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Conor Davidson

Clinical lead
Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service

Conor Davidson is clinical lead for the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service in the United Kingdom and the Autism National Champion for the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

From this contributor

Several scientists standing under a spotlight greet scientists who are entering the spotlight.
Spectrum

Autistic psychiatrists are an asset to medicine — but we need to better support them

By Conor Davidson
18 January 2023 | 5 min read

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First nerve-net connectome shows how evolutionarily ancient nervous system coordinates movement

The map of a comb jelly’s aboral nerve net, which helps the animal orient and position itself within the water column, reveals a unique system for sensing the world and coordinating movement.

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Publishing

Paper by memory institute director garners expression of concern over image integrity

The notice, posted last week in Nature, follows a recent string of corrections to at least three other articles by Li-Huei Tsai’s lab.

By Lauren Schneider
16 September 2025 | 5 min read

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