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SFARI Lunch Meeting at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

Social

Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)

When

  • – ET

Where

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 209ABC

801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW

Washington, DC 20001, United States

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The Simons Foundation welcomed all ASHG 2023 attendees to join us for a lunch meeting. SFARI staff gave a short presentation and then answered questions about the research they support and opportunities for funding. They also highlighted the human cohorts — SPARK and Simons Searchlight — as well as associated resources they have created for the scientific community.

12:30–12:40 p.m. SFARI (John Spiro, Ph.D.)
12:40–12:50 p.m. SPARK (Pamela Feliciano, Ph.D.)
12:50–1:00 p.m. Simons Searchlight (Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D.)
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. SFARI, SPARK, and Simons Searchlight Q&A

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