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Jill Adams

Contributing writer

Jill U. Adams is a freelance science journalist based in Albany, New York. She covers health, mental health and biomedical research for such publications as The Transmitter, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Undark and The Scientist. She has a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

From this contributor

Research image showing connectivity in brain regions in female mice with and without a UBE3A variant.
Spectrum

CNTNAP2 variants; trait trajectories; sensory reactivity

By Jill Adams
23 July 2024 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.
Spectrum

Bumetanide; sex-biased gene expression; racial and ethnic disparities

By Jill Adams
16 July 2024 | 1 min read
Illustration of an adult holding two pieces of paper with different shapes on them in front of a child.
Spectrum

Autism interventions tailored for Black Americans; gene therapy for Rett syndrome; KATNAL2 gene

By Jill Adams
9 July 2024 | 2 min read
Research image showing the number of unique SHANK3 transcripts in mice.
Spectrum

FOXP1 gene; dose effect of neurodevelopmental conditions; transcriptomics in mouse model of autism

By Jill Adams
2 July 2024 | 1 min read
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Brain organoids overgrowth; DSCAM gene; sleep issues in autism

By Jill Adams
25 June 2024 | 2 min read

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