Read the article here: How artificial intelligence is shaking up animal behavior studies in autism
Congrats to Nyc for graduating!
Congratulations Dr. Nycole Copping for graduating with a PhD in Biological Psychology in March 2021!
Dissertation:
Effect of the E3 Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase on Translational Neurophysiology Phenotypes in Preclinical Models of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Congrats to Stela for graduating!
Congratulations Dr. Stela Petkova for graduating with a PhD in Neuroscience in March 2021!
Dissertation:
Addressing an Unmet Need: Rigorous Examination of Motor as a Translational Outcome in Preclinical Models for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Awards!
Nycole Copping:
2020 Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Annual Conference Travel Award
Liz Berg:
2020 Travel Award, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
2020 Spring Travel Award, UC Davis Graduate Student Association
Anna Adhikari:
2020 Barbara Horwitz & John Horowitz Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Award. U.C. Davis.
2020 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Award.
Stela Petkova:
2021 INSAR Dissertation Award “Addressing an Unmet Need: Rigorous Examination of Motor as a Translational Outcome in Preclinical Models for Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
2020 Ling-Lie Chau Graduate Student Award for Brain Research
2019 IBNS Travel Award
Berg et al. paper on AS rat selected as a Translational Psychiatry Highlight of 2020!
Translational Psychiatry publishes the latest research and review articles on current topics in a wide range of specialty areas. In 2020, the journal published over 400 articles and Editor-in-Chief Julio Licinio handpicked just 12 as highlight papers of the year. Among the handful he chose was the Silverman Lab’s first publication on their work with the Ube3a deletion rat model of Angelman Syndrome”. Read the official announcement here: 2020 TP Highlights
Liz interviewed for news article on her SFN poster
Read the full feature here: Rat model mimics communication problems in Angelman syndrome
The MIND at 20: Jill Silverman
Meet Jill Silverman, a behavioral neuroscientist whose research uses a variety of strategies to discover clinically relevant phenotypes of genetic diseases associated with autism spectrum disorders in mouse models.
Jill delivers webinar in favor of using rats to study neurodevelopmental disorders
Watch it here: Webinar: Jill Silverman makes case for rat models of autism
Jill interviewed for article about limitations of mice in autism research
Read the article here: Why studying autism in mice may be doomed to fail
Jill discusses common pitfalls when studying mouse behavior with Spectrum News
Read the full article here: What to watch for when analyzing mouse behavior
Jill interviewed for news article on pesticide study following her talk at SFN press conference
Read the full article here: Rats with autism mutation turn deaf ear to playful entreaties
Copping et al. paper on Dup15q mouse model highlighted by Spectrum News
Read the article here: Anxiety, seizures mark mice with extra copy of autism gene
Jill discusses the utility of rats for autism research with Spectrum News
Read the full article here: Meet the newest contestant in the scientific rat race
Silverman Lab featured in article about including female subjects in autism research
Read the article here: Of mice and women