Bourgeron to Share Groundbreaking Autism Research at ICPS

One of the most significant examples of integrative science will be spotlighted at the 2017 International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), to be held March 23–25 in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Bourgeron, the Paris-based geneticist who is credited with transforming autism research, will deliver the closing keynote address at the event. Bourgeron, who was elected to the French Academy of Science in 2015, is director of the Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit of the Institut Pasteur in Paris. He has titled his address “Genetic and Brain Diversity in AutismS.”

Bourgeron gained recognition in 2003 when he and his research team identified the first single-gene mutations linked to autism, pointing to the synapse as a site of autism’s pathology. His lab gathers geneticists, neurobiologists, and clinicians to explore the genetic and epigenetic hallmarks of individuals with autism. The research group uses high-throughput genotyping and sequencing-based methods in combination with clinical, neurobiological, and neuroimaging data collected from patients and from cell and animal models.

In his keynote, Bourgeron will discuss how his research is identifying not only the various mutations linked with the disorder, but also the factors that increase risk for (or protection from) comorbidities associated with it.

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