PhD Candidate with Dr. LaSalle at UC Davis | Cal Poly SLO '20 | Methylation Stan | he/him

Joined February 2019
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Logan Williams retweeted
I'm delighted to share our latest publication describing the results of an experiment that is not possible to do in human, asking the question: Can the placental (and cell free fetal DNA) methylome predict brain and behavior of the offspring? nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Autism Spectrum Disorder development is often the result of an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, but what can epigenetics tell us about that interplay? Read more in mine and @jmlasalle123 Current Opinion article! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3596…
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Logan Williams retweeted
Delighted to share our publication in Genome Biology introducing NHIP, a novel gene locus associated with autism, discovered in placenta rdcu.be/cG8u4 NHIP stands for neuronal hypoxia inducible, placenta associated 1/7
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Solid overview here of ongoing development in the COVID vaccine space. It's easy to get Pfizer-Moderna tunnel vision in the states, but if we want to transition into an endemic COVID future we'll need as many weapons in our anti-viral arsenal as we can get. #DEB263
What do next generation COVID-19 shots need? @AGKootenay and @ky_lahucik take a look at what companies need to break into the waning market fiercebiotech.com/biotech/do…
COVID vaccination coverage in pregnant women has remained low in the US, but a new national cohort study from Scotland reaffirms how dangerous COVID can be to unvaccinated mothers and their babies. Yet another example of the consequences of anti-vax rhetoric. #DEB263
COVID-19 in #Pregnancy in Scotland study reveals substantially lower #vaccine uptake in pregnant women than in the general female population and not being vaccinated is associated with increased risk of severe complications of #COVID19 in pregnancy. nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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The misleading marketing of prenatal screening tests as pseudo-diagnostic results in real harm, as this Times article so thoroughly reveals. This is not just a failure of patient communication, it’s a failure of refereeing the language used to market testing products. #DEB263
"How is this happening to me?" A 32-year-old pregnant woman received a call from her doctor's office saying that a prenatal blood test indicated that her fetus might be missing part of a chromosome. nyti.ms/3zeAMnX
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