Waisman Center

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A new study from the lab of Waisman investigator Maureen Durkin, reveals that an estimated 72% of individuals with autism meet the criteria for motor delays. To learn more, check out the story below! waisman.wisc.edu/2025/04/24/mot…

Community Outreach Wisconsin (COW), a part of Waisman, recently achieved a significant milestone by taking their Managing Threatening Confrontations (MTC) training statewide from 2023 to 2024. Check it out! waisman.wisc.edu/2025/04/08/man…

Anita Bhattacharyya, Waisman investigator, recently was a part of the podcast Lost Women in Science during a series about Dr. Marthe Gautier, a French doctor and researcher who played a critical role in the discovery of Down syndrome's cause. Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who…

A new review by the lab of Anita Bhattacharyya explores the complex impact of Down syndrome (DS) on brain development highlighting specific differences in neuronal development, synapses, connections, and brain volume. To learn more read below. waisman.wisc.edu/2025/02/13/wha…

Our new ML work @UWWaismanCenter @CommsBio integrates multi-omics data and quantifies transcription factor cooperativity for oligodendrocyte gene regulation at the single-cell level waisman.wisc.edu/2025/02/12/new…

Kids born preterm are at increased risk for language delays. Is that true for monolingual and bilingual kids? Work from Margarita Kaushanskaya is the first to compare language outcomes between monolingual and bilingual children born preterm. Check it out! waisman.wisc.edu/2025/01/27/kau…

Someone's culture influences everything, even the types of environments people seek out. Carlos Benítez-Barrera delves into how culture can impact someone's acoustic environments and how that influences hearing research and interventions. Check it out! waisman.wisc.edu/2025/01/15/lis…

Madison comedians explore 'Several Questions' about autism captimes.com/entertainment/…

The AUCD (Association of University Centers on Disabilities) put together a list of emergency resources for individuals with disabilities and their families who may be impacted by the fires in Los Angeles. To access this information, please go to aucd.org/news/emergency…

Disability Pride Madison is partnering with the UW-Madison Disability Cultural Center to host a craft fair featuring people with disabilities. Hope to see you there!

For more information, check out our Down syndrome Hub Page! waisman.wisc.edu/outreach/ds-hu…

Happy AAC Awareness Month! Check out our page for more information on AAC. ucedd.waisman.wisc.edu/aac-program/

This week’s Slide of the Week showcases research by Su-Chun Zhang where he and his team became the first to 3-D print functional brain tissue. “This could be a powerful model to help us understand how brain cells communicate,” Zhang says. Check it out! waisman.wisc.edu/2024/10/07/su-…

Memory impairments resulting from a traumatic brain injury in adolescents are related to changes in multiple structures of the brain’s memory network, including the hippocampus, new research shows. Read the story here: waisman.wisc.edu/2024/10/09/mem…

Join us Sat, Oct. 12th, for our Day with the Experts: Cerebral Palsy. We'll have several expert speakers and an expert panel of individuals with cerebral palsy and their families. Check out the link below to register. Hope to see you there! waisman.wisc.edu/event/experts-…

Matt Zammit, Waisman scientist, and affiliate Erik Dent, are both winners of UW-Madison’s Cool Science Image Contest. Check out their images and the other winners below! news.wisc.edu/2024-winners-c…

Our 10th annual Waisman Whirl, which took place on Sept. 29th, was a huge success! Almost 250 people came out on that lovely Sunday morning to support the center in our 1 mile/ 5k run, walk, or roll. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and we hope to see you all next year!