Julianna Determan

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Current advisor: Kristen L. Kroll, PhD

Undergraduate university: Missouri Southern State University, 2021

Enrollment year: 2023

Research summary

Graduate publications
Prakasam R, Determan J, Chapman G, Narasimhan M, Shen R, Saleh M, Kaushik K, Gontarz P, Meganathan K, Hakim B, Zhang B, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. 2025 Autism- and intellectual disability-associated MYT1L mutation alters human cortical interneuron differentiation, maturation, and physiology. Stem Cell Reports, 20(3):102421. PMCID: PMC11960533

Kaushik K, Chapman G, Prakasam R, Batool F, Saleh M, Determan J, Huettner JE, Kroll K. 2025 Requirements for the neurodevelopmental disorder-associated gene ZNF292 in human cortical interneuron development and function. Cell Rep, 44(5):115597. PMCID:

Chapman G, Determan J, Jetter H, Kaushik K, Prakasam R, Kroll KL. 2024 Defining cis-regulatory elements and transcription factors that control human cortical interneuron development. iScience, 27(6):109967. PMCID: PMC11140214