Maja Bućan, Ph.D.

Professor, University of Pennsylvania

SFARI Investigator, SFARI Scientific Review Board Website Email Maja Bućan

Maja Bućan is a professor of genetics, an associate dean for postdoctoral research training and the co-director of the Autism Spectrum Program of Excellence at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Her laboratory uses genetics, genomics and family-based studies in humans to understand the genetic basis of behavioral and psychiatric disorders. Bućan has a particular interest in understanding the molecular basis and genetic architecture of sleep disturbances in autism spectrum disorder.

Funded Projects

Actimetry-based study of sleep traits in autism spectrum disorder

Awarded: 2021
Award Type: Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Award

SFARI Funded Publications

Phenotypic and ancestry-related assortative mating in autism. Zhang J., Weissenkampen J.D., Kember R.L., iPSYCH Consortium, Grove J., Børglum A.D., Robinson E., Brodkin E.S., Almasy L., Bucan M., Sebro R.

Rare variants in the genetic background modulate cognitive and developmental phenotypes in individuals carrying disease-associated variants. Pizzo L., Jensen M., Polyak A., Rosenfeld J.A., Mannik K., Krishnan A., McCready E., Pichon O., Le Caignec C., Van Dijck A., Pope K., Voorhoeve E., Yoon J., Stankiewicz P., Wai Cheung S., Pazuchanics D., Huber E., Kumar V., Kember R., Mari F., Curró A., Castiglia L., Galesi O., Avola E., Mattina T., Fichera M., Mandarà L., Vincent M., Nizon M., Mercier S., Bénéteau C., Blesson S., Martin-Coignard D., Mosca-Boidron A-L., Caberg J.H., Bucan M., Zeesman S., Nowaczyk M.J.M., Lefebvre M., Faivre L., Callier P., Skinner C., Keren B., Perrine C., Prontera P., Marle N., Renieri A., Reymond A., Kooy F.R., Isidor B., Schwartz B., Romano C., Sistermans E., Amor D.J., Andrieux J., Girirajan S.

Functional significance of rare neuroligin 1 variants found in autism. Nakanishi M., Nomura J., Ji X., Tamada K., Arai T., Takahashi E., Bucan M., Takumi T.