Can cerebellar reflexive learning shine a little light on ASD related dysfunction? For SCN2A, it sure looks like it. New paper from Chenyu Wang, in collaboration with Guy Bouvier and FamilieSCN2A: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Amazing collaborative project with @pjenkinslab.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
New paper from @selinsch.bsky.social@alexkwan.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1523/ENEU... Scn2a loss is a major ASD/ID risk, and it brings along comorbidities like epilepsy. Selin found that mouse models do just fine in foraging tasks, but the associated water restriction ⬆️ seizure
Dysfunction in the gene SCN2A , which encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, is strongly associated with neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disa...
Cool. 6 more chaperones!
Congrats to Dr Schamiloglou for her amazing thesis defense today. Third student to defend this year from the lab! She’s off to bigger and better things in the DiGregorio lab (now at Colorado)… but not before we sort out two final papers!
If I get this and ride all the way in instead of taking the ferry it'll pay for itself in ~300 commutes. Those are surprisingly reasonable numbers... right? velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/santa-...
I’m on here now. Here’s a photo of one of my cats judging me from atop our hutch. I hope this brings blue skies to your feed.