Author Archives: Jessica

Seaver Autism Center researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published a study in Disease Models and Mechanisms demonstrating that the range of mouse phenotypes caused by a Shank3 gene mutation does not depend on varied genetic … Continue reading →

Seaver Autism Center Distinguished Lecturer Series “Swedish National Samples in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychiatric Genetics” Christina Hultman, PhD Professor Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5:30 – 6:30 PM This event is … Continue reading →

Seaver Autism Center Distinguished Lecturer Series “Autism – A Model for Integrative Intervention of Neuropsychiatric & Neurodevelopmental  Disorders” Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Genetics UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Los … Continue reading →

Registration is now OPEN for the 17th Annual Advances in Autism Conference! Please visit http://www.wayneprinting.com/MSSM/MSSMConfBro13v6email.pdf for more details, and www.seaverconference2013.eventbrite.com to register. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

First Study to Comprehensively  Describe Clinical Presentation of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Will Help Guide Future Research and Clinical Care (New York – June 11, 2013) In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School … Continue reading →

Drs. Ozlem Bozdagi Gunal, Teresa Tavassoli, and Joseph D. Buxbaum have recently published a study in Molecular Autism detailing their observation of injections of human insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in to a mouse model of ASD and of developmental delay, … Continue reading →

On April 30, 2013 in Madrid, Spain, the Hospital La Paz, Instituto de Genética will be hosting a Scientific Meeting on SHANK3 and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome/22q13 Deletion Syndrome. The meeting will be organized by Juan Ramón Rodríguez, Vice President of the … Continue reading →

Seaver Autism Center Seminar Series presents: “Mapping the neuronal methylome at the epigenetic interface of genetic and environmental risk factors” Janine LaSalle, PhD (Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine) … Continue reading →

Seaver Autism Center Distinguished Lecturer Series presents: “The Emergence of Brain and Behavior Characteristics in Autism during Infancy” Joseph Piven, MD Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Director, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities University of North Carolina … Continue reading →

Seaver Autism Center Seminar Series presents: “A Genetics-First Approach to Autism Research and Treatment” David Ledbetter, PhD, FACMG (Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Geisinger Health System) Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 2:00-3:00pm Icahn Medical Institute First Floor Seminar … Continue reading →