SONG LAB at Harvard University

Publications

*Equal contributions, ^Co-corresponding authors

2024

Rare variation in non-coding regions with evolutionary signatures contributes to autism spectrum disorder risk
Taehwan Shin*, Janet H.T. Song*, Michael Kosicki, Connor Kenny, Samantha G. Beck, …, Rebecca E. Andersen, Eduardo Maury, Len A. Pennacchio, Ryan N. Doan^, Christopher A. Walsh^
Cell Genomics  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100609

2023

Comparative transcriptomics reveals human-specific cortical features
Nikolas L. Jorstad*, Janet H.T. Song*, David Exposito-Alonso*, Hamsini Suresh, Nathan Castro-Pacheco, …, Alexander Dobin, Jesse Gillis, Ed S. Lein, Rebecca D. Hodge^, Trygve E. Bakken^
Science  ·  13 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.1126/science.ade9516
Cbln1 directs axon targeting by corticospinal neurons specifically toward thoraco-lumbar spinal cord
Janet H.T. Song, Carolin Ruven, Payal Patel, Frances Ding, Jeffrey D. Macklis^, Vibhu Sahni^
The Journal of Neuroscience  ·  23 Feb 2023  ·  doi:10.1523/jneurosci.0710-22.2023
TMEM161B regulates cerebral cortical gyration, Sonic Hedgehog signaling, and ciliary structure in the developing central nervous system
Shyam K. Akula, Jack H. Marciano, Youngshin Lim, David Exposito-Alonso, Norma K. Hylton, …, J. Fernando Bazan, Kelly A. Smith, Jeffrey A. Golden, Ginam Cho, Christopher A. Walsh
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  20 Jan 2023  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.2209964120

2021

Genetic studies of human–chimpanzee divergence using stem cell fusions
Janet H.T. Song*, Rachel L. Grant*, Veronica C. Behrens*, Marek Kučka, Garrett A. Roberts Kingman, Volker Soltys, Yingguang Frank Chan, David M. Kingsley
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  17 Dec 2021  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.2117557118
Rewiring of human neurodevelopmental gene regulatory programs by human accelerated regions
Kelly M. Girskis, Andrew B. Stergachis, Ellen M. DeGennaro, Ryan N. Doan, Xuyu Qian, …, Jean Fan, Peter V. Kharchenko, Nenad Sestan, Michael E. Greenberg, Christopher A. Walsh
Neuron  ·  01 Oct 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2021.08.005
Corticospinal neuron subpopulation-specific developmental genes prospectively indicate mature segmentally specific axon projection targeting
Vibhu Sahni, Sara J. Shnider, Denis Jabaudon, Janet H.T. Song, Yasuhiro Itoh, Luciano C. Greig, Jeffrey D. Macklis
Cell Reports  ·  01 Oct 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109843
PRG2 and AQPEP are misexpressed in fetal membranes in placenta previa and percreta
Elisa T. Zhang, Roberta L. Hannibal, Keyla M. Badillo Rivera, Janet H.T. Song, Kelly McGowan, …, Jürgen Pollheimer, Alexander E. Urban, Ann K. Folkins, Deirdre J. Lyell, Julie C. Baker
Biology of Reproduction  ·  12 May 2021  ·  doi:10.1093/biolre/ioab068

2018

Characterization of a human-specific tandem repeat associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Janet H.T. Song*, Craig B. Lowe*, David M. Kingsley
The American Journal of Human Genetics  ·  01 Sep 2018  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.07.011

2011

Brain volumetric measures in alcoholics: A comparison of two segmentation methods
Marlene Oscar Berman, Janet Song
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment  ·  01 Feb 2011  ·  doi:10.2147/ndt.s13405

2008

Removal of High‐Molecular‐Weight DNA by Carboxylated Magnetic Beads Enhances the Detection of Mutated K‐ras DNA in Urine
Ying‐Hsiu Su, Janet Song, Zhili Wang, Xiao‐He Wang, Mengjun Wang, Dean E. Brenner, Timothy M. Block
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  ·  01 Aug 2008  ·  doi:10.1196/annals.1448.019