NIH Awards Zylka Lab $6.8 Million to Study Autism, ADHD Environmental Risks This eight-year project will focus on the interactions between genetics and environmental exposures that may contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and attention deficit disorder. June 4, … Read more
The NIH grant will help researchers led by Joe Piven, MD, determine if earlier detection can lead to earlier behavioral interventions to improve outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder. May 29, 2019 By Mark Derewicz CHAPEL HILL, N.C. … Read more
From UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom (April 15, 2019) Gabriel Dichter, PhD, director of research at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, said one of the main goals of the SPARK project is to help determine … Read more
Mark Zylka, Ph.D. March 26, 2019 (From https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/success/2019/zylka/index.cfm) Mark Zylka, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC), uses cell cultures and mouse models to study the role of genetics and environmental … Read more
Mark Shen, PhD, at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, was first author on a scientific paper last November that Autism Speaks named as one of the top 10 research papers in 2018. The science staff and advisors for Autism … Read more
Published in Science, this research integrates a broad range of genomics data to help find molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia, autism, and other neuropsychiatric conditions. Hyejung Won, PhD, in the department of genetics and UNC Neuroscience Center was co-first author. Media … Read more
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, discovered key details for how a deficiency in the gene UBE3A affects the brain and how replacing it could benefit children with the neuro-genetic disorder. November 20, 2018 CHAPEL HILL, … Read more
Excerpt from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Press Release; October 30, 2018: The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the worlds largest private funder of mental health research grants, honored ten scientists with its 2018 Outstanding Achievement Prizes and awarded the … Read more
From Spectrum | Autism Research News and Opinion’s website: Angelman syndrome: Bellwether for genetic therapy in autism BY MATTHEW JUDSON, BEN PHILPOT The ongoing discovery of autism-associated genes is coinciding with an explosion in technologies for gene editing and … Read more
Recently, UNC’s Clare Harrop published two papers which help explain the differences between boys and girls with autism in children and toddlers. She graciously agreed to talk with the Autism Science Foundation about these findings and what it means for better identification … Read more