Justin L. Cotney, PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences · UConn Health · University of Connecticut
Quick answer: Justin L. Cotney, PhD is Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences at University of Connecticut. Justin L. Cotney, PhD shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Postdoctoral positions in comparative functional genomics for both experienced molecular biologists and computational biologists are available in the Cotney Lab within the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences and the Institute for Systems Genomics at UConn Health.
Research interests
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.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[{'authors': 'Li, Qing; Faux, Pierre; Wentworth Winchester, Emma; Yang, Guangrui; Chen, Yingjie; Ramírez, Luis Miguel; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; Poloni, Lauriane; Steimetz, Emilie; Gonzalez-José, Rolando; Acuña, Victor; Bortolini, Maria-Cátira; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer, Francisco; Rojas, Winston; Zheng, Youyi; Cox, James C; Patel, Vaishali; Hoffman, Matthew P; Ding, Li; Peng, Chenchen; Cotney, Justin; Navarro, Nicolas; Cox, Timothy C; Delgado, Miguel; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Ruiz-Linares, Andrés', 'journal': 'Current biology : CB', 'year': '2025 Jan', 'volume': '35', 'issue': '1', 'pages': '131-144.e6'}, {'authors': 'Gilmore, Rachel B; Liu, Yaling; Stoddard, Christopher E; Chung, Michael S; Carmichael, Gordon G; Cotney, Justin', 'journal': 'Nucleic acids research', 'year':
Frequently asked questions
Is Justin L. Cotney, PhD hiring PhD students at University of Connecticut?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Justin L. Cotney, PhD's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Postdoctoral positions in comparative functional genomics for both experienced molecular biologists and computational biologists are available in the Cotney Lab within the Department of Genetics and G.
What does Justin L. Cotney, PhD research?
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 iden
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