Fiona Hollis

Marie Heim-Vögtlin Fellow
Université de Lausanne

Fiona Hollis is a Marie Heim-Vögtlin Fellow in the fundamental neurosciences department at Université de Lausanne in Switzerland.

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Protein factories at neuronal junctions take center stage in autism

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12 September 2017 | 4 min read

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