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Evan E. Eichler, Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

SFARI Scientific Review Board

Affiliations
  • Professor, Department of Genome Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Washington
Website
eichlerlab.gs.washington.edu

Publications

Effects of parental age and polymer composition on short tandem repeat de novo mutation rates.

Genetics, April 3, 2024

Goldberg M.E., Noyes M.D., E. Eichler, A. Quinlan, and Harris K.C.

Genetic ablation of GIGYF1, associated with autism, causes behavioral and neurodevelopmental defects in zebrafish and mice.

Biol. Psychiatry, November 15, 2023

Ding Z., Huang G., Wang T., Duan W., Jia H., Yang Z., et al.

A predictive ensemble classifier for the gene expression diagnosis of ASD at ages 1 to 4 years.

Mol. Psychiatry, February 1, 2023

Bao B., Zahiri J., Gazestani V.H., Lopez L., Xiao Y., Kim R., et al.

Integrated gene analyses of de novo variants from 46,612 trios with autism and developmental disorders.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., November 15, 2022

Wang T., Kim C.N., Bakken T.E., Gillentine M.A., Henning B., Mao Y., et al.

Projects

Genetic and molecular dissection of autism sex differences

Awarded 2025
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Copy number variation and pathogenic variant analyses of SPARK exomes

Awarded 2020
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Integrated copy number variant analysis of SPARK exomes

Awarded 2018
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Structural variation and the genetic architecture of autism

Awarded 2015

Featuring Evan E. Eichler

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2026 SFARI Sex Differences Collaborations Announced

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Using the Linear References From the Pangenome To Discover Missing Autism Variants

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SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration Shares Findings at Second Annual Meeting

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SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration Gather To Share Their Progress

Events

Rare variants and the genetics of autism

Lecture

October 21, 2020

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speaker

Evan E. Eichler

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