Autumn Johnson
she/her/hers
For me, home is: Townsend, Massachusetts
Prior degree(s): A. B. in Neuroscience and a secondary in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Research experience before PiN: Undergraduate research in Catherine Dulac’s lab studying how touch contributes to the regulation of social need in mice. After graduating, Ralda Nehme’s lab at the Broad Institute, using iPSCs to investigate the genetic and biological mechanisms of psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Current research interests: Biological bases of neuropsychiatric disorders, especially affective disorders like depression.
Interests outside lab: Video games, weightlifting, reading, Marvel/DC, dogs