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Lacrosse team raises money for autism research

September 14, 2018

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

Hotchkiss hosts 3rd ‘Paint the Path’ autism fundraiser

June 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.

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

April 27, 2018

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

Newly identified genetic mutation results in intellectual disability and developmental delay

April 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

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

February 7, 2018

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

Seahawks help CSHL tackle autism

December 19, 2017

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

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

June 21, 2017

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

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

January 18, 2017

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

Why is autism more common in boys?

April 29, 2016

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

What do autism “risk genes” do?

April 21, 2016

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

How many autism “risk genes” have scientists found?

April 14, 2016

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

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

April 7, 2016

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

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

September 22, 2015

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

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

July 27, 2015

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

Painting a colorful path of support for autism research

July 22, 2015

Stephanie de Lesseps organizes a color run that earned $10,000 for autism research at CSHL.

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