Researcher Emily Casanova, PhD, provides updates on her emerging findings in genetic research and autism.

Free webinar at 1 p.m. Eastern time (US), Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Ancient Origins of Autism Genes

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Dr. Casanova is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Loyola University, New Orleans. Her research has been focused on the study of autism from various perspectives, including investigation of its overlap with hereditary connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and fragile X premutation, as well as the investigation of major effect autism susceptibility genes and their evolution. She is currently training in Linux, Python, and SQLite.

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