Justin Kenney

Justin Kenney

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Individual differences in behavior
• Zebrafish
• Neuroscience
• Light-sheet microscopy
• Network analysis

Research

I am currently accepting PhD students.

I am interested in understanding the molecular and neural basis of individual differences in behavior. Using zebrafish, we integrate careful behavioral analysis, molecular manipulations, and whole-brain activity mapping to generate an integrated understanding of individuality.

Education

• 2014 - 2018 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
• 2010 - 2014 - Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
• 2005 - 2010 - PhD (Psychology/Neuroscience), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
• 1999 - 2003 - BS (Physics) & BA (Philosophy), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Selected publications

 Rajput N, Parikh K, Kenney JW (2022) Beyond bold versus shy: Zebrafish exploratory behavior falls into several behavioral clusters and is influenced by strain and sex. Biology Open: bio059443

Kenney JW, Steadman PE, Young O, Shi MT, Polanco M, Dubaishi S, Covert K, Mueller T, Frankland PW. A 3D adult zebrafish brain atlas (AZBA) for the digital age. Elife. 2021:e69988.

Kenney, J. W., Scott, I. C., Josselyn, S. A., & Frankland, P. W. (2017). Contextual fear conditioning in zebrafish. Learning & Memory, 24(10), 516-523.

Vetere, G*., Kenney, J. W*., Tran, L. M., Xia, F., Steadman, P. E., Parkinson, J., Josselyn, S. A. & Frankland, P. W. (2017). Chemogenetic interrogation of a brain-wide fear memory network in mice. Neuron, 94(2), 363-374. *Co-authors

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Courses taught by Justin Kenney

Winter Term 2025 (future)

• BIO5080 - Cellular Basis of Animal Behavior

Fall Term 2024 (current)

• BIO4690 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
• BIO6490 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

Winter Term 2024

• BIO4990 - Introduction to Research Practice
• BIO6890 - Introduction to Research Practice - Honors

Fall Term 2023

• BIO4690 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
• BIO4990 - Introduction to Research Practice
• BIO6490 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
• BIO6890 - Introduction to Research Practice - Honors

Winter Term 2023

• BIO5080 - Cellular Basis of Animal Behavior

Fall Term 2022

• BIO4690 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
• BIO6490 - Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

Winter Term 2022

• BIO3200 - Human Physiology