Jackson Laboratory

Autism

Autism-spectrum disorders such as Asperger's syndrome, autism and Rett syndrome share certain characteristics, including social withdrawal.

News and Insights

Blog Post March 11, 2018

Women in science: Huda Zoghbi discovered the genetic basis of Rett syndrome

Search MagazineApril 13, 2016

Thinking about thinking

Blog Post May 22, 2013

Duplications, deletions and variation, oh my!

Blog Post August 24, 2012

Fathers and autism

Search MagazineJuly 01, 2011

The human connection

Search MagazineOctober 01, 2010

Rett syndrome and autism

Education Resources

Sep 23 - 29

Workshop

Modeling Hearing and Balance Disorders in Mice: The HEar@JAX Workshop

Genetic Tools, Deafness, Age-related hearing loss, CRISPR Cas9 system, Autism, Aging, Genetics and Genomics, Complex Traits, Developmental Disorders

Apr 08 - 13

Workshop

Principles and Techniques in Mouse Behavioral Phenotyping and Pharmacology

Model Development, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Behavioral and Cognitive Impairment, Optogenetics and Pharmacogenetics, Ataxia Movement Defects, Neuromuscular Defects, Autism, Learning deficits, Rett Syndrome, Neurodevelopmental Defects, Behavioral Disorders, Complex Traits, Developmental Disorders, Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases, Resource Development and Dissemination

Research & Faculty

The Chesler Lab

Researches the genetics underlying behavior and identifies relationships among behavioral traits.

Gang Ning, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Robert Burgess, Ph.D.

Professor

The Zhang Lab

Studying the development and function of neural circuits and dysfunctions related to autism spectrum disorders.

Zhong-wei Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor