Welcome to the Roh-Johnson Lab

Cancer cells hijack mechanisms of normal development. In a complex milieu of an animal, in which there are many different signals from many different cells, how does a cell parse through this information to know when and what to do? Our long-term research goal is to identify these signals, how they are communicated, and how they are interpreted into a downstream response to regulate cell behavior (cell movement, cell proliferation, cell killing, and cell death) during development and cancer. We use a combination of animal models (zebrafish and mouse) and cell culture-based models, taking advantage of the strengths of each system to answer outstanding questions in cancer cell biology.

Take a look at who we are and what our lab is up to. If you’re interested in working with us, please contact us.