- Springer Nature
- Nature Research Staff Members
- United Kingdom
About Ben Johnson
I gained my first degree in virology from the University of Warwick and a PhD in influenza virus immune evasion from Public Health England and the University of Reading, UK. My research interests then moved on to smallpox vaccines, viral ion channels, and cell adhesion, while a postdoc at Imperial College London. I joined open access publisher BioMed Central in 2011 as an Acquisitions Editor and then Associate Publisher, and was responsible for launching new journals, including Microbiome, Zoological Letters, and Movement Ecology. I have been Head of Communities & Engagement at Springer Nature since 2016, running our online community blogs. I am based in our London office.
Popular Contributions
New! Add your journal name with a clickable badge
Recent Comments
I first heard about this when Dr Shuping Wang died, just last month. It is an incredible story of bravery and persistence. Chilling London play about the HIV/hepatitis blood scandal in China in the '90s
It was a long time ago now, but when I was in the lab, my first paper was about fatal cases of influenza in children. It was a mix of post-mortem reports and new influenza sequence data (st...
Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating and inspirational story! It is rare to get such a first hand account of the challenges of field work - as you say, the memory of field work vanishe...
Another great study from the Brazilian giant viruses group! Great work Jônatas and colleagues!
What a great history of microbiology publishing at Nature!
Please can you share the book review you wrote for Nature during your well-oiled flight...?
What a fascinating story! Ian used to work in the lab next door when we were both at Reading so I have had a long interest in his cat virus :)
Thank you for suggesting that Michaela also t...
Andy, it's been such a pleasure working with you on the Microbiology Community. All the best for the future, and you are always welcome to write about your new life on here!
Hi Shailesh,
We don't support pdf downloads of community posts at the moment. The web page is mobile optimised so it is easy to read on a smart phone or tablet. Hope that helps!
Ben