University of California San Francisco

Johnathon Lakins, Ph.D.
Johnathon Lakins, Ph.D.

Specialist

    Biography

    Johnathon Lakins, Ph.D. received his doctorate at University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and moved to Pennslyvania in 1999. He joined the Dr. Weaver's lab as a postdoctoral fellow and moved to UCSF with the lab in 2006, where he is currently a specialist and the lab manager. Dr. Lakins assists on many projects in the lab, mainly studying mechanical forces on early embryonic development. 

    Education

    Education
    • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1999.
    • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, B.Sc., Biochemistry, 1990.

    Research Interests

    • Cell line generation
    • Cloning
    • Embryonic stem cells