*Equal contribution  † Corresponding author

Publications & Preprints

Rare coding mutations identify 36 large-effect risk genes in obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorders

Wang B, Tran MT, Wang S, Liu Y, Olfson E, Wang G, Sun N, Dea J, Olwal CO, Bertolace L, Bloch MH, Cappi C, Chang YC, Chavira D, Coffey BJ, Falkenstein MJ, Frank AC, Franklin ME, Garayalde S, Garrido H, Grados M, Hatem R, Howell AL, Khim S, Kuckertz JM, Le MM, Libby A, McCarty RJ, McNamara ME, McNeil D, Miguel EC, Nasello C, Nguyen B, Norbu T, Oh L, Ordway A, Paciotti C, Peskin VA, Pittenger C, Simpson HB, Martin HS, Tischfield MA, Xing J, Zakrzewski JJ, Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics), Dietrich A, Gilbert DL, Hoekstra PJ, Kim YS, Kuperman S, Rosen A, Zinner SH, Bouhaddou M, King RA, Rouleau G, Ressler KJ, Mathews CA, Krogan NJ, Sestan N, Tischfield JA†, Lee AM†, Heiman GA†, Fernandez TV†, Willsey AJ†, State MW†

bioRxiv (2025) PDF


Convergence of autism proteins at the cilium

Kostyanovskaya E, Lasser MC, Wang B, Schmidt J, Bader E, Buteo C, Arbelaez J, Sindledecker AR, McCluskey KE, Castillo O, Wang S, Dea J, Helde KA, Michael Graglia J, Brimble E, Kastner DB, Ehrlich AT, State MW, Jeremy Willsey A, Willsey HR

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


Oxytocin receptor controls promiscuity and development in prairie voles

Sharma R, Berendzen KM, Everitt A, Wang B, Williams G, Wang S, Quine K, Larios RD, Long KLP, Hoglen N, Sulaman BA, Heath MC, Sherman M, Klinkel R, Cai A, Galo D, Caamal LC, Goodwin NL, Beery A, Bales KL, Pollard KS, Willsey AJ, Manoli DS

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


Koolen-de Vries Syndrome causal gene KANSL1 is required for motile ciliogenesis

Schmidt JD, Terala A, McCluskey KE, Wang B, Pfalzer AC, Willsey HR

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


Comprehensive structure-function analysis reveals gain- and loss-of-function mechanisms impacting oncogenic KRAS activity

Kwon JJ, Dilly J, Liu S, Kim E, Bian Y, Dharmaiah S, Tran TH, Kapner KS, Ly SH, Yang X, Rabara D, Waybright TJ, Giacomelli AO, Hong AL, Misek S, Wang B, Ravi A, Doench JG, Beroukhim R, Lemke CT, Haigis KM, Esposito D, Root DE, Nissley DV, Stephen AG, McCormick F, Simanshu DK, Hahn WC, Aguirre AJ

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


A foundational atlas of autism protein interactions reveals molecular convergence

Wang B*, Vartak* R, Zaltsman Y*, Naing ZZC*, Hennick KM, Polacco BJ, Bashir A, Eckhardt M, Bouhaddou M, Xu J, Sun N, Lasser MC, Zhou Y, McKetney J, Guiley KZ, Chan U, Kaye JA, Chadha N, Cakir M, Gordon M, Khare P, Drake S, Drury V, Burke DF, Gonzalez S, Alkhairy S, Thomas R, Lam S, Morris M, Bader E, Seyler M, Baum T, Krasnoff R, Wang S, Pham P, Arbalaez J, Pratt D, Chag S, Mahmood N, Rolland T, Bourgeron T, Finkbeiner S, Swaney DL, Bandyopadhay S, Ideker T, Beltrao P, Willsey HR, Obernier K, Nowakowski TJ, Hüttenhain R, State MW, Willsey AJ, Krogan NJ

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


Autism genes converge on microtubule biology and RNA-binding proteins during excitatory neurogenesis

Sun N*, Teyssier N*, Wang B, Drake S, Seyler M, Zaltsman Y, Everitt A, Teerikorpi N, Willsey HR, Goodarzi H, Tian R, Kampmann M, Willsey AJ

bioRxiv (2024) PDF


Rare X-linked variants carry predominantly male risk in autism, Tourette syndrome, and ADHD

Wang S, Wang B, Drury V, Drake S, Sun N, Alkhairo H, Arbelaez J, Duhn C; Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics); Bal VH, Langley K, Martin J, Hoekstra PJ, Dietrich A, Xing J, Heiman GA, Tischfield JA, Fernandez TV, Owen MJ, O'Donovan MC, Thapar A, State MW, Willsey AJ

Nature Communications (2023) PDF


Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators

Lasser M, Sun N, Xu Y, Wang S, Drake S, Law K, Gonzalez S, Wang B, Drury V, Castillo O, Zaltsman Y, Dea J, Bader E, McCluskey KE, State MW, Willsey AJ, Willsey HR

Development (2023) PDF


Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

Willsey HR, Willsey AJ, Wang B, State MW

Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2022) PDF


SMAD4 represses FOSL1 expression and pancreatic cancer metastatic colonization

Dai C, Rennhack JP, Arnoff TE, Thaker M, Younger ST, Doench JG, Huang AY, Yang A, Aguirre AJ, Wang B, Mun E, O'Connell JT, Huang Y, Labella K, Talamas JA, Li J, Ilic N, Hwang J, Hong AL, Giacomelli AO, Gjoerup O, Root DE, Hahn WC

Cell Reports (2021) PDF


Epitope spreading toward wild-type melanocyte-lineage antigens rescues suboptimal immune checkpoint blockade responses

Lo JA, Kawakubo M, Juneja VR, Su MY, Erlich TH, LaFleur MW, Kemeny LV, Rashid M, Malehmir M, Rabi SA, Raghavan R, Allouche J, Kasumova G, Frederick DT, Pauken KE, Weng QY, Pereira da Silva M, Xu Y, van der Sande AAJ, Silkworth W, Roider E, Browne EP, Lieb DJ, Wang B, Garraway LA, Wu CJ, Flaherty KT, Brinckerhoff CE, Mullins DW, Adams DJ, Hacohen N, Hoang MP, Boland GM, Freeman GJ, Sharpe AH, Manstein D, Fisher DE

Science Translational Medicine (2021) PDF


Parallel in vivo analysis of large-effect autism genes implicates cortical neurogenesis and estrogen in risk and resilience

Willsey HR, Exner CRT, Xu Y, Everitt A, Sun N, Wang B, Dea J, Schmunk G, Zaltsman Y, Teerikorpi N, Kim A, Anderson AS, Shin D, Seyler M, Nowakowski TJ, Harland RM, Willsey AJ, State MW

Neuron (2021) PDF


Leveraging large genomic datasets to illuminate the pathobiology of autism spectrum disorders

Searles Quick VB*, Wang B*, State MW

Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews (2021) PDF


Copy-number and gene dependency analysis reveals partial copy loss of wild-type SF3B1 as a novel cancer vulnerability

Paolella BR, Gibson WJ, Urbanski LM, Alberta JA, Zack TI, Bandopadhayay P, Nichols CA, Agarwalla PK, Brown MS, Lamothe R, Yu Y, Choi PS, Obeng EA, Heckl D, Wei G, Wang B, Tsherniak A, Vazquez F, Weir BA, Root DE, Cowley GS, Buhrlage SJ, Stiles CD, Ebert BL, Hahn WC, Reed R, Beroukhim R

Elife (2017) PDF


ATXN1L, CIC, and ETS Transcription Factors Modulate Sensitivity to MAPK Pathway Inhibition

Wang B*, Krall EB*, Aguirre AJ*, Kim M, Widlund HR, Doshi MB, Sicinska E, Sulahian R, Goodale A, Cowley GS, Piccioni F, Doench JG, Root DE, Hahn WC

Cell Reports (2017) PDF


KEAP1 loss modulates sensitivity to kinase targeted therapy in lung cancer

Krall EB*, Wang B*, Munoz DM*, Ilic N, Raghavan S, Niederst MJ, Yu K, Ruddy DA, Aguirre AJ, Kim JW, Redig AJ, Gainor JF, Williams JA, Asara JM, Doench JG, Janne PA, Shaw AT, McDonald Iii RE, Engelman JA, Stegmeier F, Schlabach MR, Hahn WC

Elife (2017) PDF


Vitamin K epoxide reductase prefers ER membrane-anchored thioredoxin-like redox partners

Schulman S, Wang B, Li W, Rapoport TA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010) PDF