Autism

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

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

Blog Post March 12, 2018 Learn More

Thinking about thinking

Search Magazine April 13, 2016 Learn More

News and Insights

Blog Post March 12, 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 15 - 20
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

Research & Faculty

Robert Burgess, Ph.D.

Robert Burgess, Ph.D.

Professor

The Chesler Lab

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

Gang Ning, Ph.D.

Gang Ning, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist