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July 9, 2018 - Dr. Geschwind awarded Amgen Early Innovator Award

Congratulations to Dr. Gescwhind and Dr. Michael Jung in the Department of Chemistry for winning the Amgen Early Innovator Award at the UCLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Innovation Day 2018. They were awarded $75,000 to conduct further research on Alzheimer's disease in the Geschwind Lab. See the full article from the UCLA Newsroom.

June 28, 2018 - [Scientific American Feature] Graphic Science: Mental Illness Overlap

The February 2018 Science paper by Gandal et al. was featured in Scientific American with an accompanying infographic. See the feature below or on the Scientific American website.

March 2018 - [U Magazine Feature] Grey Matters: Unraveling Mysteries of Brain Disease

Dr. Geschwind and colleagues were featured in UCLA Health's U Magazine March 2018 edition. See the feature below.

February 8, 2018 - Brains of those with psychiatric disorders show similarities at the molecular level

A landmark paper by Gandal et al. published in Science pinpointing shared and unique transcriptomic features across five psychiatric disorders made national headlines in news outlets such as CNN, The Washington Post, and NPR. The paper was announced by the UCLA Newsroom after its February 8 release. Additional coverage was provided by Science Magazine; Spectrum, which syndicated to Scientific American; HealthDay, which syndicated to U.S. News & World Report, AMA Morning Rounds, Health.com, The Scientist, and New Scientist; and The Verge.

January 11, 2018 - Researchers map genetic ‘switches’ behind human brain evolution

The UCLA Newsroom announced the release of a Cell paper from de la Torre-Ubieta et al. using ATAC-seq to generate a map of gene regulation during human neurogenesis. Coverage included January 11 in ScienceDaily and Medical Xpress; and January 12 in Neuroscience News, Technology Networks, and Science Newsline.

January 2, 2018 - Study reveals reversibility of Friedrich's ataxia in mice

The UCLA Newsroom announced the release of a December 2017 eLife paper from Chandran et al. using ATAC-seq to generate a map of gene regulation during human neurogenesis. Coverage included December 20 in MedicalXpress and News Medical, January 2 in myScience, and January 3 in Technology Networks.

December 11, 2017 - $5 million grant from NIH will enable UCLA to develop new models for autism

The UCLA Newsroom reported that the labs of Dr. Geschwind and Dr. Sergiu Pasca at Stanford received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to pursue "convergent neuroscience" efforts establishing links between results from stem cell, cell culture, physiology, genomics, physics, and behavioral research.

December 5, 2017 - 30 UCLA faculty on list of 'most cited' influential scholars

Dr. Geschwind was among 30 UCLA faculty members named among Claritive Analytics' "2017 Highly Cited Researchers," as reported by the UCLA Newsroom. The list compiled more than 3,000 researchers whose studies were among the top 1% most referenced studies in their field.

October 12, 2017 - NIH awards almost $10 million to UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment

The NIH awarded the UCLA Center for Autism Treatment and Research (CART) the Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) award, a five-year, $9.7 million grant that will allow CART to continue research on heterogeneity in phenotypes, genetic variation, and treatment response in autism. Dr. Geschwind is the director of the Center for Autism Treatment and Research, and the grant is led by UCLA's Dr. Susan Bookheimer. See UCLA Newsroom's report here.

July 6, 2017 - [Scientific American Feature] Using Big Data to Hack Autism

June 27, 2017 - [Spectrum News Feature] From 0 to 60 in 10 Years

February 7, 2017 - [Spectrum News Feature] Questions for Daniel Geschwind: Making autism studies diverse

December 5, 2016 - Brains of people with autism spectrum disorder share similar molecular abnormalities

The UCLA Newsroom made a press release for a Nature paper by Parikshak et al. using gene expression data from RNA-seq in postmortem human brain to show changes in cortical patterning, gene regulation, and alternative splicing in ASD. The story was covered by Medical Xpress on December 5 and Technology.org on December 6.

November 17, 2016 - Different types of autism spectrum disorders share abnormal pattern of brain cells

October 19, 2016 - Scientists use 3D chromosome-mapping technology to advance understanding of genetic roots of schizophrenia

The UCLA Newsroom reported on a Nature paper in which Won et al. use high-resolution 3D chromatin mapping to elucidate novel relationships between regulatory elements and genes that are disrupted during brain development in schizophrenia. The story was covered by CNN, Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily and Sign of the Times on October 19; by Breitbart on October 20; and by Technology.org on October 21. The paper was additionally named one of the Top 10 Biotech News Stories of 2016 by Biotechin.Asia.

September 28, 2016 - UCLA brand campaign demonstrates the powerful influence of Optimism

Dr. Geschwind was featured in a UCLA brand campaign celebrating the school's trailblazers. Read the UCLA Newsroom announcement here and read Dr. Gescwhind's Optimist biography here.

August 31, 2016 - UCLA study links autism to changes in micro-RNAs

August 25, 2016 - UCLA-led study sheds new light on the complex genetics of autism

February 24, 2016 - Daniel Geschwind to head all precision medicine efforts in health system, medical school

February 18, 2016 - Study identifies specific gene network that promotes nervous system repair

January 11, 2016 - Untapped region in brain cell offers goldmine of drug targets for new autism treatments

July 24, 2015 - Study may show a way to predict whether children with a genetic disorder will develop autism or psychosis

 

May 18, 2015 - UCLA brain researchers receive $2.5 million from Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

 

March 13, 2015 - Media Celebrates Best Science Images of the Year

Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, a postdoctoral fellow in the Geschwind Lab, was featured by the media as a finalist in the 2015 Wellcome Image Awards that showcases the best in science images for the year. Ubieta was cited for his microscopic image of a false-colored mouse brain. Coverage included March 9 in the Washington Post, BBC.com, The Conversation, and Rawstory.com; and March 12 in the Telegraph (UK).

March 6, 2015 - Congratulations Maria Lazaro!

1st place winner of the 7th Annual Neurology Science Day! Maria presented her poster titled “Synaptic and network pathologies in the CNTNAP2 mouse model of autism.” Work done in collaboration with the laboratory of Peyman Golshani MD, PhD here at UCLA.

January 28, 2015 - Study identifies biological mechanisms for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression

 

January 27, 2015 - Oxytocin shows promise for promoting social behavior in mouse model of autism

 

September 30, 2014 - Two UCLA scientists receive NIH grants to further BRAIN initiative research

 

November 25, 2013 - UCLA team first to map autism-risk genes by function

 

July 22, 2013 - The promise of stem cells

 

April 8, 2013 - Autism in black and white: NIH grant helps scientist study disorder in African-Americans

September 18, 2012 - Faculty from UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment receive multiple NIH awards

September 13, 2012 - Study reveals how common gene mutation affects kids with autism spectrum disorders

September 29, 2011 - UCLA geneticists develop promising mouse model for testing new autism therapies

Februrary 17, 2009 - Spectrum News Feature: Daniel Geschwind: After many detours, on the trail of autism's genetics