Features Editor
Spectrum
Ingrid Wickelgren edits Deep Dives, Spectrum’s long-form stories on important topics in autism research.
Before joining the foundation in 2015, Ingrid was senior editor at Scientific American Mind and wrote the Streams of Consciousness blog for ScientificAmerican.com. She has also authored three popular science books and has written for Science, Discover, Health and The New York Times.
Ingrid has a B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford University.
An electrical brain implant all but erased the obsessions that had consumed Becky Audette, years after her autism diagnosis. Could similar implants help other people with severe autism?
Scientists dish about the biggest challenges they face as they tackle tough questions about autism.
A European initiative that aims to provide a framework for clinical trials in autism has developed tools to track treatment responses.
An analysis of blood samples from nearly 17,000 individuals with autism points to new regions of the genome likely to be involved in the disorder.
Deleting a small region of the MECP2 gene partially restored function in neurons derived from people with Rett-associated variants.
Deleting a small region of the MECP2 gene partially restored function in neurons derived from people with Rett-associated variants.
Her favorite part of research was talking about it. So she left academia and turned that passion into a successful company.
Her favorite part of research was talking about it. So she left academia and turned that passion into a successful company.
Senescence presents differently depending on the cell type, toxic trigger and neighboring cells, two new studies find.
Senescence presents differently depending on the cell type, toxic trigger and neighboring cells, two new studies find.