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Epigenetics, Genetics, Neuroscience, Biology, Psychiatry

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University of California Davis: Davis, CA, US

2016-09 to 2021-08 | CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
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Laufer BI

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Western University: London, ON, CA

2010-09 to 2016-08 | Ph.D. (Biology)
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Western University: London, ON, CA

2006-09 to 2010-04 | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Honours Specialization In Genetics with Distinction (Biology)
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Works (32)

Epigenomic signature of major congenital heart defects in newborns with Down syndrome

2023-05-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.02.23289417
Contributors: Julia S. Mouat; Shaobo Li; Swe Swe Myint; Benjamin I. Laufer; Philip J. Lupo; Jeremy M. Schraw; John P. Woodhouse; Adam J. de Smith; Janine M. LaSalle
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Placenta and fetal brain share a neurodevelopmental disorder DNA methylation profile in a mouse model of prenatal PCB exposure

Cell Reports
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110442
Contributors: Benjamin I. Laufer; Kari Neier; Anthony E. Valenzuela; Dag H. Yasui; Rebecca J. Schmidt; Pamela J. Lein; Janine M. LaSalle
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Long-term effects of wildfire smoke exposure during early-life on the nasal epigenome in rhesus macaques

2021-09-11 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.10.459648
Contributors: Anthony P. Brown; Lucy Cai; Benjamin I. Laufer; Lisa A. Miller; Janine M. LaSalle; Hong Ji
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Multi-omic brain and behavioral correlates of cell-free fetal DNA methylation in macaque maternal obesity models

2021-08-28 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.27.457952
Contributors: Benjamin I. Laufer; Yu Hasegawa; Zhichao Zhang; Casey E. Hogrefe; Laura A. Del Rosso; Lori Haapanan; Hyeyeon Hwang; Melissa D. Bauman; Judy A. Van de Water; Ameer Y. Taha et al.
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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Genes in Mouse Placenta and Fetal Brain Following Prenatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls

2021-05-27 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.27.446011
Contributors: Benjamin I Laufer; Kari E Neier; Anthony E Valenzuela; Dag H Yasui; Rebecca J Schmidt; Pamela J Lein; Janine M LaSalle
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StableDNMT3LOverexpression in SH-SY5Y Neurons Recreates a Facet of the Genome-Wide Down Syndrome DNA Methylation Signature

2020-11-09 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.09.374793
Contributors: Benjamin I. Laufer; J. Antonio Gomez; Julia M. Jianu; Janine M. LaSalle
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Low-Pass Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing of Neonatal Dried Blood Spots Identifies a Role for RUNX1 in Down Syndrome DNA Methylation Profiles

Human Molecular Genetics
2020-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa218
Contributors: Benjamin I Laufer; Hyeyeon Hwang; Julia M Jianu; Charles E Mordaunt; Ian F Korf; Irva Hertz-Picciotto; Janine M LaSalle
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Epigenomic Convergence of Neural-Immune Risk Factors in Neurodevelopmental Disorder Cortex

Cerebral Cortex
2020-03-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz115
Contributors: A Vogel Ciernia; B I Laufer; H Hwang; K W Dunaway; C E Mordaunt; R L Coulson; D H Yasui; J M LaSalle
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Cord blood DNA methylome in newborns later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder reflects early dysregulation of neurodevelopmental and X-linked genes

2019-11-21 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/850529
Contributors: Charles E. Mordaunt; Julia M. Jianu; Ben Laufer; Yihui Zhu; Keith W. Dunaway; Kelly M. Bakulski; Jason I. Feinberg; Heather E. Volk; Kristen Lyall; Lisa A. Croen et al.
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Whole genome bisulfite sequencing of Down syndrome brain reveals regional DNA hypermethylation and novel disorder insights

Epigenetics
2019-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2019.1609867
Contributors: Benjamin I. Laufer; Hyeyeon Hwang; Annie Vogel Ciernia; Charles E. Mordaunt; Janine M. LaSalle
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Imprinting effects of UBE3A loss on synaptic gene networks and Wnt signaling pathways

2019-05-24 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/649491
Contributors: S. Jesse Lopez; Benjamin I. Laufer; Ulrika Beitnere; Elizabeth L. Berg; Jill L. Silverman; David J. Segal; Janine M. LaSalle
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Snord116-dependent diurnal rhythm of DNA methylation in mouse cortex

Nature Communications
2018-04-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03676-0
Contributors: Rochelle L. Coulson; Dag H. Yasui; Keith W. Dunaway; Benjamin I. Laufer; Annie Vogel Ciernia; Yihui Zhu; Charles E. Mordaunt; Theresa S. Totah; Janine M. LaSalle
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Experience-dependent neuroplasticity of the developing hypothalamus: integrative epigenomic approaches

Epigenetics
2018-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2018.1451720
Contributors: Annie Vogel Ciernia; Benjamin I . Laufer; Keith W. Dunaway; Charles E. Mordaunt; Rochelle L. Coulson; Theresa S. Totah; Danielle S. Stolzenberg; Jaime C. Frahm; Akanksha Singh-Taylor; Tallie Z. Baram et al.
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Long-term alterations to DNA methylation as a biomarker of prenatal alcohol exposure: From mouse models to human children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcohol
2017-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.11.009
Contributors: Benjamin I. Laufer; Eric J. Chater-Diehl; Joachim Kapalanga; Shiva M. Singh
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Changes to histone modifications following prenatal alcohol exposure: An emerging picture.

2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.01.005
PMID: 28431792
Contributors: Chater-Diehl EJ; Laufer BI; Singh SM
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Alteration of Gene Expression, DNA Methylation, and Histone Methylation in Free Radical Scavenging Networks in Adult Mouse Hippocampus following Fetal Alcohol Exposure.

2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154836
PMID: 27136348
Contributors: Chater-Diehl EJ; Laufer BI; Castellani CA; Alberry BL; Singh SM
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Strategies for precision modulation of gene expression by epigenome editing: an overview.

2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-015-0023-7
PMID: 26388942
PMC: PMC4574080
Contributors: Laufer BI; Singh SM
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Associative DNA methylation changes in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.

2015-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2217/epi.15.60
PMID: 26178076
Contributors: Laufer BI; Kapalanga J; Castellani CA; Diehl EJ; Yan L; Singh SM
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DNA methylation differences in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia identifies psychosis related genes and networks.

2015-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-015-0093-1
PMID: 25943100
Contributors: Castellani CA; Laufer BI; Melka MG; Diehl EJ; O'Reilly RL; Singh SM
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DNA methylation in psychosis: insights into etiology and treatment.

2015-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.66
PMID: 25687467
Contributors: Castellani CA; Melka MG; Diehl EJ; Laufer BI; O'Reilly RL; Singh SM
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Fetal alcohol and the right to be born healthy….

2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00356
PMID: 25352863
PMC: PMC4195355
Contributors: Singh SM; Laufer BI; Kapalanga J
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Long-term genomic and epigenomic dysregulation as a consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure: a model for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00161
PMID: 24917881
Contributors: Kleiber ML; Diehl EJ; Laufer BI; Mantha K; Chokroborty-Hoque A; Alberry B; Singh SM
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Molecular Changes during Neurodevelopment following Second-Trimester Binge Ethanol Exposure in a Mouse Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: From Immediate Effects to Long-Term Adaptation

Dev Neurosci
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000357496
Part of ISSN: 1421-9859
Contributors: Katarzyna Mantha; Benjamin I. Laufer; Shiva M. Singh
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Third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure is characterized by an acute cellular stress response and an ontogenetic disruption of genes critical for synaptic establishment and function in mice.

2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000365549
PMID: 25278313
Contributors: Kleiber ML; Laufer BI; Stringer RL; Singh SM
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The effects of olanzapine on genome-wide DNA methylation in the hippocampus and cerebellum.

2014-01 | Journal article
PMID: 24382160
Contributors: Melka MG; Laufer BI; McDonald P; Castellani CA; Rajakumar N; O Reilly R; Singh SM
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Neurodevelopmental epigenetic etiologies: Insights from studies on mouse models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.42
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Contributors: Laufer, B.I.; Diehl, E.J.; Singh, S.M.
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Olanzapine induced DNA methylation changes support the dopamine hypothesis of psychosis

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9256-1-19
Part of ISSN: 2049-9256
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Selected rapporteur summaries from the XX world congress of psychiatric genetics, Hamburg, Germany, october 14-18, 2012

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32132
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Contributors: Anderson-Schmidt, H.; Beltcheva, O.; Brandon, M.D.; Byrne, E.M.; Diehl, E.J.; Duncan, L.; Gonzalez, S.D.; Hannon, E.; Kantojärvi, K.; Karagiannidis, I. et al.
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Long-lasting alterations to DNA methylation and ncRNAs could underlie the effects of fetal alcohol exposure in mice.

2013-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.010975
PMID: 23580197
PMC: PMC3701217
Contributors: Laufer BI; Mantha K; Kleiber ML; Diehl EJ; Addison SM; Singh SM
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Reduced expression of brain cannabinoid receptor 1 (Cnr1) is coupled with an increased complementary micro-RNA (miR-26b) in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1868-7083-5-14
PMID: 23915435
PMC: PMC3751098
Contributors: Stringer RL; Laufer BI; Kleiber ML; Singh SM
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A macro role for imprinted clusters of microRNAs in the brain.

2012 | Journal article
PMID: 25048091
Contributors: Laufer BI; Singh SM
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Long-term alterations to the brain transcriptome in a maternal voluntary consumption model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.04.016
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Contributors: Kleiber, M.L.; Laufer, B.I.; Wright, E.; Diehl, E.J.; Singh, S.M.
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