What’s new with the froggers?
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Helen gave a talk at Molecular Psychiatry Conference
Helen presented as a part of the Symposia: Cross-Species Analysis of the Autism Risk Gene, CHD8: Translating Insights From Diverse Animal Systems to Inform Human Studies.
March 2024
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Lab posters at Molecular Psychiatry Conference
Elina, Kate and James presented posters at the MPA Conference in Kona, Hawaii.
March 2024
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Helen presents at annual BAAC symposium
Helen gave a talk at the Bay Area Autism Consortium research symposium.
March 2024
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We're hiring!
The Willsey lab is hiring a Staff Research Associate to join our team. You can read about the position and apply here.
February 2024
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2023 SYNGAP1 conference
Helen, Elina and James traveled to Orlando, FL to attend the SYNGAP1 conference where Helen gave a talk.
December 2023
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Elina wins best poster prize!
Congratulations to Elina on her poster prize at the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology retreat!
November 2023
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James joins the lab!
James Schmidt recently graduated from Pomona College with a BA in Neuroscience and joined the lab as a research assistant.
September 2023
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2023 Xenopus Conference
Helen, Elina and Kate traveled to Maryland to attend the 19th International Xenopus conference. Helen gave a keynote talk and Kate and Elina presented posters.
August 2023
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Summer celebrations!
The lab celebrated Micaela’s first-author paper and cover image, and wished Sam well as he departs for Altos Labs.
August 2023
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Summer Neuroscience rotation
Christina Roca, IMSD Fellow, completed her summer rotation in the Willsey lab.
August 2023
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2023 Summer students
Two summer students, Katie and Lily, volunteered in lab under Kate's mentorship.
July 2023
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New paper published in Development, with Micaela's image on the cover!
Micaela Lasser, PhD is first author of new paper, Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators, published in the July issue of Development. Her image was selected for the cover.
July 2023
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Elina joins the lab!
DSCB graduate student, Elina Kostyanovskaya, officially joins the lab after a productive rotation. Welcome, Elina!
April 2023
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Froggers at the 2023 CSHL Xenopus course
Rotation student Elina attended the Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease course where grad student Kate was a TA and Helen was a faculty lecturer.
April 2023
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The Willsey lab is hiring
We are hiring a Staff Research Associate. Learn about the position and apply here.
April 2023
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5 (!) Spring PhD Rotation Students
Welcome Elina Kostyanovskaya (DSCB), Chris He (DSCB), Marci Iadarola (Neuroscience), Nilla Sivakumar (Neuroscience), and Andoni Asencor (Neuroscience)!!
April 2023
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Xenopus laevis have joined the lab!
A warm welcome to the newest pseudotetraploid lab members
March 2023
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Helen attends Cilia conference in Pisa
Helen gave a talk at the GRC Cilia, Mucus and Mucociliary Interactions conference in Italy.
February 2023
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Elina wins scholarship to CSHL
Rotation student Elina won a competitive scholarship to attend the Xenopus course at Cold Spring Harbor Labs.
February 2023
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Lab moves into new Weill building
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building establishes a welcoming new home for patients, researchers and clinicians at UCSF's Mission Bay campus. The six-floor, 282,500-square-foot building houses clinics and research centers, as well as laboratory, engineering and computational research space.
January 2023
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New BioRxiv preprint
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Helen profiled in Spectrum News
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Kate attends DYRK1A Conference
Graduate Student Kate McCluskey traveled to Saint-Malo France to present her work at the DYRK1A Conference.
November 2022
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Welcome Erich to the lab!
Erich Martinez (UC Berkeley Undergraduate) joins the lab!
October 2022
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New Article on Spectrum
Spectrum published an article highlighting our work and the problem of pleiotropy in autism functional genetics.
August 2022
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Early Career Grant From CCC
We were awarded an early-career investigator grant from Coalition to Cure CHD2 to support our work studying the role of CHD2 in brain development using Xenopus and human cells.
August 2022
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Maya Wins a Talk Award
Summer SRTP student Maya Lines won a best talk award describing her research on the response of microglia to ASD risk gene perturbations in Xenopus.
August 2022
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5 (!) Summer Students Join the Lab
2 Undergraduates and 3 High School students join the lab for the summer.
June 2022
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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Award
Helen was awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator award to support our work using Xenopus to identify psychiatric disorder-specific mechanisms of risk and resilience.
March 2022
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Helen Wins John Gurdon Outstanding Speaker Prize
Helen Willsey wins the John Gurdon Outstanding Speaker Prize at the 2021 International Xenopus meeting.
August 2021
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Kate Wins a Poster Prize
Graduate Student Kate McCluskey wins a poster prize at the 2021 International Xenopus meeting for her work on the development of the ENS.
August 2021