Christopher Johnston, PhD

faculty member

Christopher Johnston, PhD

Assistant Professor
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch

Member
Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch

Mail Stop: E4-100

Dr. Christopher Johnston is a microbiologist who focuses on human microbiota, the trillions of bacteria that live on us and within us, and he is particularly interested in those that inhabit the mouth and the gut. While most of these species are harmless or even beneficial, some are implicated in oral and lung infections, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. He designs new genetic engineering approaches that allow his lab and researchers around the world to uncover how bacteria behave during infection, how they acquire resistance to antibiotics and how they can be engineered to produce molecules for human use.

Education

Postdoctoral, Immunology and Infectious Disease, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2016

PhD, Molecular Microbiology, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)/Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland, 2013

BSc, Applied Bioscience, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Cork, Ireland, 2008

Find a Clinical Trial Led by Dr. Johnston

Dr. Johnston in the News

The ins and outs of the tumor microbiome

Science Spotlight - February 20, 2023

How bacteria give cancer a helping hand

Hutch News - November 16, 2022

For the Media

The Media Relations team at Fred Hutch is available to assist members of the news media who would like to arrange interviews with faculty.

Email media@fredhutch.org or call 206.667.2210