling Symposium on the Biology of Aging.

  104. Nelson, J. F., Karelus, K., Felicio, L. S. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Reproductive lifespan differs among genotypes and is correlated with longevity in mice. The Gerontologist 32 (special edition II):218.

  105. Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Mapping quantitative trait loci for life span and self-fertility in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The Gerontologist 32 (special edition II):121-122.

  106. Lithgow, G. J., Tedesco, P. M., Hutchinson, E. W., Melov, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Cloning of a life-span-limiting gene from C. elegans. Molecular Mechanisms of Aging Symposium.

  107. Melov, S., Jensen, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1992 Examination of the effects of paraquat on long lived strains of C. elegans. Molecular Mechanisms of Aging Symposium.

  108. Fabian, T. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1993 Isolation of genes that are differentially expressed during aging in C. elegans. Molecular Biology of Aging, Keystone Symposium, J. Cell Biochem. Supp. 17D:159.

  109. Lithgow, G. J., Tedesco, P. M., Hutchinson, E. W., Melov, S. L., Jensen, A., Duhon, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1993 Molecular genetics of C. elegans life span. Molecular Biology of Aging, Keystone Symposium, J. Cell Biochem. Supp. 17D:144.

  110. Melov, S. L. and Johnson, T. E., 1993 Mitochondrial deletions with age in the nematode C. elegans. Meeting on Molecular Biology of Aging, Keystone Symposium, J. Cell Biochem. Supp. 17D:166.

  111. Duhon, S.A. and Johnson, T.E., 1993 Detection of new long-lived mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Gerontologist 33:96.

  112. Johnson, T. E., Cassel, C., Cole, T., Binstock, R. and Hackler, C., 1993 Adding life to years: Realty, implications, societal and ethical considerations. The Gerontologist 33:95-96.

  113. Johnson, T. E., 1993 What is the role of genetics in longevity? The Gerontologist 33:202-203.

  114. Duhon, S. and Johnson, T., 1993 Movement as index of vitality. Abstracts of the Ninth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 108.

  115. Fabian, T., Gehle, V. and Johnson, T., 1993 Isolation of genes having differential expression during aging in C. elegans. Abstracts of the Ninth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 125.

  116. Lithgow, G., Tedesco, P., Hutchinson, E. and Johnson, T., 1993 Toward cloning of the C. elegans gerontogene, age-1. Abstracts of the Ninth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 278.

  117. Lithgow, G., White, T., Melov, S., Jensen, A. and Johnson, T., 1993 Response of long-lived mutant strains to stress. Abstracts of the Ninth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 279.

  118. Melov, S. and Johnson, T., 1993 Increase in mitochondrial deletions (dmtDNA) with age in the nematode C. elegans. Abstracts of the Ninth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 309.

  119. Markel, P., Beeson, M., Gordon, L., and Johnson, T., 1993 Mapping of QTLs regulating ethanol-induced anesthesia. Psyc. Genet. 3:141.

  120. Lithgow, G., Tedesco, P., Hutchinson, T., White, T., Melov, S. and Johnson, T., 1993 Molecular genetics of aging in C. elegans. Abstracts of Symposium on the Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Aging.

  121. Johnson, T. E., Markel, P. D., Fulker, D. W., DeFries, J. C. and Melov, S., 1994 Mapping QTLs for ethanol-induced anesthesia in LSXSS recombinant inbred and F2 mice. Abstracts of Seventh Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 18:6A.

  122. Fulker, D. W., Markel, P. D., DeFries, J. C., Corley, R. P. and Johnson, T. E., 1994 Use of interval mapping to localize quantitative trait loci in recombinant inbred strains. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 18:452.

  123. Markel, P. D., Beeson, M. A., Gordon, L., DeFries, J. C., Melov, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1994 Mapping QTLs influencing ethanol-induced anesthesia in LS and SS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 18:452.

  124. Simpson, V. J., Keller, A. L. and Johnson, T. E., 1994 An analysis of LSXSS sleep time response to the anesthetic inhalational agents isoflurane and enflurane. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 18:485.

  125. Hinerfeld, D., Lithgow, G. J. and Johnson, T. E., 1994 Decrease in thermotolerance with age in long-lived mutants of C. elegans. The Gerontologist 34:18, 129, 364.

  126. Johnson, T. E., Kenyon, C., Larsen, P., Shmookler-Reis, R. J. and Lithgow, G. J., 1994 The nematode C. elegans, a model for the genetic analysis of aging processes. The Gerontologist 34:317.

  127. Johnson, T. E., 1994 Genetic influences on longevity and aging rate. The Gerontologist 34:292.

  128. Lithgow, G. J., White, T., Hinerfeld, D., Duhon, S. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1994 Thermotolerance exhibited by a long-lived C. elegans mutant. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on the Biology of Heat Shock Proteins and Molecular Chaperones, p. 173.

  129. Johnson, T. E., 1994 Testing biological theories of aging: Fact versus theory. The Gerontologist 34:114.

  130. Johnson, T. E., Simpson, V. J., Markel, P. D., Bennett, B., Beeson, M. A. and Gordon, L., 1994 Mapping quantitative trait loci influencing general anesthesia sensitivity in LS and SS mice. Mouse Genome Conference, London.

  131. Johnson, T. E., Lithgow, G. J., Murakami, S., Tedesco, P. M., Duhon, S. A., Shook, D. R., White, T. M. and Melov, S., 1994 Dissection of the physiology underlying long-lived mutants of C. elegans.

  132. Rikke, B. A., Bennett, B., Markel, P. D., Simpson, V. J., Johnson, D. K., Montoliu, L. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Identification of a QTL for ethanol and general anesthetic sensitivity near the albino locus. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  133. Bennett, B., Markel, P. D., Beeson, M. A., Gordon, L. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Mapping QTLs influencing ethanol-induced anesthesia in LS and SS mice: F2 confirmation. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  134. Simpson, V. J., Keller, A., Bennett, B. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Mapping QTLs influencing general anesthetic sensitivity in LS and SS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  135. Cherny, S. S., Corley, R. P., Fulker, D. W., DeFries, J. C., Goodman, D. W., Markel, P. D. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Regression approaches to QTL analyses in selected F2 samples. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:48A.

  136. Lithgow, G. J., White, T. M. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 age-1 thermotolerance may be associated with hsp16 accumulation. C. elegans Newsletter, p. 81.

  137. Lithgow, G. J., White, T. M. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Stress response and lifespan. C. elegans Newsletter, p. 82.

  138. Murakami, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 A common phenotype of longer life mutants in C. elegans. C. elegans Newsletter, p. 83.

  139. Shook, D. R., Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 QTL mapping of life history traits in C. elegans. Behav. Genet. 25:300.

  140. Hanebuth, E., Johnson, T. E., Fulker, D. W. and Wehner, J. M., 1995 Quantitative trait loci for bicuculline seizure susceptibility in long-sleep and short-sleep recombinant inbred strains of mice. Behav. Genet. 25:269.

  141. Christensen, S. C., Johnson, T. E., Markel, P. D., Fulker, D. W., Corley, R. P., Collins, A. C. and Wehner, J. M., 1995 Quantitative trait locus analyses of sleep-times induced by several sedative-hypnotic drugs of abuse in LSXSS recombinant inbred strains of mice. Behav. Genet. 25:260.

  142. Duhon, S. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 The isolation and characterization of age mutants. Abstracts of the Tenth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 194.

  143. Murakami, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Longer-life mutants share a common mechanism conferring stress resistance in C. elegans. Abstracts of the Tenth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 390.

  144. Shook, D. R., Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 QTL mapping of life history traits in C. elegans. Abstracts of the Tenth International Meeting on C. elegans, p. 468.

  145. Simpson, V. J., Keller, A., Rikke, B., Bennett, B., Johnson, D. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Mapping QTLs influencing general anesthetic sensitivity in LS and SS mice. The Biology and Genetics of Complex Mammalian Traits, Bar Harbor, ME.

  146. Johnson, T. E., Bennett, B., Rikke, B., Beeson, M. and Gordon, L., 1995 Mapping QTLs for ethanol sensitivity in LS and SS mice. The Biology and Genetics of Complex Mammalian Traits, Bar Harbor, ME.

  147. Christensen, S. C., Johnson, T. E., Markel, P. D., Fulker, D. W., Corley, R. P., Collins, A. C. and Wehner, J. M., 1995 Quantitative trait locus analyses of sleep-times induced by several sedative-hypnotics in LSXSS recombinant inbred strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  148. Erwin, V. G., Radcliffe, R. A, Jones, B. C., Johnson, T. E. and Fulker, D. W., 1995 Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci for ethanol actions and neurotensin levels in brain regions from LS X SS RI strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  149. Erwin, V. G., Jones, B. C., Fulker, D. W. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Quantitative trait loci for ethanol actions and neurotensin receptors in brain regions from LS X SS RI strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 19:47A.

  150. Johnson, T. E., Bennett, B., Rikke, B., Simpson, V. J., Beeson, M. and Gordon, L., 1995 From character to clone: Mapping the mouse genes responsible for sensitivity to ethanol. Obesity Research 3:316s.

  151. Smith, D. W. E., Carues, B. A., Olshansky, S. J., Grahn, D., Johnson, T. E. and Vaupel, J. W., 1995 New perspectives on longevity. The Gerontologist 35:278.

  152. Johnson, T. E., 1995 Tutorial on models for the study of aging. The Gerontologist 35:125.

  153. Duhon, S. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Isolation and characterization of age mutants. C. elegans Newsletter, 14:101.

  154. Murakami, S., Tedesco, P. M., Lithgow, G. J., Hutchinson, E. W. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Mapping of age-1 and daf-23. C. elegans Newsletter, 14:100.

  155. Johnson, T. E., Markel, P. D., Bennett, B., Hume, G., Rikke, B., Beeson, M. and Gordon, L., 1996 Mapping QTLs for ethanol sensitivity in F2 from ILS by ISS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 20:26A.

  156. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Tedesco, P. M., Duhon, S. A., Shook, D. R. and Lithgow, G. J., 1996 Identifying and cloning longevity-determining genes in the nematode C. elegans. Colloques Médécine et Recherche, Fondation IPSEN.

  157. Simpson, V. J., Keller, A. L., Rikke, B. and Johnson, T. E., 1996 Testing the role of the Tyr gene in propofol/ethanol neurosensitivity in LS/SS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 20:24A.

  158. Simpson, V. J., Costello, J., Rikke, B., Corley, R. and Johnson, T. E., 1996 Mapping a major QTL for propofol neurosensitivity in F2 mice from an LS by SS cross. Anesthesiology.

  159. Shook, D. R., Hinerfeld, D. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1996 QTLs for life history traits in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Gerontologist 36:203.

  160. Shook, D. R., Brooks, A. and Johnson, T. E., 1995 Mapping life history QTLs using C. elegans recombinant inbred strains: a model system for detecting antagonistic pleiotropy and epistasis at the single gene level. Evolutionary Biology Meetings, Poster Abstracts.

  161. Rikke, B. A., Johnson, D. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1996 Microsatellite-based physical and genetic maps of the murine albino deletion complex to support the positional cloning of developmental genes. Cold Spring Harbor Mouse Molecular Genetics Meeting.

  162. Murakami, S., Tedesco, P. M., Dames, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1996 A geronto- pathway confers stress resistance. The Gerontologist 36:204.

  163. Bennett, B., Beeson, M., Gordon, L. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 Identifying the genes underlying the QTLs for ethanol sensitivity in LS and SS mice: Confirmation of QTLs using marker-assisted selection. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 21: 18A.

  164. Johnson, T. E., Bennett, B., Beeson, M. and Gordon, L., 1997 Identifying the genes underlying the QTLs for ethanol sensitivity in LS and SS mice: Marker-assisted congenic construction. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 21: 18A.

  165. Erwin, V. G., Costello, J. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 Development of congenic C57BL strains with DBA alleles for ethanol avoidance; Confirmation of QTL regulating ethanol consumption. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 21: 18A.

  166. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Link, C. and Lithgow, G., 1997 Genetic determination of aging in C. elegans: The role of the stress response system. Fourth North-South Human Genome Conference, UNESCO.

  167. Cypser, J. R. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 Stress resistance and life span in selected strains. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, p. 600.

  168. Dames, S. A. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 Mortality kinetics of large populations of C. elegans. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, p. 598.

  169. Murakami, S. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 Anti-aging kinase receptor. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, p. 338.

  170. Murakami, S., Kliminskaya, M. and Johnson, T. E., 1997 daf-23 may not be age-1. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, p. 337.

  171. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Link, C., Rikke, B., Dames, S. and Cypser, J. 1997 Gerontogenes leading to increased health and longevity in nematodes. Bat-Sheva Seminar on Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Aging and Longevity, December 7-12, 1997, Israel

  172. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Link, C., Rikke, B. and Cypser, J. 1998 Increased resistance to stress is a marker for gerontogenes leading to increased health and longevity in nematodes. Alfred Benzon Symposium No. 44, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  173. Shen, E.H., Moir, P.T., and Johnson, T.E., 1998 Effects of ketamine on locomotor activity and loss of righting reflex in LS and SS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 22: 101A.

  174. Johnson,T.E., and Bennett, B., 1998 Phenotypic confirmation of QTLs for ethanol sleep time using congenic strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 22: 101A.

  175. Whatley, V. J., Erwin, V. G., and Johnson, T. E., 1998 Identification of QTLs responsible for ethanol preference in the development of congenic C57BL/6 strains with DBA/2 donor alleles. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 22: 101A.

  176. Shimizum, M., Tsuboyama, T., Matsushita M., Higuchi, K., Hosokaza, M., Bennett, B., Johnson, T.E., and Nakamura, T., 1998 Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci that Control Low PFAK Bone Mass Using a Spontaneously Osteoporotic Mouse Strain, Samp6. 3rd Comined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies, September 28-30, 1998, Japan.

  177. Johnson, T. E., 1998 Life extension as resistance to stress: toward a molecular description. NHMCC Bio/Technology Conferences: Frontiers in Aging research and Age-Related Diseases, Oct. 5-7, San Diego, CA. (Meeting cancelled).

  178. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Link, C., Tedesco, P., Rikke, B. and Cypser, J., 1999 Genetic and environmental manipulation of longevity in C. elegans. Keystone Symposia: Aging: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Life Span, Feb. 2-7, Durango, CO.

  179. Cypser, J. R., Johnson, T. E., 1999 Hormesis, gerontogenes and daf-16. Keystone Symposia: Aging: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Life Span, Feb. 2-7, Durango, CO.

  180. Murakami, S., Kliminskaya, M. and Johnson, T. E., 1999 Positive regulation of longevity and resistance to environmental stress by TKR-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in C. elegans. Keystone Symposia: Aging: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Life Span, Feb. 2-7, Durango, CO.

  181. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Cypser, J., Link, C., Rikke, B. and Tedesco, P., Genetic manipulation of longevity in C. elegans through increased response to stress. Internet World Congress, Dec. 7-16, 1998, http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/index.html.

  182. Johnson,T. E., and Bennett, B., 1999 Phenotypic confirmation of QTLs for ethanol sleep time using congenic and recombinant congenic strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 23: 61A.

  183. Ehringer, M., Thompson, J., Xu, Y., Yang, F., Beeson, M., Gordon, L., Bennett, B., Johnson,T. E., and Sikela, J. M., 1999 High throughput sequencing of candidate genes for alcohol-related QTLs. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 23: 105A.

  184. Wick, M. J., Whatley, V. J. Johnson,T. E., Erwin, W. J., and Harris, R. A., 1999 Differentially expressed mRNA species in a congenic mouse model of alcohol preference/avoidance. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 23: 106A.

  185. Johnson, T. E., Murakami, S., Tedesco, P., Cypser, J., deCastro, E. and Link C., 1999 Uncovering the secrets of aging using genetics in the nematode C. elegans. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biomedical Gerontology. Japan.

  186. Johnson, T.E., Bennett, B. Sikela, J., Ehringer, M. Xu, Y. and Wick, M., 2000 Uncovering genes for neurosensitivity to ethanol and general anesthetics. Keystone Meetings on Alcohol Action, Lake Tahoe, NV.

  187. Yashin, A., Cypser, J.R., Johnson, T.E., Michalski, A., Boyko, S., 1999 Stress and longevity: a statistical modeling perspective. Abstracts of the Population Association of America.

  188. Shen, E. H. and Johnson, T. E., 2000 Provisional QTLs in common for ethanol and anesthetic sensitivity. Keystone Meetings on Alcohol Action, Lake Tahoe, NV.

  189. Owens, J., Bennett B., and Johnson, T. E., 2000 Specification of ataxia, hypothermia, and locomotor activation of Lores-1, -2,and -5 using Lore Congenics. Keystone Meetings on Alcohol Action, Lake Tahoe, NV.

  190. Johnson, T. E., 2000 From QTL to Gene. Workshop at the RSA meetings, Denver, CO.

  191. Yashin, A.I., Cypser, J. R., Johnson, T.E., Michalski, A.I., Boyko, S. I., and Novoseltcev, V. N., 2000 Aging and survival after different doses of heat shock: the results of analysis of data from stress experiments with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. European Conference on Biogerontology, St-Petersburg, Russia.

  192. Owens, J. C., Bennett, B., and Johnson, T. E., 2000 Pleiotropy for hypnotic sensitivity to ethanol and ethanol-induced locomotor activation using Lore-1 congenics. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 24: 97A.

  193. Ehringer, M., Thompson, J., Conroy, O., Xu, Y., Yang, F., Canniff, J., Beeson, M., Gordon, L., Bennett, B., Johnson, T.E., Sikela, J. M., 2000 High-throughput sequencing of candidate genes for alcohol-related QTLs. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 24: 98A.

  194. Rikke, B.A, Simpson, V. J., Montoliu, L., Johnson, T. E., 2000 No effect of albinism on sensitivity to ethanol and general anesthetics. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 24: 58A.

  195. Shen, E.H. and Johnson, T. E., 2000 QTLs in common for ethanol and anesthetic-induced loss of righting reflex, Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 24: 97A.

  196. Bennett, B. and Johnson, T. E., 2000 Confirmation of QTLs for ethanol sleep time using congenic and recombinant congenic mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 24: 96A.

  197. Yashin, A.I., Cypser, J.W., Johnson, T.E., Michalski, A.I., Boyko, S.I. and Novoseltcev, V.N., 2000 Stress, aging and longevity: experimental data and models, The Gerontologist, in press.

  198. Ehringer, M., Thompson, J., Conroy, O., Xu, Y., Yang, F., Canniff, J., Beeson, M., Gordon, L., Bennett, B., Goldman, D., Schuckit, M., Johnson, T. E., and Sikela, J. M., 2000 Progress toward gene identification for alcohol-related phenotypes. Amer Soc. Human Genet., 67:329.

  199. Lund, J., Tedesco, P., Duke, K., Kim, S. K. and Johnson, T. E., 2001 Global profile of gene expression during aging. Abstracts of the 2001 Gordon Research Conference, Oxford, U.K.

  200. MacLaren, E., Ehringer, M., Kaiser, A., Yang, F., Soriano, B., Bennett, B. Johnson, T.E. and Sikela, J.M., 2001 Genomic approaches to the identification of gene coding region and regulatory differences in QTL candidate genes for alcohol sensitivity. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 25: 117A.

  201. Johnson, T. E. and Bennett. B., 2001 Phenotypic confirmation of QTLs for ethanol sleep time and blood ethanol concentration using congenic and congenic recombinant strains of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 25: 117A.

  202. Owens J. C. and Johnson, T. E., 2001 A classical genetic analysis of low dose ethanol-induced activation in the inbred long sleep (ILS) and inbred short sleep (ISS) mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 25: 116A.

  203. Proctor, W. R., Bennett, B., Johnson, T. E., and Dunwiddie, T. V., 2001 The ethanol sensitivity of evoked GABAa responses in hippocampal neurons from congenic lines of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 25: 11A.

  204. Cypser, J. R. and Johnson, T. E., 2001, C. elegans as a model for hormetic life extension. J. Amer. Aging Assoc., page number not available

  205. Eisenman, L. M., Donovan, H. S. and Johnson, T. E. Effect of alcohol on c-fos expression in hypothalamus of LS and SS mice. Abstracts of the 2001 Neuroscience Meetings.

  206. Lund, J., Tedesco. P., Duke, K., Kim, S. K. and Johnson, T. E., 2001 Global profile of gene expression during aging. Abstracts of the 13th International C. elegans Meeting, #241.

  207. de Castro, E., de Castro, S. H. and Johnson., T. E., 2001 Identification of genes involved in oxidative stress response and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of the 13th International C. elegans Meeting, #856.

  208. Owens, J. C., Bennett, B., and Johnson, T. E., 2001 Differential responses to ethanol-induced activity and ethanol-induced hypothermia in the ILS.ISS.Lore congenics. Abstracts of the 2001 Neuroscience Meetings.

  209. Cypser, J. R. and Johnson, T. E., 2002 Using C. elegans to model induced stress resistance and life span hormesis. Non-linear dose-response relationships in biology, toxicology and medicine.

  210. Bennett. B., Johnson, T. E. and Williams, R. W., 2002 A new panel of recombinant inbred strains from ILS and ISS. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 26: 99A.

  211. Bennett. B., and Johnson, T. E., 2002 Genetic dissection of QTLs for ethanol sleep time using interval specific congenic recombinant lines of mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 26: 99A.

  212. Haughey, H. M., Kaiser, A. J., Hall, J. T., Johnson, T. E., Bennett, B., Sikela, J. M. and Zahniser, N. R., 2002 Norepinephrine transporter expression influences initial ethanol sensitivity in inbred short-sleep and long-sleep mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 26:104A.

  213. Kaiser, A.L., Yang. Y., Burger, S., Bennett, B., Beeson, M., Gordon, L., Johnson, T.E., Sikela, J.M., 2002 High throughput sequencing of the Lore5 initial sensitivity to alcohol QTL in ILS and ISS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res., 26: 55A.

  214. Haughey, H. M., Kaiser, A. J., Hall, J. T., Johnson, T. E., Bennett, B., Sikela J. and Zahniser, N. R., 2002 The norepinephrine transporter influences initial ethanol sensitivity in Inbred short-sleep and long-sleep mice. Abstracts of the 2002 Society for Neurosciences Meetings, 104A.

  215. Bennett, B., Johnson, T. E., Williams, R. W., 2002 A New Panel of Recombinant Inbred Strains from ILS and ISS. Complex Trait Consortium Abstracts, Memphis TN, May, 2002.

  216. Bennett, B. and Johnson, T.E. 2003 A new panel of recombinant inbred strains from ILS and ISS. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 27: 49A

  217. Kaiser, A., MacLaren, E., Marshall, K., Walter, N., Bennett, B., Johnson T.E. and Sikela, J.M., 2003 Identification of an altered coding region between ILS and ISS mice for Brp17, a candidate gene for the Lore1 QTL. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 27: 48A.

  218. Downing, C., Hall, J., Springett, J. and Johnson, T. E. 2003 Effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 on the sedative-hypnotic properties of ethanol. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 27: 84A.

  219. Kearns R, Downing, C., Bowman, M., Bennett, B., Johnson T. & Miles M.F. 2004 Identification of ethanol QTL candidate genes by expression profiling in ISS/ILS congenic mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 28:8A

  220. Bennett, B., Williams, R.W., Lu, L., Gu, J., Carosone-Link, P., Rikke, B., and Johnson T.E. 2004 Genetic mapping for ethanol-related behaviors in the LXS panel of recombinant inbred strains from ILS and ISS. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 28:87A

  221. Parker, C., Carosone-Link, P., Johnson, T.E., and Bennett B. 2004 Ethanol-mediated anxiety reduction in Inbred Long-Sleep and Inbred Short-Sleep mice on the elevated zero maze: a pilot study. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 28:90A

  222. Bennett, B., Downing, C., Haughey, H., Zahniser, N., Miles, M., and Johnson, T. E. 2004 Multistage genetic mapping for ethanol sensitivity: from mapmaker to candidate genes. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 28:63A.

  223. Johnson, T., Arum, O., Henderson, S., Kahn, N., Rea, S., Tedesco, P., and Wu, D. 2004 Metabolism and stress resistance in age mutants of C. elegans. Abstracts of the American Aging Association, p. 8.

  224. Rikke, B., Johnson, T.E. 2004 Genetic dissection of dietary restriction. Abstracts of the American Aging Association, p. 78.

  225. Bennett, B., Carosone-Link, P., Rikke, B., and Johnson, T.E. 2004 Genetic mapping for ethanol-related behaviors in the LXS panel of recombinant inbred strains from ILS and ISS. Complex Trait Consortium Abstracts, Bar Harbor, Maine.

  226. Miles, M.F., Kerns, R., Downing, C. and Johnson, T. E. 2005 Congenic lines, expression profiling and bioinformatic approaches define candidate genes for lore QTLs in ILS/ISS mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 29:197A

  227. Kerns, R., Downing, C., Bowman, M. Johnson, T. and Miles, M.F. 2005 Identification of ethanol QTL candidate genes by expression profiling in ISS/ILS congenic mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 29:90A

  228. Parker, C., Henderson, H., Carosone-Link, P., Holmes, A., Spencer, R., Bennett, B., and Johnson, T. E. 2005 The effects of acute and chronic restraint stress on sensitivity to ethanol-induced loss of righting reflex in inbred long-sleep, inbred short-sleep, and F1 mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 29:8A

  229. Downing, D. and Johnson, T.E. 2005 The metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) mediates sensitivity to ethanol-induced sedation. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 29:8A

  230. Rea, S. L., Kahn, N. Link, C., and Johnson, T. E. SKN-1 Anti oxidant Activity and Mit Mutant Longevity. Abstracts of the 15th International C. elegans Meeting p. 128.

  231. Johnson, T.E., Rea, S., Wu, D., and Cypser, J. 2005 Stochastic effects make a big difference in how long you will live (if you are a worm). Abstracts of the 15th International C. elegans Meeting, p. 186.

  232. Johnson, T. E., de Grey, A. D. N. J., Fuber, J. D., and Thoman, M. Progress toward postponement of mammalian aging. The Gerontologist, page number not available.

  233. Downing, C., Bennett, B., Carosone-Link, P.,and Johnson, T.E. 2006 QTL Mapping for the psychomotor stimulant effect of alcohol in LXS recombinant inbred mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 30: 121A.

  234. Downing, C., Gaudreau, C., Gilliam, D., and Johnson, T.E. 2006 Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on activity in mice from four inbred strains. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 30: 232A.

  235. Bennet, B., Carosone-Link, P., and Johnson, T.T. 2006 Confirmation and fine mapping of QTLs for ethanol sensitivity using the LSX RI strains. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 30: 121A.

  236. Miles, M.F., Vorster, P., Downing, C., Bennett, B., and Johnson, T.E., 2006 Identification of ethanol-responsive gene networks by expression profiling across LXS Recombinant Inbred Lines. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 30: 177A.

  237. Parker, C.C., Ponicsan, H., Spencer, R., Holmes, A., and Johnson, T.E., 2006 genetic differences in the effects of acute and chronic forced swim stress on sensitivity to ethanol-induced loss of righting reflex in inbred mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 30: 123A.

  238. Gaudreau, C., Gilliam, D.M., Johnson, T.E. and Downing,.C. 2007 Ethanol teratogenesis in inbred long-sleep, inbred short-sleep and C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 31: 104A.

  239. Bennett, B., Carosone-Link, P., and Johnson. T.E. 2007 Mining SNP databases to narrow QTL intervals and identify candidate genes. Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 31: 134A.

  240. Downing, C., Miles, M.F., Bennett, B., Sikela, J., Hopkins, J. and Johnson, T.J. 2007 Hypocretin effects on loss of righting due to ethanol (LORE). Alcohol.: Clin. Exp. Res. 31: 191A.


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