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Research by Topic: UCSF
Three new members of ASF SAB
Published July 16, 2018The Autism Science Foundation today announced the appointment of Guoping Feng, PhD, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stephan Sanders, PhD, BMBS, of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Robert T. Schultz, PhD, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). As members of the SAB, the scientists will help […]
Filed under: asf, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP, featured, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, SAB, Scientific Advisory Board, UCSF, University of California San Francisco
Podcast: Where the wild new genetic hot spots are
Published May 7, 2018On this week’s podcast, three genetics papers featuring three ASF fellows! All three deal with using whole genome sequencing (WGS) to study non-coding regulatory regions that may be associated with autism. These regions of DNA do not code for proteins but regulate the regions that do. Mutations in the non-coding regulatory regions that regulate the […]
Filed under: asf, ASF Grantee, Donna Werling, featured, Genetics, Genomics, Joon Yong An, Mutations, podcast, research, UCSD, UCSF, WGS, William Brandler
5th Annual Day of Learning videos now online!
Published May 1, 2018Videos of all the presentations at ASF’s 5th Annual Day of Learning held on April 11 are now available online. You can view them here. Topics include gender differences in autism, sleep problems in autism, the potential of medical marijuana as an autism treatment, adult outcomes, the role of dietary interventions, and the perception of […]
Filed under: adult outcomes, ASD, asf, Ashura Buckley, Autism, Day of Learning, Diet, featured, gender differences, intervention, John Spiro, Julie Lounds Taylor, medical marijuana, Michelle Failla, New York University, NIMH, nutrition, Orrin Devinsky, pain, Perception, research, science, Simons Foundation, Sleep, Somer Bishop, Susan Hyman, UCSF, University of Rochester, Vanderbilt University
Autism Sisters Project Expanded
Published August 14, 2017The Autism Science Foundation (ASF) announced the launch of three new multi-year research grants to expand the Autism Sisters Project at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. The Autism Sisters Project is an ASF initiative that explores the Female Protective Effect by studying autism families with […]
Filed under: Autism Sequencing Consortium, Autism Sisters Project, Broad, Elise Robinson, featured, Genetics, Hillibrand, Somer Bishop, Stephan Sanders, UCSF