Shuang Liu

TL;DR: This work integrated genotypes and RNA sequencing in brain samples from 1695 individuals with autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, as well as controls to identify causal drivers and define a mechanistic basis for the composite activity of genetic risk variants.

TL;DR: The resource and integrative analyses have uncovered genomic elements and networks in the brain, which in turn have provided insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders.

TL;DR: The generation and analysis of a variety of genomic data modalities at the tissue and single-cell levels, including transcriptome, DNA methylation, and histone modifications across multiple brain regions ranging in age from embryonic development through adulthood, reveal insights into neurodevelopment and the genomic basis of neuropsychiatric risks.

TL;DR: The PsychENCODE project aims to produce a public resource of multidimensional genomic data using tissue- and cell type–specific samples from approximately 1,000 phenotypically well-characterized, high-quality healthy and disease-affected human post-mortem brains, as well as functionally characterize disease-associated regulatory elements and variants in model systems.