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SFARI is pleased to announce that Simons Searchlight has released new data from over 5,600 individuals with autism and/or a related neurodevelopmental disorder. -
… stop+frameshift (c.2485dupA). To test if SINEUPs targeting CHD8 could be effective in vivo, the scientists turned toward an established zebrafish model of Chd8 haploinsufficiency, chd8p … -
An analysis of more than 5,000 individuals with autism reveals four distinct groups that link autism-related traits with underlying genetics. The work could open the door … -
SFARI is pleased to launch a new RFA that aims to provide researchers with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working with and publishing from … -
As the largest-ever collection of data from youth with autism who have high support needs, this resource will accelerate research into an understudied population. -
Autism BrainNet is pleased to announce the release of genetic data for 27 new brain samples. The data release brings the total number of brain samples with available … -
SFARI will fund 18 meetings, with a focus on groups in the Simons Searchlight community, that bring together scientists and patient communities to share recent advancements and discuss … -
SFARI is pleased to announce it will fund five projects investigating the influence of autism-associated risk genes on early neurodevelopment and links to later circuit-level functional …
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… high-resolution mapping of social behavior, this AI-driven approach offers new possibilities for studying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders as well as identifying more precise interventions. -
On January 27–28, the Simons Foundation held the third annual meeting of the SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration (SSDC). Formed in 2021, this collaboration seeks to understand the … -
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the funding of 23 projects as part of its 2024 Pilot and Pilot Progression awards. Awards from … -
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the release of data collected from its Simons Sleep Project (SSP), a study aimed at accelerating research … -
Paul Wang has assumed the role of Senior Scientific Director, SFARI Pharmaceutical and Biotech Relations. -
… Origins of Life (SCOL) Sutherland will receive the NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Studies — Stanley Miller Medal for advancing our understanding of the chemical origins … -
On September 18, 2024, the SFARI Autism Rat Consortium (ARC) held its annual meeting in the Usher Institute of the University of Edinburgh. This year’s event brought … -
… Award will be held at 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Interested attendees can register here. A recording of the webinar will … -
… University of Washington Anselmo Rivera Johns Hopkins University Gwen Roter University of Wisconsin–Madison Gloria Shen University of Washington Alishba Silat University of Texas at Dallas Ilana …
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On January 25–26, 2024, SFARI welcomed researchers to a workshop to discuss SFARI Gene and other existing databases and other tools focused on different aspects of autism … -
… treatment of monogenic syndromes associated with autism Cleyton Sobrinho, Ph.D. 2024 SFARI Fellow University of Connecticut Project: Disordered breathing in autism: screen for central and peripheral … -
SFARI is pleased to announce the release of genetic data for 119 Autism BrainNet brain tissue samples, including whole genome and whole exome data. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 14 grants in response to the 2023 Summer Pilot Award request for applications. -
On January 8–9, 2024, SFARI welcomed researchers to its second annual meeting of the SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration (SSDC). -
The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2024–2025 academic year … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three grants in response to the 2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science request for applications. -
New phenotypic data from Simons Searchlight participants were recently added to SFARI Base. This release includes data from individuals with 94 gene changes and 15 copy number variants … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three collaborative projects in response to the 2023 Cross-Species Studies of ASD request for applications. -
Two studies by different research groups — one led by Flora Vaccarino and the other by Juergen Knoblich — used brain organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells of people with … -
This year’s new cohort of National Academy of Medicine members includes two investigators funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). Election to the academy “recognizes … -
A number of presentations will be given by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2023, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 9 grants in response to the 2023 Winter Pilot Award request for applications. -
… Vy Nguyen University of Utah Ana Carolina Odebrecht Vergne de Abreu University of Essex Brenner Philbrook University of Washington Luisa Quispe Brandeis University Aya Sahib University of …
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… corticocerebellar perturbations Daniel Pederick, Ph.D. Stanford University SFARI BTI Fellow Project: Investigating tonotopy in autism Greta Pintacuda, D.Phil. Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology SFARI … -
Phenotypic data from 328,973 participants enrolled in SPARK, including 132,138 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are now available to approved researchers. Genomic data are also … -
A SFARI initiated and funded reanalysis of previous studies reveals consistent biological signals in the human microbiome and other physiological signals associated with autism and highlights the need … -
On January 30–31, SFARI convened its first annual meeting of the SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration (SSDC). Funded in 2021, the SSDC collaboration consists of five groups of … -
Earlier this year we announced here that this summer we would be issuing a request for applications (RFA) for the Genomics of ASD grants. However, as we have … -
… collaboration and mentorship of early-career researchers will live on in SURFiN, Picchini Schaffer says. -
On February 10, 2023, SFARI hosted an in-person meeting focused on measuring sensory system function in humans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 15 grants in response to the 2022 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies request for applications. -
The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in the Simons Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, or SURFiN, for the 2023–2024 academic … -
New Simons Searchlight data were recently added to SFARI Base. The data released included phenotypic data from individuals with 16p11.2 copy number variant (CNVs), 1q21.1 CNVs … -
Phenotypic data from 310,649 participants enrolled in SPARK, including 123,444 individuals with ASD, are now available to approved researchers. Genomic data (whole-exome sequencing and genome … -
… from candidates with backgrounds in neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, cell biology and the physical and information sciences. Applications are open to individuals from racial, ethnic and … -
On August 4, 2022, SFARI and Simons Searchlight helped to host two scientific workshops focused on neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) that are linked to mutations in the CSNK2A1 and … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to award ten grants in response to the 2022 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science request for applications.