About Us
The Cotney Lab is interested in determining how gene regulatory elements, namely enhancers, control gene expression during mammalian development. We aim to understand how new gene regulatory functions evolve, to identify mechanisms of enhancer function over large genomic distances, and globally identify variants of enhancer sequences that are associated with human disease.
News
- UConn’s Justin Cotney, Ph.D. to be Honored for Research Excellence by Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology 2023-09-20
- Rachel receives travel award for upcoming FPWR Symposium 2023-09-18
- Nagham receives invitation to speak at Neuroscience 2023 2023-09-11
- Postdoc Kevin Child receives ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award 2023-09-11
- Read Rachel Gilmore’s preprint on Angelman syndrome and Prader-Willi cell lines 2023-08-30
- Rachel receives Biomedical Science Service Award in Leadership 2023-08-23
Contact
Phone: | 860-679-8579 |
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E-mail: | cotney@uchc.edu |
Address: | UConn Health Dept. of Genetics and Genome Sciences Cell and Genome Sciences Building R1158 400 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT, 06030 |
UConn Today
My top picks: Horwich/Hartl for their work on chaperone-mediated protein folding. Their discoveries changed how we think about protein structure and has had significant ramifications for our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.
We are pleased to present the inaugural edition of the Penn Epigenetics Institute Newsletter! Check it out for updates from our labs, interviews, and publication highlights:
What if we could prevent congenital conditions from happening in the first place?
Investigator @aussiebiologist discusses his lab's #craniofacial anomalies #research and the impact it may have. #StowersImpact
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47orgzI
Congratulations to our postdoctoral poster winners! 🎉👏
Lorena Maili (Stowers Institute)
Mohamed Hassan (Washington University)
Kelsey Robinson (Emory University)