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Aryana Merritt-Johnson, B.S.

Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant

Bio:

Aryana is a Postbac here at the Allen Institute working on a Brain Science team under Yoav Ben-Simon studying molecular genetic tools. Her project centers around analyzing cell type specific enhancers, and learning how to turn them into tools to target specific cell populations. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.S. in Molecular Cellular Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience in June of 2024.

Science Programs at Allen Institute