Position SummaryFunctional Genomics in NeuroscienceThe Dougherty lab is seeking recent or upcoming PhD graduates to lead research in functional genomics in the nervous system. We have a variety of ongoing projects that leverage high throughput reporter assays (e.g., Massively Parallel Reporter Assays) to understand gene regulation in the living brain. We apply these approaches to understand the consequences of human genetic mutations, especially in non-coding and RNA regulatory regions (e.g., PMID: 41344325), to understand the basic gene regulation of autism risk genes like MYT1L (e.g., PMID: 39604385, 38906150), and how genetic variation interacts with physiological traits like sex interact with genetic risk (e.g., PMID: 36803612, 35868305). We are one of th