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Awardee

David Haussler, Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

Affiliations
  • Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering and Scientific Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Publications

Establishing cerebral organoids as models of human-specific brain evolution.

Cell, February 3, 2019

Pollen A.A., Bhaduri A., Andrews M.G., T. Nowakowski, Meyerson O.S., Mostajo-Radji M.O., et al.

Human-specific NOTCH2NL genes affect notch signaling and cortical neurogenesis.

Cell, May 30, 2018

Fiddes I.T., Lodewijk G.A., Mooring M., Bosworth C.M., Ewing A.D., Mantalas G.L., et al.

Projects

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Assessing the role of NOTCH2NL in autism

Awarded 2019

Featuring David Haussler

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SFARI Summer 2019 Pilot Awardees Announced

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