Bio

John Britt is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Genetics program after graduating from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Genetics. He currently is a member of the Rao lab, and works on understanding the roles of different signaling pathways and nutrients in trophoblast differentiation and preservation of the trophoblast stem cell niche, along with other research projects such as developing a macaque-based model of early embryonic development and understanding trophoblast stem cell plasticity. During his time as a Ph.D. student, John Britt has been awarded several different fellowships and grants including the Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP), the Young Research Scholars (YS) summer grant, and the Genetics and Genomics Academy Summer Teamwork mini-grant. He has also been an active member of several groups on campus, such as the Genetics and Genomic Academy (GGA), the Comparative Medicine Institute, and the GSA.