Molecular Mechanisms

Identification and manipulation of splicing variants that contribute to autism

About 15 percent of individuals with autism have an identifiable gene-disrupting mutation that contributes strongly to their symptoms. Some of these gene-disrupting mutations act by changing how the mRNA is spliced prior to making a protein. In this project, Stephan Sanders aims to apply recent advances in the detection of these splicing mutations to autism sequencing data, validate the splicing disruption independently and assess whether antisense oligonucleotides can restore typical gene function.

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