Janine LaSalle

Associate director of genomics
Genome Center, University of California, Davis

Janine LaSalle is associate director of genomics at the University of California, Davis, Genome Center.

 

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Spectrum

Chemical tags reveal interplay of genes, environment in autism

By Janine LaSalle
20 June 2017 | 5 min read
Spectrum from The Transmitter.
Spectrum

Genes and environment are two-way street in autism risk

By Janine LaSalle
21 August 2012 | 6 min read

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When a pair of marmosets works together to earn some marshmallow fluff, one of them decides to act only after its brain accumulates enough evidence about what the other is doing, new work shows.

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Synapses

Designer synapses edit brain circuits in living animals

The approach could help elucidate relationships between circuit structure and function, as well as the role of natural electrical synapses.

By Simon Makin
23 June 2026 | 5 min read
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Spectrum

Role of GABA-A receptors in dup15q syndrome, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 22 June.

By Jill Adams
23 June 2026 | 2 min read