AGP News: Media Coverage
1. AGP Phase 2 project (2007-2010):
1.1 Recent News:
2011:
- 27th April 2011: Paper acknowledging AGP published in European Journal of Human Genetics.
"Gene-ontology enrichment analysis in two independent
family-based samples highlights biologically plausible processes
for autism spectrum disorders". Ric Anney et al. (Free to access and download).
- 12-14 May 2011. AGP researchers present AGP findings at IMFAR 2011 (San Diego, USA).
Examining the Stability of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised In the Autism Genome Project Sample of Children 4 to 18 Years.
- 11th January 2011:
Paper acknowledging AGP published in Journal of Neurdevelopmental Disorders. "Novel method for combined linkage and genome-wide association analysis finds evidence of distinct genetic architecture for two subtypes of autism". Veronica Vieland et al. (Free to access and download).
- 25th October 2010:
Paper acknowledging AGP published in
Journal of Medical Genetics
"Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 ( CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning
disability" (Free to access and download). Published online 23 October.
- September 2010: Paper acknowledging AGP published in
Science Translational Medicine
"Disruption at the PTCHD1 Locus on Xp22.11 in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability" Noor et al.
- A MAIN AGP PAPER! 16th August 2010:
AGP paper published in Human Molecular Genetics:
"A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism". (Free to access and download). Published online
16 August 2010.
- A MAIN AGP PAPER!
9th June 2010:
AGP paper published in Nature:
"Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders":
Autism Speaks PRESS RELEASE
For further details, press releases from other AGP sites, and international media coverage CLICK HERE
- 30 March 2010. AGP researchers publish paper in Biological Psychiatry:
"Characterization of a Family with Rare Deletions in CNTNAP5
and DOCK4 Suggests Novel Risk Loci for Autism and Dyslexia"
pdf). By Alistair T. Pagnamenta, Elena Bacchelli, Maretha V. de Jonge,
et al. Biological Psychiatry. In Press. Corrected Proof. Online 26th March 2010.
- May 2010. AGP researchers present AGP findings at IMFAR 2010 (May 20-22, Philadelphia, USA).
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Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies Global Rare Variation in Autism.
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Genetic analysis of latent phenotypes in autism spectrum disorders.
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Genome-wide Association Analysis of Susceptibility Genes in Autism Using with a Gene-centric Approach
Abstracts:
2009:
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November 2009. AGP poster: accepted for the XVIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), November 4 - 8, 2009, San Diego, CA (USA): "The Autism Genome Project: Genome-wide Association Studies in Autism".
- 8th October 2009. AGP researchers collaborate with Johns Hopkins University on
new autism study, published today in Nature, 461, 802-808: "A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism", by Lauren A.
Weiss, Dan E. Arking and The Gene Discovery Project of Johns Hopkins and the Autism Consortium.[Link to
Nature]
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The John Hopkins newsletter: Gene controlling brain nerve connections linked to autism
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John Hopkins news: Autism: Genome-wide Hunt Reveals New Genetic Links
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Media Newswire:U Psychiatry Researchers Part of Global Collaboration that Reveals New genetic Link for Autism.
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Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City: U. researchers discover another genetic link to autism
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Autism News: Three University of Utah Department of Psychiatry researchers find new genetic link for autism.
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Medical News Today: Autism: Genome-wide Hunt Reveals New Genetic Links
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EurekAlert: Autism Speaks; genetic resource exchange, tissue program support findings published in Nature
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EurekAlert: Genome-wide study of autism published in Nature
Press coverage:
- October 2009. AGP researchers collaborate on major new
autism sequencing project. The US National
Institute of Mental Health has used stimulus funding (total $8 million in fiscal year 2009) for a two-year collaborative project that will study the genetic
architecture of autism by deep genomic sequencing. [Link
to full article].
- 21-24 October 2009. A number of AGP collaborators
made presentations and presented posters at the 59th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), held in Hawaii:
Abstracts:
The AGP: Dissecting the genetic and genomic etiology of autism.
Parental Origin Bias in de novo CNVs Detected in Autism Probands.
Genome-wide homozygous haplotype mapping to identify Autism Spectrum Disorder candidate genes.
Copy Number Variation Discovery in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
[Presentation - password protected]
- September 2009. A short review describing recent advances in
CNVs found in psychiatric disorders has been published in the new journal,
European Psychiatric Review.
The AGP is acknowledged for use of the 1M SNP data showing reciprocal CNVs at the 22q11.2 locus, to help demonstrate the Non-Allelic
Homologous Recombination mechanism.
[Link to full article].
- September 2009. Dr. Anney (UCD) presented a study on behalf of the AGP at the 12th Annual meeting of the The Irish Society of Human Genetics, Dublin.
[Link to press release]
- 30 April 2009. AGP collaborators participate in
autism study,
led by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), published today in
Nature:
Original Publications:
Wang et al, "Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders". Nature, published online 28 April 2009. [Abstract]
Glessner et al, “Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals 28 April 2009. [Abstract]
Media coverage:
USA. Autism Speaks. "Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells"
USA. Time. "Autism Linked to Genes That Govern How the Brain Is Wired"
USA. CHOP. "Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells"
USA. Vanderbilt University. "Studies find new genetic risk zone for autism"
UK. BBC. "Genes 'have key role in autism' "
UK. The Guardian. "Scientists find genetic clues to how autism can develop"
UK. The Times. "Biggest autism study identifies gene variations behind condition"
UK. Daily Telegraph. "Gene mutations that may lead to autism identified by scientists"
UK. The Herald. "First genetic clues to autism uncovered"
- 30 April 2009. AGP collaboration in Kuwait: Qatar: Autism Genome Project on way to unravel the mystery
2008:
1.2. Launch of AGP Phase 2 project (April 2007):
2. AGP Phase 1 project (2004-7):