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  1. SFARI Sex Differences Collaborations Convene for Fourth Annual Meeting

    June 18, 2026
  2. SFARI Hosts 2026 Investigator Meeting

    June 15, 2026
  3. Unbiased Approaches to Quantifying Motor and Other Visible Behaviors in Humans With Autism

    May 11, 2026
  4. 2025 Autism Rat Consortium Meeting Held in New York City

    January 13, 2026
  5. Autism and Neuroscience Innovators: Awardees Share Their Research at the Annual Retreat

    December 15, 2025
  6. SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration Gathers for Third Annual Meeting

    April 23, 2025
  7. SFARI Researchers Gather in Edinburgh for 2024 Autism Rat Consortium Meeting

    October 30, 2024
  8. SFARI Gene Workshop Touches on the Future of Autism Gene Databases

    September 13, 2024
  9. SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration Shares Findings at Second Annual Meeting

    May 17, 2024
  10. SFARI Sex Differences Collaboration Gather To Share Their Progress

    June 1, 2023
  11. Approaches for Measuring Sensory Function in ASD/NDD

    April 25, 2023
  12. Simons Searchlight Gathers Families and Researchers for Conference on CSNK2A1 and SETBP1–Related Conditions

    November 28, 2022
  13. SFARI Workshop Highlights Challenges and Best Practices for Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Models in Autism Research

    August 31, 2022
  14. SFARI Workshop Explores Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism

    June 17, 2022
  15. INSYNC-AS Inaugural Meeting Discusses the Therapeutic Landscape for Angelman Syndrome

    April 19, 2022
  16. SFARI Hosts Workshop on Newborn Screening

    February 28, 2022
  17. SFARI Hosts Virtual Fall 2021 Science Meeting

    January 28, 2022
  18. SFARI Spring 2021 Science Meeting Discusses Key Issues in Autism Research, Treatments and Genetic Risk

    September 23, 2021
  19. SFARI Workshop Explores Sleep Challenges in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    August 27, 2021
  20. SFARI Workshop Explores the Use of Rat Models in Autism Research

    June 28, 2021
  21. SFARI Fall 2020 Science Meeting Highlights New Developments in Autism Research

    April 28, 2021
  22. SFARI Bridge to Independence Fellows Discuss New Research Findings and Career Challenges at Virtual Retreat

    January 25, 2021
  23. SFARI Workshop Discusses Opportunities To Study Maternal Infection and Autism Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic

    December 11, 2020
  24. SFARI Spring 2020 Science Meeting Goes Online

    September 29, 2020
  25. SFARI Workshop Explores Challenges and Opportunities of Gene Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder

    June 24, 2020
  26. DYRK1A Family Meeting Supports Parents, and Scientists, Alike

    March 18, 2020
  27. Seeing Through a Forest of SCN2A Gene Variation

    February 19, 2020
  28. Bridge to Independence Fellows Meeting Highlights Research Findings and Plans of the Next Generation of SFARI Autism Scientists

    January 30, 2020
  29. New Findings in Autism Research Presented at the SFARI Spring 2019 Science Meeting

    December 18, 2019
  30. Workshop Plumbs Infancy for Autism Insights

    July 30, 2019
  31. SFARI Fall 2018 Science Meeting Highlighted Recent Findings in Autism Research

    May 30, 2019
  32. Coordinating Animal- and Human-Based Research on Sensory Alterations in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    March 28, 2019
  33. SPARK Workshop Discussed Digital Tools for Phenotyping Cognition and Behavior in Autism Spectrum and Other Brain Disorders

    December 20, 2018
  34. SFARI Workshop Highlighted Chromatin-Associated Proteins and Autism Risk

    November 27, 2018
  35. SFARI Workshop Revisited the Excitation-Inhibition Hypothesis of Autism

    November 26, 2018
  36. SFARI Workshop Discusses Zebrafish As Experimental Systems To Study Autism

    September 11, 2018
  37. SFARI Spring 2018 Science Meeting Discussed Latest Developments in Autism Research

    September 7, 2018
  38. Workshop Highlights Online Platforms for Visualizing and Exploring SFARI Genomics Data

    July 16, 2018
  39. SFARI April 2015 Science Meeting Held at Foundation

    June 2, 2015
  40. SFARI hosts Circuit Dynamics workshop

    January 7, 2015
  41. SFARI Annual Meeting Held at Foundation

    October 14, 2014
  42. SFARI holds workshop on 16p11.2

    July 15, 2014
  43. Workshop report: Online phenotyping

    April 9, 2013
  44. Workshop report: Glia’s role in autism

    February 12, 2013
  45. Workshop report: Developmental neurobiology of autism

    November 6, 2012
  46. Workshop report: 16p11.2 deletions and duplications

    August 7, 2012
  47. Workshop report: Regression in autism

    April 17, 2012
  48. Workshop report: Biomarkers for autism research

    October 4, 2011
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