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Headshot of Investigator Stephan Sanders.

Awardee

Stephan Sanders, B.M.B.S., Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

Affiliations
  • Professor, University of Oxford
  • Faculty Member, University of California, San Francisco
  • Associate Member, New York Genome Center
Website
sanderslab.github.io

Publications

CRISPR activation for SCN2A-related neurodevelopmental disorders.

Nature, September 17, 2025

Tamura S., Nelson A.D., Spratt P.W.E., Hamada E.C., Zhou X., Kyoung H., et al.

De novo variants in the RNU4-2 snRNA cause a frequent neurodevelopmental syndrome

Nature, August 1, 2024

Chen Y., Dawes R., Kim H.C., Ljungdahl A., Stenton S.L., Walker S., et al.

CWAS-Plus: estimating category-wide association of rare noncoding variation from whole-genome sequencing data with cell-type-specific functional data.

Brief Bioinform., May 23, 2024

Kim Y., Jeong M., Koh I.G., Kim C., Lee H., Kim J.H., et al.

Cre-dependent massively parallel reporter assay allows for cell-type specific assessment of the functional effects of genetic variants in vivo.

Commun. Biol., November 13, 2023

Lagunas Jr. T., Plassmeyer S.P., Fischer A.D., Friedman R.Z., Rieger M.A., Selmanovic D., et al.

Projects

Defining the cellular and anatomic identity and developmental trajectory of sex-differential subcortical cells and circuits in ASD

Awarded 2025
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Identification and validation of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in discrete cell types across human brain development

Awarded 2021
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Identification and manipulation of splicing variants that contribute to autism

Awarded 2019
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SSC-ASC Whole-Genome Sequencing Consortium (project 1): Association testing

Awarded 2018

Featuring Stephan Sanders

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New Omics Data Available From Autism BrainNet

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Genes Linked to Early Childhood Temperament Also Influence Autism and ADHD Risk

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SFARI Sex Differences Collaborations Convene for Fourth Annual Meeting

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2026 SFARI Sex Differences Collaborations Announced

Events

What can genetics tell us about autism spectrum disorder?

Lecture

March 22, 2017

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speaker

Stephan Sanders

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