Kendra V. Johnson, Ph.D.
Technical Advisor
Dr. Kendra V. Johnson is a Technical Advisor at Leason Ellis and a member of the Patent Practice Group. Kendra supports patent preparation and prosecution for life sciences clients. She has expertise in pharmaceutical formulations, small molecule pharmaceuticals, antibodies, CAR T cells, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods in molecular and cellular biology.
Kendra holds a Ph.D. in Pathobiology and Mechanisms of Disease from Columbia University, where her graduate research focused on uncovering regulatory pathways involved in retinal vasculature development. She became interested in intellectual property through a fellowship at Columbia University Technology Ventures, where she evaluated technologies developed at the university.
- Columbia University, Ph.D., Pathobiology and Mechanisms of Disease (Cellular and Molecular Biology Focus), 2021
- University of Maryland, B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, cum laude, 2014
- Haley Guiliano LLP, Technical Advisor, 2021-2025
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2017- 2021
- Columbia University Technology Ventures, IP Fellowship, 2020-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Colón Ortiz CK, Potenski AM, Johnson KV, Chen CW, Snipas SJ, Jean YY, Avrutsky MI, Troy CM. Quantification of Immunostained Caspase-9 in Retinal Tissue. J Vis Exp. 2022 Jul 25;(185):10.3791/64237
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Avrutsky MI, Ortiz CC, Johnson KV, Potenski AM, Chen CW, Lawson JM, White AJ, Yuen SK, Morales FN, Canepa E, Snipas S, Salvesen GS, Jean YY, Troy CM.
Endothelial activation of caspase-9 promotes neurovascular injury in retinal vein occlusion. Nature Communications, 2020 Jun 23;11(1):3173
Published Abstracts
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Johnson KV, Choi M, Troy CM.Non-apoptotic caspase-8 signaling mediates retinal angiogenesis via modulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling.Cold Spring Harbor Blood-Brain Barrier Meeting Long Island, NY, April 2021.
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Johnson KV, Troy CM.Caspase-8 plays an apoptosis-independent role in the outgrowth and remodeling of the retinal vasculature.Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Vancouver, BC, April 2019.
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Johnson KV, Troy CM.Caspase-8 plays an apoptosis-independent role in retinal vasculature development.Society for Neuroscience San Diego, CA, November 2018.
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Johnson KV, Avrutsky MI, Troy CM.Non-apoptotic caspase function plays a role in retinal vascular development.Cold Spring Harbor Blood-Brain Barrier Meeting Long Island, NY, April 2019.
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Johnson KV, Avrutsky MI, Troy CM.Non-apoptotic caspase function plays a role in retinal vascular development.Society for Neuroscience San Diego, CA, November 2018.