Our lab recently attended the South Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Consortium (SCAND) 2026, a conference that brings together researchers from across the state to share and discuss advances in science focused on autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions in South Carolina. This year’s meeting was close to home, hosted at the beautiful Riverbanks Zoo & Garden in Columbia, South Carolina.

The conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Matthew Mosconi, a friend of our lab visiting from the University of Kansas, who presented a talk titled “Understanding the Extreme Variability in Brain, Cognitive, and Motor Aging Among FMR1 Premutation Carriers.”

Members of our team also contributed to the scientific program. PhD student Thomas Christensen presented a poster on “Exploring The Motor Speech Profile of Women with the FMR1 Premutation,” and Postdoctoral Fellow Lauren Jenner presented “‘Just Knowing Put Together Things I’ve Been Wondering About My Whole Life’: A Case Series and Thematic Analysis of Six Mothers Incidentally Identified with the FMR1 Full Mutation.” Her work was recognized with a Distinguished Poster Award – congratulations Lauren!

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