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Stefan Blankvoort visiting the lab from Norway

Posted on 2017-05-15 by jcotney

Dr. Stefan Blankvoort from the lab of Dr. Cliff Kentros at Trondheim University visits the Cotney lab to learn ChIP-Seq in small amounts of brain tissue. He will be visiting during the months of April and May.

Jennifer VanOudenhove, PhD joins the lab!

Posted on 2017-01-042017-05-15 by jcotney

Dr. VanOudenhove joins the Cotney lab after completing her PhD with Dr. Gary Stein at UMass Medical School and the University of Vermont Medical School.

Graduate Student Andrea Wilderman Joins the Lab!

Posted on 2016-08-152017-05-15 by jcotney

Following first year rotations Andrea Wilderman has joined the lab to do her thesis research.

Dr. Cotney receives R35 MIRA for ESI!

Posted on 2016-07-152017-05-15 by jcotney

Dr. Justin Cotney awarded a new five-year, $1,993,750, grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his project entitled: “Unraveling mechanisms of genome regulation to understand and improve human health”.

More details on the grant can be found on NIH Reporter.

We are hiring!

Posted on 2015-05-142016-07-26 by jcotney

My lab is officially open for business and looking for a few talented scientists to join my group. I will be accepting applications from Postdoctoral candidates for both experimental and computational positions. I will be accepting Graduate Students from UConn Storrs and UConn Health for rotations beginning in the fall of 2015. If you are interested in my research and how you might be able to contribute to my group please feel free to email me directly or upload information found in the form below. (sorry, generic letters do not receive replies)

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Assistant Professor at UConn Health

Posted on 2014-11-202015-05-21 by jcotney

Excited to announce I will be joining the faculty of the UConn Health as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences and the Institute for Systems Genomics. I will be starting my lab there in mid 2015 and will be actively recruiting researchers, postdocs, and graduate students in the coming months. Please email me directly if you have interest in joining my new group.

K99/R00 Funded

Posted on 2014-05-06 by jcotney

I am pleased to announce my human craniofacial work is now being supported by a K99/R00 award from the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research.

See project info here: NIDCR RePORTER Project Information