John Flanagan

John Flanagan, Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology (HMS)

John Flanagan, Ph.D., did his undergraduate training at the University of Oxford in biochemistry and his graduate training at the University of Cambridge, UK in molecular biology. His postdoctoral training was at Harvard Medical School in the Genetics department, focused on cell-cell signaling, after which he joined the Department of Cell Biology as a faculty member.

The Flanagan lab studies how cell-cell signaling molecules set up spatial pattern, particularly in the development and regeneration of connections in the nervous system.

Harvard Medical School

Dept. of Cell Biology, LHRRB 601B

240 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

Lab Phone: 617-432-4096

Reconstruction of human optic nerve heads for finite element modeling.
Authors: Authors: Sigal IA, Flanagan JG, Tertinegg I, Ethier CR.
Technol Health Care
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Semaphorin 5A is a bifunctional axon guidance cue regulated by heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.
Authors: Authors: Kantor DB, Chivatakarn O, Peer KL, Oster SF, Inatani M, Hansen MJ, Flanagan JG, Yamaguchi Y, Sretavan DW, Giger RJ, Kolodkin AL.
Neuron
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Finite element modeling of optic nerve head biomechanics.
Authors: Authors: Sigal IA, Flanagan JG, Tertinegg I, Ethier CR.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
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Evidence for direct CP violation in B0-->K+pi- decays.
Authors: Authors: Chao Y, Chang P, Abe K, Abe K, Abe N, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akai K, Akatsu M, Akemoto M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Barbero M, Bay A, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Danilov M, Dash M, Dong LY, Dowd R, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Epifanov D, Everton CW, Fang F, Flanagan J, Fratina S, Fujii H, Funakoshi Y, Furukawa K, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Grosse Perdekamp M, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Hagner C, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hasuko K, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hinz L, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Huang HC, Igaki T, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh K, Itoh R, Iwamoto M, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kagan R, Kakuno H, Kamitani T, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kent N, Khan HR, Kibayashi A, Kichimi H, Kikuchi M, Kikutani E, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim JH, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Koiso H, Koppenburg P, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kubo T, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuo CC, Kurashiro H, Kurihara E, Kusaka A, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SE, Lee SH, Lee YJ, Lesiak T, Li J, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, MacNaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Marlow D, Masuzawa M, Matsuishi T, Matsumoto H, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, Michizono S, Mikami Y, Mimashi T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyabayashi Y, Miyake H, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori T, Mueller J, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakadaira T, Nakamura I, Nakamura TT, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakayama H, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa A, Ogawa S, Ogawa Y, Ohmi K, Ohnishi Y, Ohshima T, Ohuchi N, Oide K, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Parslow N, Peak LS, Pernicka M, Perroud JP, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Ronga FJ, Root N, Rozanska M, Sagawa H, Saigo M, Saitoh S, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Sakaue H, Sarangi TR, Satapathy M, Sato N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seki T, Semenov S, Senyo K, Settai Y, Seuster R, Sevior ME, Shibata T, Shibuya H, Shidara T, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Siegle V, Singh JB, Somov A, Soni N, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sugahara R, Sugi A, Sugimura T, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanabe K, Tanaka M, Tawada M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tokuda S, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uchida K, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe M, Watanabe Y, Widhalm L, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamamoto N, Yamamoto S, Yamanaka T, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yang H, Yeh P, Ying J, Yoshida K, Yoshida M, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zang SL, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Ziegler T, Zontar D, Zürcher D.
Phys Rev Lett
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Generation of recognition diversity in the nervous system.
Authors: Authors: Schmucker D, Flanagan JG.
Neuron
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Role of eIF5A in TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis of lamina cribrosa cells.
Authors: Authors: Taylor CA, Senchyna M, Flanagan J, Joyce EM, Cliche DO, Boone AN, Culp-Stewart S, Thompson JE.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
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Fiber order of the normal and regenerated optic tract of the frog (Rana pipiens).
Authors: Authors: Bach H, Arango V, Feldheim D, Flanagan JG, Scalia F.
J Comp Neurol
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Assessment of retinal hemodynamics with the Canon laser blood flowmeter after a single dose of 2% dorzolamide hydrochloride eyedrops.
Authors: Authors: Faingold D, Hudson C, Flanagan J, Guan K, Rawji M, Buys YM, Trope GE.
Can J Ophthalmol
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Retinal axon response to ephrin-as shows a graded, concentration-dependent transition from growth promotion to inhibition.
Authors: Authors: Hansen MJ, Dallal GE, Flanagan JG.
Neuron
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Loss-of-function analysis of EphA receptors in retinotectal mapping.
Authors: Authors: Feldheim DA, Nakamoto M, Osterfield M, Gale NW, DeChiara TM, Rohatgi R, Yancopoulos GD, Flanagan JG.
J Neurosci
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