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Ryan graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. in animal science and returned to southeastern NC to become part owner/operator of a large family farm. After thirty years, he returned to NCSU to earn a PhD in molecular toxicology where he studied the role of a neurotoxin associated with ALS, along with learning to use CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing in zebrafish to work towards developing models of neurodegeneration. In the Cohen lab, Ryan investigates the role of environmental insults in relation to pathological TDP-43, along with downstream targets and other associated proteins. Outside of lab, Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, visiting their children, running, lifting, reading, and playing the piano.

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