Ross G. Johnson is a professor emeritus of genetics, cell biology and development at the University of Minnesota. He began studying gap junctions in the 1960s, shortly after these cellular communication channels were discovered, and has been exploring their assembly and regulation with Laird and Lampe for more than 20 years.
Defects in Structures That Connect Cells Underlie Many Diseases
Neighboring cells exchange molecular information via channels that directly connect them. Disruption of this signaling system can lead to disorders ranging from hearing loss to heart disease