SFARI

Lauren Weiss, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco

SFARI Investigator Website

Funded Projects

Delineating the role of RAS/MAPK signaling in 16p11.2 CNV cellular phenotypes

Awarded: 2015
Award Type: Research

Autism and the RASopathies

Awarded: 2012
Award Type: Explorer

Sex-specific dissection of autism genetics

Awarded: 2009
Award Type: Research

SFARI Funded Publications

Combinations of genes at the 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 CNVs contribute to neurobehavioral traits. Vysotskiy M., Autism Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Weiss L.

Integration of genetic, transcriptomic, and clinical data provides insight into 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 CNV genes. Vysotskiy M., Zhong X., Miller-Fleming T.W., Zhou D., Autism Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Cox N.J., Weiss L.

Patient-derived iPSCs show premature neural differentiation and neuron type-specific phenotypes relevant to neurodevelopment. Yeh E., Dao D.Q., Wu Z.Y., Kandalam S.M., Camacho F.M., Tom C., Zhang W., Krencik R., Rauen K.A., Ullian E., Weiss L.