Latest News from Vaccarino Lab
The newly announced election brings the number of AAP members from Yale to 53.
- March 04, 2024
YCSC Harris Professor Flora Vaccarino, MD has been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and will be introduced at a formal AAP dinner on Saturday, April 6, 2024 as part of the the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting at the Swissôtel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
- February 12, 2024
New community members are welcomed to the Yale Child Study Center on an on-going basis, and all new faculty, staff, and trainees are invited to share bios and photos upon joining the department. This month, a belated welcome is extended to Abhiram Natu, PhD, who joined the Vaccarino Lab as a postdoctoral associate in early December, in addition to Elizabeth Hentschel, MSc, PhD who joined in early January, and a more recent addition, Guilherme Pimenta Roncete. Learn more about some of the new community members who have submitted bios.
- January 05, 2024Source: AUTISM ADVOCATE Parenting Magazine
A recent study led by Dr. Flora Vaccarino explored the different cell types in cortical organoids to gain a better understanding of the development of macrocephaly in autistic individuals.
- November 09, 2023Source: Simons Foundation
SFARI Investigators Flora Vaccarino at Yale University and Alexej Abyzov at Mayo Clinic used brain organoids to investigate neurobiological mechanisms linking brain size with idiopathic autism (autism without a known cause) (Jourdon et al., Nat. Neurosci., 2023).
- November 08, 2023Source: Yale Child Study Center
Alex Nelson (Yale Undergraduate) discusses how induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are used as a tool to better understand neurodevelopmental disorders in the Vaccarino Lab.
- November 08, 2023Source: Yale Child Study Center
Michael Gordon (US Marine, Yale Undergraduate) discusses his career trajectory and research using neural organoids in the Vaccarino Lab.
- October 12, 2023Source: Charles Choi, Spectrum News
Opposite paths in fetal brain development may explain two major subtypes of autism, a new study finds.
- September 07, 2023Source: Connecticut Public Radio
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center have discovered at least two different types of autism. The findings, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggest a need for more than just one drug to treat symptoms.
- September 03, 2023Source: New Haven Register
YCSC researchers comment on recent study findings indicating that Autism spectrum disorder may be associated with an imbalance of excitatory neurons in the brain, which could have implications for future treatment options.