#  Ya'el Courtney 

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**Thesis advisor:** Maria Lehtinen  
**Rotation lab(s):** Gordon Fishell, Maria Lehtinen, Lauren Orefice  
**For me, home is:** Boston now! Have lived in Ohio, NC, NY, Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, Louisiana  
**Undergraduate degree(s):** BS Cellular and Molecular Biology  
**Research experience before PiN:** Human fMRI (two summer internships at WUSTL through BP-ENDURE), neuroendocrinology (undergraduate honors thesis work), neuroimmunology (Broad Institute summer internship)  
**Current research interests:** Neurobiology, CSF, choroid plexus, neurodevelopment, cell/molecular biology, immunology (Lehtinen lab)  
**Interests outside lab:** Hiking, reading, live music, musical theatre, thrifting, beer/cocktails, lifting, cooking and consuming amazing food. 

 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2019-2020](/entry-year/2019-2020)
- ## People
    
     [Student](/people/student)