Presenting on “The ciliary protein C2cd3 is required for mandibular musculoskeletal tissue patterning”

Evan C. Brooks is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where he investigates cellular mechanisms and gene regulation downstream of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling activation in mammalian craniofacial development.

Brooks earned his PhD in molecular and developmental biology from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He worked in the lab of Dr. Samantha Brugmann in the Division of Developmental Biology, investigating the role of the ciliary protein C2cd3 in Hedgehog signaling and craniofacial tissue patterning using avian and murine embryo models. While at the University of Cincinnati, Brooks was heavily involved with the school's SACNAS chapter and helped found the Black Biomedical Graduates student group. Brooks received the Albert J. Ryan Foundation Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed upon a graduate student in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine during their graduate studies, as well as the Albert C. Yates Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati Graduate College and an NIH F31 predoctoral research fellowship from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.​​