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SPARK Launched!

Bernier Lab, Interviews, Research, SPARK

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If you or your child has a professional diagnosis of autism, The University of Washington Bernier Lab invites you to learn more about SPARK, a new online research study sponsored by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. The mission of SPARK is clear: speed up research and advance understanding of autism by creating the nation’s largest autism study. Joining SPARK is simple – register online and provide a DNA sample via a saliva collection kit in the comfort of your own home. Register in person at the University of Washington or the Seattle Children’s Autism Center by contacting us at 206-987-7917 or visit www.SPARKforAutism.org/UW. Together, we can help spark a better future for all individuals and families affected by autism.

Recent publications

Bernier Lab, Educational, Interviews, Research
2016

Bon, B., Coe, B., Bernier, R., Green, C., Gerdts, J., Witherspoon, K., Kleefstra, T., Willemsen, M., Kumar, R., Fichera, M., Li, D., Amaral, D., Cristofoli, F., Peeters, H., Haan, E., Romano, C., Mefford, H., Scheffer, I., Gecz, J., de Vries, B., & Eichler, E. (2016). Disruptive de novo mutations of DYRK1A lead to a syndromic form of autism and ID. Molecular Psychiatry. 21, 126–132 

2015

Hudac, C.M., Kresse, A., Aaronson, B., DesChamps, T.D., Webb, S.J., & Bernier, R.A. (2015). Modulation of mu attenuation to social stimuli in children and adults with 16p11.2 deletions and duplications. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 7(1):25

Krumm, N., Turner, T.N., Baker, C., Vives, L., Mohajeri, K., Witherspoon, K., Raja, A., Coe, B.P., Stessman, H.A., He, Z., Leal, S.M., Bernier, R., Eichler, E.E. (2015). Excess of rare, inherited truncating mutations in autism. Nature Genetics. 47(6):582-8

Higdon, R., Earl, R., Stanberry, L., Hudac, C., Montague, E., Stewart, E., Janko, I., Choineire, J., Broomall, W., Koler, N., Bernier, R., Kolker, E. (2015). The promise of multi-omics and clinical data integration to identify and target personalized health care approaches in ASD. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. 19(4):197-208

Upshaw, M., Bernier, R., Sommerville, J. (2015). Infants’ grip strength predicts mu rhythm attenuation during observation of lifting actions with weighted blocks. Developmental Science. 19(2):195-207

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Latest News Highlight

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droppedImage SPARK, a national project involving people who live with ASD and their families, has partnered with the University of Washington (UW) and the Seattle Children’s Autism Center to compile a database all about autism. Here’s what you need to know.

National Autism Study Comes to Seattle — Know Someone Who Should Participate? – Parentmap

Seattle Children’s, UW help launch largest-ever autism research study in the U.S. -Puget Sound Business Journal

Interview with Dr. Megan Frye & Micah Pepper on SPARK (in Spanish) – Univision Seattle

Seattle experts to help launch largest-ever autism research study in U.S. – Seattle Times

Radio interview with Dr. Jennifer Gerdts on SPARK  – KIRO News 97.3

If you are interested, click here for more information.