Join our lab’s Dr. Jessica Klusek and fellow researchers for Updates from Ongoing FXTAS Research, part of the National Fragile X Foundation’s 2026 Webinar Series, on November 19th 7:00pm ET. Building on presentations from this summer’s NFXF International Fragile X Conference, the webinar will highlight ongoing research into fragile X–associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), a condition… Read more »
Our lab’s Dr. Jessica Klusek and Dr. Lauren Jenner, joined Audra Sterling and Marcae Robertson for the National Fragile X Foundation’s webinar, FXS in Females: Current Research & What’s Ahead. The recording is now available to watch here: https://fragilex.org/resources/webinars/current-fxs-females-research-webinar/ Dr. Klusek highlighted inequalities in our understanding of fragile X syndrome (FXS), with girls and women… Read more »
We are delighted to share that a new consensus paper, “New Developments in Fragile X Premutation-Associated Conditions: Consensus Perspectives from the 6th International Conference on FMR1 Premutation”, is now available in Genetics in Medicine Open. Developed following the 6th International Conference on FMR1 Premutation in Italy, the paper brings together researchers and clinicians from across the international fragile X… Read more »
A new publication from our team highlights an understudied aspect of health in women with the FMR1 premutation: swallowing difficulties. Published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, this paper brings together expertise in swallowing from USC’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and our lab’s expertise in the FMR1 premutation. The study was led… Read more »
On April 24, 2026, undergraduate student Lauren Long presented her research at the University of South Carolina’s annual DiscoverUSC conference. Her poster, “The child has to drive all of the decisions you make: How Mothers of People with Fragile X Syndrome Navigate Parenting in Low Resource Areas” highlighted qualitative findings on how mothers of children with Fragile X syndrome… Read more »
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,… Read more »
Our PhD candidate, Thomas Christensen has been selected as one of two Graduate Student Scholars in Aging by the Office for the Study of Aging at the University of South Carolina. As part of this award, he will receive a $1,000 grant to support his research on motor speech in women with the FMR1 premutation and its relationship… Read more »
Dr. Jessica Klusek, along with co-authors Gierman, Fairchild, Benitez, Berry-Kravis, and Mailick, published a new research article in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease titled: “Cognitive dysfunction in women with the FMR1 premutation during midlife: The LASSI-L reveals curvilinear CGG-dependent risk buffered by college education.” Women with the FMR1 premutation are known to have a higher… Read more »
Thanks to funding from the NIH P50 Fragile X Center Award, we are pleased to announce that our study of women with the FMR1 premutation has been extended for an additional three years, and we are also recruiting new participants. We are currently seeking participants from the following groups: What does participation involve?Participants will complete one to two days… Read more »
You may have noticed that the SC Family Study Lab was recently featured in a National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF) article highlighting one of our committed research participants, Laurie. In “Meet Laurie, a mother of two, who also lives with the Fragile X premutation”, Laurie shares her experience of the growing clinical recognition of Fragile… Read more »