Lauren Weiss, PhD

Professor In Residence
M_Psych-Core-Rsch
+1 415 476-7650

My laboratory focuses on understanding the genetic architecture of autism. We are working with genome-wide genetic data to identify additional susceptibility loci, the genetic mechanisms by which DNA variants influence autism risk, and the genetic and physiological pathways these risk loci implicate. We can use rich genetic datasets to ask questions about the role for copy number vs. SNP variation, rare vs. common variation, gene-sex interaction, gene-gene interaction, and gene-environment interaction.

We are also using human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models to study known mutations or copy number variants predisposing to autism. We will first identify the effects of genetic risk variants and then be able to ascertain whether the effects of genetic risk can be modified at the cellular level by environmental or pharmacological agents. These models will be used to test hypotheses emerging from our genetic datasets.

Our long term goals are to use genetic tools to improve understanding, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of autism and related traits.

Publications

A cross-disorder analysis of CNVs finds novel loci and dose-dependent relationships of genes to psychiatric traits.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Shanta O, Klein M, Sacks M, MacDonald JR, Maihofer A, Ahangari M, Engchuan W, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Guevara J, Hong O, Huguet G, Sønderby I, Kalyuzhny M, Adams MJ, Adolfsson R, Agartz I, Aiello AE, Alda M, Allardyce J, Amstadter AB, Andlauer TFM, Andreassen OA, Artigas MS, Austin SB, Ayub M, Baker DG, Bass N, Baune BT, Bayas M, Berger K, Biernacka JM, Bigdeli T, Bisson JI, Blackwood D, Boks M, Braff D, Bramon E, Breen G, Brueckl T, Bryant RA, Bulik CM, Buxbaum J, Cairns MJ, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Campbell M, Campion D, Carr VJ, Castelao E, Chaumette B, Cichon S, Cohen D, Corvin A, Craddock N, Crosbie J, Czamara D, Dannlowski U, Degenhardt F, Delahanty DL, Dempfle A, Desachy G, Di Florio A, Dickerson FB, Djurovic S, Domschke K, Douglas L, Drange OK, Duncan LE, Edenberg HJ, Esko T, Faraone S, Feeny NC, Forstner AJ, Franke B, Frye M, Fu DJ, Fullerton JM, Gareeva A, Garvert L, Gatt JM, Gejman P, Geschwind DH, Giegling I, Glatt SJ, Glessner J, Goes FS, Gordon-Smith K, Grabe H, Green MJ, Green MF, Greenwood T, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu M, Gur RE, Gur RC, Guzman-Parra J, Haavik J, Hahn T, Hakonarson H, Hallmayer J, Hamshere ML, Hartmann AM, Hassan A, Hayward C, Hebebrand J, Hemmings SMJ, Herms S, Herrera-Rivero M, Hinney A, Homuth G, Ingason A, Ito LT, Iwata N, Jones I, Jones LA, Jonsson L, Jönsson EG, Kahn RS, Karlsson R, Kaufman ML, Kelsoe JR, Kennedy JL, King A, Kircher T, Kirov G, Knappskog P, Knowles JA, Kobayashi N, Koenen KC, Konte B, Korgaonkar M, Kowalec K, Krebs MO, Landén M, Laurent-Levinson C, Lebois LA, Levinson D, Lewis C, Li Q, Liberzon I, Light G, Loo SK, Lu Y, Lucae S, Marmar C, Martin NG, Mayoral F, McIntosh AM, McLaughlin KA, McLean SA, McQuillin A, Medland SE, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Milanova V, Mitchell PB, Molina E, Mowry B, Muller-Myhsok B, Mullins N, Murray R, Nöthen MM, Nurnberger JI, O'Connell KS, Ophoff RA, Orcutt HK, Owen MJ, Palotie A, Pato C, Pato M, Pawlak J, Peters T, Petryshen TL, Pistis G, Potash JB, Powell J, Preisig M, Quested D, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reif A, Ressler KJ, Ribasés M, Rietschel M, Risbrough VB, Rivera M, Rothbaum AO, Rothbaum BO, Rujescu D, Saito T, Sanders AR, Schachar RJ, Schofield PR, Schulte EC, Schulze TG, Scott LJ, Seedat S, Sheerin C, Shi J, Sklar P, Smalley S, Smeland OB, Smoller JW, Sonuga-Barke E, Clair DS, Steen NE, Stein D, Stein F, Stein MB, Streit F, Swerdlow N, Thibaut F, Thygesen JH, Timerbulatov I, Toma C, Trapido E, Tremblay M, Tsuang MT, Uddin M, Vawter MP, Vincent JB, Völzke H, Walters JT, Weickert CS, Weiss LA, Weissman MM, Werge T, Witt SH, Xavier M, Yolken R, Young RM, Zayats T, Zoellner LA, AGP Consortium, PEIC Psychosis Endophenotypes International Consortium, ADHD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Autism Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, PTSD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, CNV Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Kendall K, Riley B, Wray NR, O'Donovan MC, Sullivan PF, Sanchez-Roige S, Nievergelt CM, Jacquemont S, Scherer SW, Sebat J

Examining Sex-Differentiated Genetic Effects Across Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Traits.

Biological psychiatry

Martin J, Khramtsova EA, Goleva SB, Blokland GAM, Traglia M, Walters RK, Hübel C, Coleman JRI, Breen G, Børglum AD, Demontis D, Grove J, Werge T, Bralten J, Bulik CM, Lee PH, Mathews CA, Peterson RE, Winham SJ, Wray N, Edenberg HJ, Guo W, Yao Y, Neale BM, Faraone SV, Petryshen TL, Weiss LA, Duncan LE, Goldstein JM, Smoller JW, Stranger BE, Davis LK, Sex Differences Cross-Disorder Analysis Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Anttila V, Bulik-Sullivan B, Finucane HK, Walters RK, Bras J, Duncan L, Escott-Price V, Falcone GJ, Gormley P, Malik R, Patsopoulos NA, Ripke S, Wei Z, Yu D, Lee PH, Turley P, Grenier-Boley B, Chouraki V, Kamatani Y, Berr C, Letenneur L, Hannequin D, Amouyel P, Boland A, Deleuze JF, Duron E, Vardarajan BN, Reitz C, Goate AM, Huentelman MJ, Kamboh MI, Larson EB, Rogaeva E, St George-Hyslop P, Hakonarson H, Kukull WA, Farrer LA, Barnes LL, Beach TG, Demirci FY, Head E, Hulette CM, Jicha GA, Kauwe JSK, Kaye JA, Leverenz JB, Levey AI, Lieberman AP, Pankratz VS, Poon WW, Quinn JF, Saykin AJ, Schneider LS, Smith AG, Sonnen JA, Stern RA, Van Deerlin VM, Van Eldik LJ, Harold D, Russo G, Rubinsztein DC, Bayer A, Tsolaki M, Proitsi P, Fox NC, Hampel H, Owen MJ, Mead S, Passmore P, Morgan K, Nöthen MM, Rossor M, Lupton MK, Hoffmann P, Kornhuber J, Lawlor B, McQuillin A, Al-Chalabi A, Bis JC, Ruiz A, Boada M, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Rice K, van der Lee SJ, De Jager PL, Geschwind DH, Riemenschneider M, Riedel-Heller S, Rotter JI, Ransmayr G, Hyman BT, Cruchaga C, Alegret M, Winsvold B, Palta P, Farh KH, Cuenca-Leon E, Furlotte N, Kurth T, Ligthart L, Terwindt GM, Freilinger T, Ran C, Gordon SD, Borck G, Adams HHH, Lehtimäki T, Wedenoja J, Buring JE, Schürks M, Hrafnsdottir M, Hottenga JJ, Penninx B, Artto V, Kaunisto M, Vepsäläinen S, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Kurki MI, Hämäläinen E, Huang H, Huang J, Sandor C, Webber C, Muller-Myhsok B, Schreiber S, Salomaa V, Loehrer E, Göbel H, Macaya A, Pozo-Rosich P, Hansen T, Werge T, Kaprio J, Metspalu A, Kubisch C, Ferrari MD, Belin AC, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Zwart JA, Boomsma D, Eriksson N, Olesen J, Chasman DI, Nyholt DR, Avbersek A, Baum L, Berkovic S, Bradfield J, Buono R, Catarino CB, Cossette P, De Jonghe P, Depondt C, Dlugos D, Ferraro TN, French J, Hjalgrim H, Jamnadas-Khoda J, Kälviäinen R, Kunz WS, Lerche H, Leu C, Lindhout D, Lo W, Lowenstein D, McCormack M, Møller RS, Molloy A, Ng PW, Oliver K, Privitera M, Radtke R, Ruppert AK, Sander T, Schachter S, Schankin C, Scheffer I, Schoch S, Sisodiya SM, Smith P, Sperling M, Striano P, Surges R, Thomas GN, Visscher F, Whelan CD, Zara F, Heinzen EL, Marson A, Becker F, Stroink H, Zimprich F, Gasser T, Gibbs R, Heutink P, Martinez M, Morris HR, Sharma M, Ryten M, Mok KY, Pulit S, Bevan S, Holliday E, Attia J, Battey T, Boncoraglio G, Thijs V, Chen WM, Mitchell B, Rothwell P, Sharma P, Sudlow C, Vicente A, Markus H, Kourkoulis C, Pera J, Raffeld M, Silliman S, Boraska Perica V, Thornton LM, Huckins LM, William Rayner N, Lewis CM, Gratacos M, Rybakowski F, Keski-Rahkonen A, Raevuori A, Hudson JI, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Monteleone P, Karwautz A, Mannik K, Baker JH, O'Toole JK, Trace SE, Davis OSP, Helder SG, Ehrlich S, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Danner UN, van Elburg AA, Clementi M, Forzan M, Docampo E, Lissowska J, Hauser J, Tortorella A, Maj M, Gonidakis F, Tziouvas K, Papezova H, Yilmaz Z, Wagner G, Cohen-Woods S, Herms S, Julià A, Rabionet R, Dick DM, Ripatti S, Andreassen OA, Espeseth T, Lundervold AJ, Steen VM, Pinto D, Scherer SW, Aschauer H, Schosser A, Alfredsson L, Padyukov L, Halmi KA, Mitchell J, Strober M, Bergen AW, Kaye W, Szatkiewicz JP, Cormand B, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Sánchez-Mora C, Ribasés M, Casas M, Hervas A, Arranz MJ, Haavik J, Zayats T, Johansson S, Williams N, Dempfle A, Rothenberger A, Kuntsi J, Oades RD, Banaschewski T, Franke B, Buitelaar JK, Arias Vasquez A, Doyle AE, Reif A, Lesch KP, Freitag C, Rivero O, Palmason H, Romanos M, Langley K, Rietschel M, Witt SH, Dalsgaard S, Børglum AD, Waldman I, Wilmot B, Molly N, Bau CHD, Crosbie J, Schachar R, Loo SK, McGough JJ, Grevet EH, Medland SE, Robinson E, Weiss LA, Bacchelli E, Bailey A, Bal V, Battaglia A, Betancur C, Bolton P, Cantor R, Celestino-Soper P, Dawson G, De Rubeis S, Duque F, Green A, Klauck SM, Leboyer M, Levitt P, Maestrini E, Mane S, De-Luca DM, Parr J, Regan R, Reichenberg A, Sandin S, Vorstman J, Wassink T, Wijsman E, Cook E, Santangelo S, Delorme R, et al

Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism.

Nature

De Rubeis S, He X, Goldberg AP, Poultney CS, Samocha K, Cicek AE, Kou Y, Liu L, Fromer M, Walker S, Singh T, Klei L, Kosmicki J, Shih-Chen F, Aleksic B, Biscaldi M, Bolton PF, Brownfeld JM, Cai J, Campbell NG, Carracedo A, Chahrour MH, Chiocchetti AG, Coon H, Crawford EL, Curran SR, Dawson G, Duketis E, Fernandez BA, Gallagher L, Geller E, Guter SJ, Hill RS, Ionita-Laza J, Jimenz Gonzalez P, Kilpinen H, Klauck SM, Kolevzon A, Lee I, Lei I, Lei J, Lehtimäki T, Lin CF, Ma'ayan A, Marshall CR, McInnes AL, Neale B, Owen MJ, Ozaki N, Parellada M, Parr JR, Purcell S, Puura K, Rajagopalan D, Rehnström K, Reichenberg A, Sabo A, Sachse M, Sanders SJ, Schafer C, Schulte-Rüther M, Skuse D, Stevens C, Szatmari P, Tammimies K, Valladares O, Voran A, Li-San W, Weiss LA, Willsey AJ, Yu TW, Yuen RK, Cook EH, Freitag CM, Gill M, Hultman CM, Lehner T, Palotie A, Schellenberg GD, Sklar P, State MW, Sutcliffe JS, Walsh CA, Scherer SW, Zwick ME, Barett JC, Cutler DJ, Roeder K, Devlin B, Daly MJ, Buxbaum JD

Autism traits in the RASopathies.

Journal of medical genetics

Adviento B, Corbin IL, Widjaja F, Desachy G, Enrique N, Rosser T, Risi S, Marco EJ, Hendren RL, Bearden CE, Rauen KA, Weiss LA

Association Between Microdeletion and Microduplication at 16p11.2 and Autism.

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Lauren A Weiss, Yiping Shen, Joshua M. Korn, Dan E. Arking, David T. Miller, Ragnheidur Fossdal, Evald Saemundsen, Hreinn Stefansson, Manuel A. R. Ferreira, Todd Green, Orah S. Platt, Douglas M. Ruderfer, Christopher A. Walsh, David Altshuler, Aravinda Chakravarti, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Kari Stefansson, Susan L. Santangelo, James F. Gusella, Pamela Sklar, Bai-Lin Wu, Mark J. Daly

Disruption of neurexin 1 associated with autism spectrum disorder.

American journal of human genetics

Kim HG, Kishikawa S, Higgins AW, Seong IS, Donovan DJ, Shen Y, Lally E, Weiss LA, Najm J, Kutsche K, Descartes M, Holt L, Braddock S, Troxell R, Kaplan L, Volkmar F, Klin A, Tsatsanis K, Harris DJ, Noens I, Pauls DL, Daly MJ, MacDonald ME, Morton CC, Quade BJ, Gusella JF