Presenters:

• Dr. Emmanuel DiCicco-Bloom, Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Pediatrics, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers

Dr. DiCicco-Bloom looks at the individual features of the brain in Autism Spectrum Disorders. From that, his research looks at how basic biological processes can act and interact to generate brain differences. The goal is to create models of the ASD brain in mice, and then us these animal models to explore the underlying pathways responsible for their functions and behaviors.