Johnson research group based in the College of Health & Life Sciences at Aston University. Research interests incl pericytes, fibrosis, & lung diseases 🔬🧫🥼

Birmingham, England
Joined July 2022
Fantastic time today at #miflow2024. Very insightful presentations from all involved. Thanks @miflowgroup for organising a great conference and for voting me 2nd place for my oral presentation! #Midlandsinnovation #flowcytometry
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My video entry is on YouTube for those interested youtu.be/McAnw5OptCI?si=qOMW…
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This week I competed in the @AstonUniversity 3 Minute Thesis final! 🏆 Had an amazing time sharing my research & hearing incredible presentations from fellow finalists. Congrats to all the winners & thanks to those who supported me! #3MT #Aston3MT
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Big thanks to the Aston Sikh Society for bringing the community together with delicious #Langar on Campus! Your generosity and inclusivity are truly appreciated. ❤️
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Sad to say goodbye to our lovely campus pub #thesackofpotatoes with @JJohnsonLab 🍻 Fridays won’t be the same.
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🎇| @AstonUniversity has launched SPARK The Midlands 🩺Part of @SPARK_Stanford, it aims to bridge the gap between medical research discoveries and real-world clinical use 🌐12 projects in the Midlands will be supported through networks and workshops 👉tinyurl.com/ywp3cpee
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Delighted to be supported by SPARK The Midlands to help get our research from bench to bedside. @AstonBioscience @AstonUniversity @UKRI_News @AnneliseGar @R_Bignold aston.ac.uk/latest-news/asto…
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Was thrilled to share my research as a talk and poster at the 11th Annual Mercia Stem Cell Alliance Scientific Meeting #MSCA23 @MerciaStemCell followed by an informative ECR #organoid workshop hosted by @UniofNottingham. 👩🏼‍🔬
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Our knowledge exchange journey took us to the Netherlands 🇳🇱, collaborating with @SheilaWu16 @GriacG & @abilash_ravi09 @LUMC_Leiden. We learned precision cut lung slicing & about alveolus-on-a-chip models - pushing the boundaries of respiratory research 🔬 #ScienceExchange
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Well done to our PhD student Annelise for winning this award!
Thrilled that my poster "Modeling Vascular Cell Interactions using 3D Spheroid Fibrosis Models" won the award for best poster at the 5th Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference 2023 at Aston University. #AstonPGRConference23 @MIBTP1
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So yesterday I finally graduated from Aston University with a PhD in Biomedical Science. It was a great day and it feels so good to finally say its done! @AstonUniversity @AstonHLS @AstonBioscience @JJohnsonLab
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This blood vessel is a star! ⭐️ We recently held another #outreach #biology day with local secondary school students to help them explore science in fun ways! – at Birmingham, England
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It's been a fantastic year having @SheilaWu16 working with us in England. Now our collaborative project continues in the Netherlands! 👩🏼‍🔬
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I had the opportunity to raise awareness about a topic I'm very passionate about #PhDepression #Mentalhealth. Thanks to everyone in @AstonBioscience and @AstonHLS for engaging and asking so many questions! #PhDlife
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Well done to our former placement student, Ola, who made a great contribution to our research on #pericytes. Proud to inspire the next generation of biomedical researchers! 👏🏻👩🏼‍🔬 #WomenInSTEM
🔬🥼Our Biomedical Science course gave Aleks the opportunity learn what she was passionate about Find out more about her journey to Aston 👏 👇Watch the Full Video 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=R59tSU4Z…
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Dr Jill Johnson is at #ATS2023 @atscommunity in Washington, DC, to present a seminar on flow cytometric analysis of lung structural cells as well as recent results from Dr @SheilaWu16 et al. on environmental factors causing #pericyte dysfunction
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Congratulations to @R_Bignold Becky, who has been awarded a #postdoc position in our lab by the @BBSRC to continue her research on #pericytes in #lungdisease @AstonBioscience – at Birmingham, England
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Congrats to our *former* PhD student Becky, who is now officially Dr Bignold!
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We recently had the pleasure of hosting a fascinating #seminar for @AstonBioscience with our #collaborators Prof Reinoud Gosens @gosensr & Prof Marco Harmsen from @univgroningen in The Netherlands 🇬🇧🇳🇱
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