Featured Publications
Human-specific transcriptional networks in the brain.
Konopka G, Friedrich T, Davis-Turak J, Winden K, Oldham MC, Gao F, Chen L, Wang GZ, Luo R, Preuss TM, Geschwind DH Neuron 2012 Aug 75 4 601-17
Differential Functional Constraints on the Evolution of Postsynaptic Density Proteins in Neocortical Laminae
Wang, G.-Z., and Konopka, G. PLoS ONE 2012 7 6 e39686
Modeling the functional genomics of autism using human neurons.
Konopka G, Wexler E, Rosen E, Mukamel Z, Osborn GE, Chen L, Lu D, Gao F, Gao K, Lowe JK, Geschwind DH Molecular psychiatry 2011 Jun
Human-specific transcriptional regulation of CNS development genes by FOXP2.
Konopka, G., Bomar, J.M., Winden, K., Coppola, G., Jonsson, Z.O., Gao, F., Peng, S., Preuss, T.M., Wohlschlegel, J.A., and Geschwind, D.H. Nature 2009 462(7270) 213-7
Divergent Whole-Genome Methylation Maps of Human and Chimpanzee Brains Reveal Epigenetic Basis of Human Regulatory Evolution.
Zeng J, Konopka G, Hunt BG, Preuss TM, Geschwind D, Yi SV Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2012 Aug
RBFOX1 regulates both splicing and transcriptional networks in human neuronal development.
Fogel BL, Wexler E, Wahnich A, Friedrich T, Vijayendran C, Gao F, Parikshak N, Konopka G, Geschwind DH Human molecular genetics 2012 Jul
STAT3-iNOS Signaling Mediates EGFRvIII-Induced Glial Proliferation and Transformation.
Puram SV, Yeung CM, Jahani-Asl A, Lin C, de la Iglesia N, Konopka G, Jackson-Grusby L, Bonni A J. Neurosci. 2012 Jun 32 23 7806-18
Neuroscience: Genes and human brain evolution.
Geschwind DH, Konopka G Nature 2012 Jun 486 7404 481-2
The role of the FOXP family of transcription factors in ASD.
Bowers JM, Konopka G Dis. Markers 2012 33 5 251-60
The fetal brain provides a raison d'être for the evolution of new human genes.
Konopka G Brain Behav. Evol. 2012 79 4 213-4
