Courtney R McDermott
PhD Student
Lab member: Rutgers (2019-2024)
Project: The effects of the 16p11.2 deletion and early life microbial alterations on hippocampal neurogenesis and behavior
Last known affiliation: NIH K00 D-SPAN Postdoctoral Scientist in the Marlin Lab at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute (2025)
PhD
Education
B.A. Neuroscience-Biology, CUNY at Queens College, 2018
PhD Neuroscience, Rutgers RWJMS, 2024
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Connacher R, Williams M, Prem S, et al. Autism NPCs from both idiopathic and CNV 16p11.2 deletion patients exhibit dysregulation of proliferation and mitogenic responses. Stem cell reports. 2022;17(7):1786. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.06.007.
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McDermott C, Farmer C, Gotham K, Bal V. Measurement of subcategories of repetitive behaviors in autistic adolescents and adults. Autism in adulthood : challenges and management. 2020;2(1):48-60. doi:10.1089/aut.2019.0056.
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Aronowitz J V, Newman K, McDermott C. Estradiol Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization of Auditory Evoked Neural Activity in Male European Starlings (). The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2017;37(33):7800-7802. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1414-17.2017.