Resources
  Overview  
dashed line
  For Scientists  
dashed line
  For Educators  
dashed line
  For Students  
News Alert
Sign Up

Subscribe Free
Sign up now and receive the HHMI Bulletin by mail free.small arrow

Online Companion
Autism Genes

RESEARCH NEWS
FROM HHMI

bullet icon

Middle Eastern Families Help Scientists Pinpoint Autism
(07.11.08)
By focusing on large families in which both parents share a recent ancestor, scientists have honed in on rare mutations that had remained elusive in previous studies.

bullet icon

Researchers Develop Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum
(09.06.07)
A genetic mutation found in some people with autism and Asperger syndrome causes social impairment and cognitive enhancement in mice.

HHMI SCIENTISTS AND AUTISM

bullet icon

Christopher Walsh

bullet icon

Thomas Südhof

bullet icon

Val Sheffield

bullet icon

Louis Kunkel

bullet icon

Huda Zoghbi

FROM THE HHMI BULLETIN

bullet icon

Invisible Barriers
(May 2008)
Children with the subtlest form of autism suffer social isolation; those with more severe disease, face a much tougher road. New genetic clues put the spotlight on the communication hubs of the brain's neurons—the synapses.

Related Links
external link icon

Autism Genes
(NOVA scienceNOW)

bullet icon

Other Episodes

Further Reading
HHMI Bulletin
bullet icon

Subscribe to the HHMI Bulletin

HHMI Bulletin: Fall 2012

bullet icon

Cover Story: The Indispensables
The backbone of most labs, these quiet heroes do it all and then some.

bullet icon

Avant-Garde Scientist
With an outsider's perspective, Leslie Vosshall has changed thinking about the meaning of olfaction—for humans and insects.

bullet icon

The Fat You Can't See
In growing numbers of people, the liver holds hidden, dangerous store of fat. Finding the triggers is step one.

bullet icon

The View from Here
Unbounded creativity—and powerful computers—make possible the latest devices designed to peer into the deepest recesses of organs and cells.

dashed line
 Back to Topto the top
© 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A philanthropy serving society through biomedical research and science education.
4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789 | (301) 215-8500 | email: webmaster@hhmi.org