We need to develop research programs that link phenomena across levels, from genes and molecules to cells, circuits, networks and behavior.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 7 April.Source: Spectrum News

Transplanted cells offer insight into human-specific properties, such as a lengthy cortical development and sensitivity to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease. Source: Spectrum News

Thirty employees—including 11 lab heads—at the institute should “immediately return to work,” according to an email the institute’s Office of Human Resources sent to top administration at the institute Wednesday evening.Source: Spectrum News

Since President Donald Trump took office on 20 January, the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke and the National Institute of Mental Health have awarded one quarter as many new grants as during the same two-month period, on average, since 2016.Source: Spectrum News

Losing HHMI Investigator status caused Yuste to study neural networks in a new way.Source: Spectrum News

This week’s article comes to us from Executive Director David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D, Association for Science in Autism Treatment. To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website at www.asatonline.org. You can also sign up for ASAT’s free newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment, and like…

Damaging variants in the autism-linked gene cause congenital hydrocephalus—a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain—by turbocharging a downstream signaling pathway that promotes the growth of cells, according to a new study.Source: Spectrum News

The reasons for selecting these researchers—who have led work on neuronal migration, dopamine receptors in neuronal signaling and the structure of ion channels, among other areas—remain unclear.Source: Spectrum News

If you want to appeal the decision, know the rules that govern terminations, as well as the specific rationale given in your notice, science policy experts say. Source: Spectrum News

In studying the brain, we almost always take the neuron’s perspective. But we can gain new insights by reorienting our frame of reference to that of the messages flowing over brain networks. Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 31 March.Source: Spectrum News

Key takeaways about the SpellRing project: Wearable Translation: Researchers at Cornell University are developing SpellRing, a thumb-worn ring using micro-sonar and AI. Real-Time Fingerspelling: The device aims to translate American Sign Language (ASL) fingerspelling into text in real-time. Address…

These sophisticated 3D cultures reveal previously inaccessible stages of human brain development and enable the systematic study of disease genes.Source: Spectrum News