The first two years of the grant provided funding for two seminars in an academic year, but in a short span, seeing the tangible benefits these had, they expanded from two lectures a year, to two a month.
Marsha Mailick
Marsha R. Mailick, PhD – Slide of the Week
FXTAS is characterized by intention tremor, gait ataxia, executive function deficits, memory issues, and neuropathy.
Marsha Mailick, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Association between FMR1 CGG Repeat Number Polymorphism and Phenotypic Variation in the General Population Legend: Associations between CGG repeat lengths and phenotypes. (A) Linear association with IQ. (B) Linear association with college graduate (males only). (C) …
Marsha R. Mailick, PhD – Slide of the Week
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most prevalent inherited cause of intellectual disability, remains under-diagnosed in the general population. Clinical studies have shown that individuals with FXS have a complex health profile leading to unique clinical needs. However, the full impact of this X-linked disorder on the health of affected individuals is unclear and the prevalence of co-occurring conditions is unknown.
Artificial intelligence can accelerate clinical diagnosis of fragile X syndrome
An analysis of electronic health records for 1.7 million Wisconsin patients revealed a variety of health problems newly associated with fragile X syndrome.
New NIH-funded initiative will examine Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome
A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is part of a new multi-institution effort to better understand Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome. Adults with Down syndrome are at high risk for …
Electronic records pin broad set of health risks on genetic premutation
It was long believed the FMR1 premutation — an excessive number of trinucleotide repeats in the FMR1 gene — had no direct effect on the people who carry it. Until recently, the only recognized effect on the carriers of the flawed gene was the risk of having offspring with fragile X syndrome, a rare but serious form of developmental disability.
Waisman Center launches new fund to advance intellectual and developmental disabilities genomics research
The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, launched a new fund to support interdisciplinary research in the area of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) genomics.
Autism Research Series: Discovery to Solutions
Please join us for a community science event hosted by Autism Speaks Senior Director of Genomic Discovery and Translational Science, Dean Hartley, Ph.D. and special guest speakers from University of Wisconsin Madison Waisman Center. We …
Using artificial intelligence for a big impact on neurodevelopmental research
Arezoo Movaghar earned her master’s degree in computer science and artificial intelligence. She built models based on the plentiful data found in medical records. So, when she came to UW–Madison as a PhD student and joined a research group, it surprised Movaghar to find out just how much data researchers in other fields collect.