Welcome, Dr. Cagney Coomer!

May 8, 2024

Please welcome our newest postdoc, Dr. Cagney Coomer. She will be receiving postdoctoral training in Dr. Kevin Jones’s lab.

Cagney received her B.S. in Biology from Virginia State University and her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Kentucky. She is the 2022 Hanna H. Gray Fellow. Her research states that neural circuits are the fundamental connections underlying all brain functions, from cognition to behavior. Understanding these complex pathways has important implications for neuroscience research and human neurological disorders. Cagney is generating transgenic tools – which change an organism’s DNA – for transsynaptic tracing in zebrafish to map, monitor, and manipulate neural circuits. She aims to apply these powerful techniques to study neural circuit dynamics in both the developing and regenerating nervous system.

Welcome, Dr. Coomer!

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