Gerry Downes

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Gerald "Gerry" Downes is an associate professor in biology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.^[1] His research expertise is in the genetic requirements for zebrafish swimming. Recently he has expanded his research interests into using the zebrafish system to model idiopathic (unknown cause) epilepsy syndromes.