David Johnson, Phd Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

My second project as an Invent @ SC Postdoctoral Scholar is in Dr. Nora Disis's Lab at the University of Washington's Cancer Vaccine Institute. My project will be developing novel vaccines that preferentially engage a Type I immune response to target and (1) kill cancer cells, as well as (2) assess whether these vaccines are viable measures for cancer.

Invent @ SC Postdoctoral Scholar Program is dedicated towards training postdocs in developing novel therapeutics targets to treat pediatric cancers and/or diseases with the end goal of using our findings to move towards IND (Investigation New Drug Application). My first postdoctoral research project was in Dr. Siobhan Pattwell's lab which involved.

The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) is a two-year online training program open to underrepresented graduate students and postdoctoral researchers

HHMI Gilliam fellowship program is a competitive pre-doctoral program aimed to increase the diversity among scientists who are prepared to assume leadership roles in science, particularly as college and university faculty. The program provides awards to pairs of students and their dissertation advisers who are selected for their scientific leadership and.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Was accepted into CSHL's School of Biological Sciences where I joined Dr. Alea Mills’ lab. My thesis work involved implementing Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology to discover and elucidate potential novel epigenetic targets to treat glioblastoma.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.This year(2017) only 2,000 individuals were given the grant out of 13,000+.

Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics & Survival (SPINES)The core of the program is an intensive one-month experience that exposes trainees to neuroscience research, ethics and professional development opportunities including grant writing, teaching, public speaking, and work/family balance, and science related careers.

Brown University

New Scientist Program provides 1-on-1 mentoring to underrepresented minority (URM) students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concentrations.My responsibility as coordinator is to support underrepresented minority students at Brown, majoring in the sciences, through establishing mentor/mentee relationships for 60-70 students..

Providence, Rhode Island Area

The Brain Bee is a student run organization dedicated to teaching and inspiring students in low-income communities in the Providence area to pursue a Neuroscience degree after high school. Each year, the Brain Bee tutors high school students, provide a Jeopardy game containing questions pertaining to neuroscience, and the winner goes on to compete at the.

Providence, Rhode Island

As a Presidential Host, I have the honor to meet and greet University leaders and alumni at private dinners, award ceremonies, greeting lectures and receptions. Presidential Hosts are said to be "ambassadors and representatives of the University." Because Hosts are the first and last contact that visitors have with the student body, I personally strive to.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Providence, RI

-Responsible for creating and or supporting community service events-Responsible for organizing and or supporting the organization of community service event-Responsible for providing the general body of the Black Student Union with various community service events.

Third World Center

As a Minority Peer Counselor I am responsible for implementing a safe environment that accepts and supports all identities, beliefs, and choices of life styles. Although on campus we are considered residential peer leaders along with our co-workers, Women Peer Counselors, Residential Counselors, and Community Assistants, Minority Peer Counselors are held.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (HHMI EXROP) and Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) participant in Dr. Oliver Hobert's LabWorked alongside Dr. Eduardo Levya-Diaz on elucidating transcription factors responsible for pan-neuronal gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Brown University

Was chosen to be part of the genome explorers research group. Our goal was to validate the specific gene(s) that induce heat-tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum. The end goal was to aid in isolating the genes responsible for heat-tolerance and transform this gene into other plants with the hope of alleviating the pressures of world hunger by allowing more.