Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang)

Tenure-track faculty position in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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Tenure-track faculty position in Developmental Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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A pattern-learning algorithm associates copy number variations with brain structure and behavioural variables in an adolescent population cohort - Nature Biomedical Engineering A multilevel pattern-learning framework investigates the effects of genome-wide protein-coding mutations on brain organization and behaviour in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort.

A pattern-learning algorithm associates copy number variations with brain structure and behavioural variables in an adolescent population cohort | Nature Biomedical Engineering.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

👍👍Our new paper is featured on the cover of the American Journal of Psychiatry in August! In this study, we explored the contribution of copy number variants to child psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks to all co-authors!!
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Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development - Nature Neuroscience As large-scale neurodevelopmental MRI studies gain prominence, the authors identify tradeoffs between sample size and quality control that can dramatically affect results, and they evaluate a range of...

Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development | Nature Neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study | American Journal of Psychiatry Objective: Late childhood is a crucial period for individuals with psychiatric disorders. While common single-nucleotide polymorphisms explain a large proportion of inherited risk, structural variatio...

Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Congratulations, Bratislav!!

👇👇My new lab is hiring a full-time Research Assistant, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). Welcome! Pls RT and DM me if you are interested. Thanks.

Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans - Nature Neuroscience Autism is associated with inflexibility of brain dynamics. Watanabe and Yamasue show that TMS over the right superior parietal lobule while the brain is ‘stuck’ in a certain state reduces this rigidit...

Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans | Nature Neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations, Richard!!

Higher CNV risk scores were significantly correlated with greater attention problems and cognitive impairment across multiple domains (fluid intelligence, attention, working memory, flexible thinking, and processing speed).

Individuals carrying CNVs previously associated with neurodevelopmental disorders exhibited greater impairment in social functioning and cognitive performance across fluid intelligence, working memory, and processing speed.

We found a duplication at 14q11.2 showed the strongest association with attentional psychopathology.

We called deletions and duplications across 11,088 adolescents from the ABCD study.

Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study | American Journal of Psychiatry Objective: Late childhood is a crucial period for individuals with psychiatric disorders. While common single-nucleotide polymorphisms explain a large proportion of inherited risk, structural variatio...

Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Thank you so much, Cedric. Looking forward to more interactions!!

Thank you so much for your mentorship, Clyde.😀 I really appreciate your generous support.

Thank you so much, Bin!!

👇👇🧠🧬My new lab is hiring an imaging-genetics Postdoc, exploring how genetic factors (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics) and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). I am happy to take any questions.

Thank you so much, Gökberk. Are you looking for postdoc position? Haha.

Thank you so much, Sebastian!!😀

Thank you so much, Cedric!!!

I’m excited to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Fall 2025. I really appreciate the invaluable support and guidance from my mentors, including Aaron, Cldye, Simon, Ruben, and Mary.

Congratulations, Paul!!!

Congratulations, David👍

Thanks for sharing!!!

Large-scale genetic mapping for human brain asymmetry.
Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social & @clydefrancks.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15646-5.00029-4
Paper: tinyurl.com/wr4abt9r

Super interesting!! Congratulations, Alain!

This is an amazing chapter. Hope everyone will enjoy it!!!

'Large-scale genetic mapping for human brain asymmetry'. Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social and me in an edition of the Handbook of Clinical Neurology about cerebral asymmetries. Eds Papagno & Corballis, with chapters by many experts on brain laterality www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...