Sunday, March 4, 2018

JES Research Staff Profiles: Matthew Johnson

Well, it's that time of year again when the US-based research team is gearing up, or should I say, making last minute packing preparations (some of which include updating this blog) to embark on their next data collection session in Jiri, Nepal. We're looking forward to catching up with our Nepali colleagues/friends and another successful field trip.

Meanwhile, we continue with our staff research profiles. This time, we bring you the individual behind these words...


NAME:
Matthew Johnson

INSTITUTION:
South Texas Diabetes & Obesity Institute; Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

POSITION:
Associate Professor

JES ROLE/TASKS:
General field clinic operations, phlebotomy assistant, HbA1c assay manager, blood sample processing, data collation, a bunch of other stuff back in Texas

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Genetics of common complex diseases, molecular genetics, alternative splicing

PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Mountain biking/Trail riding, Cooking, LEGO, Star Wars universe (or is it the multiverse?), all other things SciFi, Music: metal, hard rock \m/

SOMETHING RANDOM ABOUT YOU:
During high school, aspired to be an accountant (that was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (cue opening crawl ); thankfully common sense prevailed)



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