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Lacrosse team raises money for autism research

9/14/2018

Members of Montclair Kimberley Academy's lacrosse team raised over $2,000 to support autism research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Read the story »

Hotchkiss hosts 3rd ‘Paint the Path’ autism fundraiser

6/22/2018

Students from The Hotchkiss School participated in their 3rd annual 'Paint the Path to Autism Research' event and raised $2,500 for autism research. Read the story »

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

4/27/2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field Read the story »

Newly identified genetic mutation results in disability

4/12/2018

Scientists have identified a new illness caused by a genetic mutation that gives rise to a wide range of symptoms including intellectual disability. Watch the video »

Newly identified genetic mutation results in intellectual disability and developmental delay

4/12/2018

Scientists have identified a new illness caused by a genetic mutation that gives rise to a wide range of symptoms including intellectual disability Read the story »

Autism genetics study calls attention to impaired motor skills, general cognitive impairment

2/7/2018

New research on the genetic causes of autism calls attention to diminished motor skills and suggests the importance of broad cognitive impairment Read the story »

Seahawks help CSHL tackle autism

12/19/2017

CSH Seahawks Varsity football team present Professor Michael Ronemus with a check for $5,000 toward autism research Read the story »

New statistical method finds shared ancestral gene variants involved in autism’s cause

6/21/2017

Researchers find children with autism are genetically more like other autistic children than their unaffected siblings. Read the story »

In mouse model of Rett syndrome, research reveals how adult learning is impaired in females

1/18/2017

Researchers found that the failure of the Mecp2 gene, which leads to Rett syndrome, has biological consequences later in life. Read the story »

Why is autism more common in boys?

4/29/2016

Ivan Iossifov talks about some of the reasons why autism disproportionately effects boys on a genetic level. Read the story »

What do autism “risk genes” do?

4/21/2016

A discussion with Ivan Iossifov with what exactly the term "risk genes" means and what they do. Read the story »

How many autism “risk genes” have scientists found?

4/14/2016

A look at the research which points to the different genes potentially at the root of autism. Read the story »

Where does autism come from when it doesn’t run in the family?

4/7/2016

Associate Professor Ivan Iossifov discusses how parents who are not autistic can pass autism onto their children through their genes. Read the story »

Genetic analysis supports prediction that spontaneous rare mutations cause half of autism

9/22/2015

Scientists find evidence suggesting that devastating “ultra-rare” mutations play a causal role in roughly half of all autism spectrum disorders. Read the story »

In mice, an experimental drug treatment for Rett syndrome suggests the disorder is reversible

7/27/2015

A team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory find a new approach for treating Rett syndrome, a devastating autism spectrum disorder Read the story »