Buxbaum Laboratory

Announcing New Seaver Fellows – Letter from the Director

The Seaver Fellowship Program was formed in 2008 and supports research-based fellowships that are awarded to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty in such areas as genetic analysis, development of model systems for autism spectrum disorder,...

Collaborators Visit Mount Sinai

Yesterday the Seaver Autism Center hosted a visit for nurses in Sweden who work on the Population-based Autism Genetics and Environment Study (PAGES), funded by the National Institutes of Health. Led by Joseph D. Buxbaum, PhD, Director of the Seaver Autism Center,...

New Research Published on Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Seaver Autism Center researchers are the leading experts on Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), a rare genetic syndrome which is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers here have recently published two studies on this syndrome. The first study appeared...

Seaver Center Director on CUNY TV

Joseph D. Buxbaum, PhD, Director of the Seaver Autism Center, was recently featured on the CUNY Television show “Science and U!” in a segment on “Science and Genetics.” On the show, Dr. Buxbaum discussed the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC),...