Research News

Predictive Gene Map Paper Published

December 10, 2011 at 9:12 pm by Wayne Pereanu, Ph.D.

MindSpec published anoriginal research article in PLoS One detailing a predictive gene map for autism based on AutDB gene sets. After compiling a reference set of 84 autism genes, we profiled of their functions and expression patterns. We then screened the human genome to identify 442 potential novel autism candidate genes.

Book Chapter Published

August 10, 2011 at 9:13 pm by Wayne Pereanu, Ph.D.

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MindSpec published a book chapter regarding the genetic heterogeneity of autism in a textbook by InTech Open Access titled “Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Genetics in Diagnosis and Treatment.”

AutDB Animal Model module published

January 10, 2011 at 9:14 pm by Wayne Pereanu, Ph.D.

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MindSpec published a description of the AutDB Animal Model module in BMC Medical Genomics. This module provides a comprehensive resource of ASD-related animal models which are linked to corresponding candidate genes in the original Human Gene module. Notably, animal models are annotated with a new standardized vocabulary of phenotypic terms called PhenoBase.

SFARI Gene Published

March 8, 2010 at 12:45 am by Catherine

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MindSpec Founder/President Sharmila Banerjee Basu collaborated with Alan Packer of the Simons Foundation to publish a commentary in Disease Models and Mechanisms about SFARI Gene, the version of AutDB licensed to the Simons Foundation.

Collaboration with Simon Baron-Cohen

June 8, 2009 at 12:36 am by Catherine

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Collaboration between MindSpec Founder/President Sharmila Banerjee-Basu and Simon Baron-Cohen, the Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, resulted in a publication in Autism Research. The article described types of genes that they found to be associated with autistic traits, empathy, and Asperger syndrome: genes related to sex steroids, neural growth, and social-emotional behavior.