Colin Florian

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Joseph D. Dougherty, PhD

Undergraduate university: Millikin University, 2013

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
Functional characterization of the regulatory grammar of MYT1L-bound targets

Graduate publications
Plassmeyer SP, Florian CP, Chase R, Kasper MJ, Mueller S, Liu Y, McFarland White K, Sierra-Cortez L, Fischer AD, Jungers CF, Djuranovic SP, Djuranovic S, Dougherty JD. 2025 Approaches for identification of 5′ UTR mutations impacting translation and protein production from neurodevelopmental disorder genes. Cell Rep Methods, 5(12)::101247. PMCID:

Sapkota D, Florian C, Doherty BM, White KM, Reardon KM, Garbow JR, Yuede CM, Cirrito JR, Dougherty JD. 2022 Aqp4 stop codon readthrough facilitates amyloid-β clearance from the brain. Brain, 145(9):2982-90. PMCID: PMC10233234

Chen J, Yen A, Florian CP, Dougherty JD.. 2022 MYT1L in the making: emerging insights on functions of a neurodevelopmental disorder gene. Transl Psychiatry, 12(1):292