PhD Graduate Student, MIT ChemE
B.S. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2019
Research Interests
mammalian synthetic biology, supercoiling, biophysics
Publications
- Johnstone, CP; Love, KS; Kabaria, SR; Jones, R; Blanch-Asensio, A; Ploessl, DS; Peterman, EL; Lee, R; Yun, J; Oakes, CG; Mummery, CL; Davis, RP; DeKosky, BJ; Zandstra, PW; Galloway, KE. Gene syntax defines supercoiling-mediated transcriptional
- Love, KS; Johnstone, CP; Peterman, EL; Gaglione, S; Birnbaum ME; Galloway, KE. Model-guided design of microRNA-based gene circuits supports precise dosage of transgenic cargoes into diverse primary cells. Cell Systems. 2025.
- Johnstone, CP & Galloway, KE. Supercoiling-mediated feedback rapidly couples and tunes transcription. Cell Reports. 2022.
- Johnstone, CP & Galloway, KE. Engineering cellular symphonies out of transcriptional noise. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2021.
- Johnstone, CP* & Wang, NB*; Sevier, SA; Galloway, KE. Understanding and Engineering Chromatin as a Dynamical System across Length and Timescales. Cell Systems. 2020.
Beyond the lab
Hiking, sailing, electronics
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