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Research by Topic: fellowship
Podcast: The ASF Day of Learning mini-recap
Published April 16, 2018This week’s podcast is a mini-recap of the 5th Annual Day of learning. Hear what the speakers distilled in their TED-style talks on topics covered sleep, diet, and medical marijuana as a potential treatment for autism. Plus hear about the most recent ASF grantees.
Filed under: ASD, asf, Autism, Day of Learning, featured, fellowship, Grants, podcast, research
2018 Fellowship recipients announced
Published April 11, 2018Today, ASF announced the 2018 recipients of its Pre- and Postdoctoral Research Training Awards. The recipients include three graduate students—Amy Ahn, Cara Keifer, and Julia Yurkovic—and five postdoctoral fellows—Joon An, Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam, Aaron Gordon, Whitney Guthrie, and Christine Ochoa-Escamilla. You can learn more about the recipients and their projects from ASF’s official press release […]
Filed under: asf, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, featured, fellowship, graduate, grant, postdoctoral, research, training award
Dup15q Alliance Fellowship Opportunity
Published May 23, 2017The Dup15q Alliance is offering pre- and postdoctoral fellowships to individuals studying basic science or clinical research on mutations of chromosome 15. People with mutations in a specific region of chromosome 15 also show a high prevalence of #autism and applications to investigate autism associated with Dup15 are welcomed. Applications are due by June 1st. […]
Filed under: application, Autism, dup15q, featured, fellowship, grant
Webinar to highlight ASF-funded research on sex differences in autism
Published June 1, 2016ASF fellow Dr. Donna Werling from UCSF will be presenting a webinar on June 22nd at 3PM EST. She will review data on use of genetics in humans and animals to study the causes of sex differences, and highlight ASF funding in moving forward on this topic. It is a great way to learn more […]
Filed under: biology, Donna Werling, featured, fellowship, Genetics, sex differences