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  1. SFARI 2021 Pilot Awardees Announced

    December 17, 2021
  2. A Conversation With Steven Hyman About Animal Models for Autism Research

    December 13, 2021
  3. New iPSC Lines From Simons Searchlight Participants Are Now Available

    December 13, 2021
  4. SFARI Gene To Introduce EAGLE, a New ASD-Relevance Gene Scoring System

    December 10, 2021
  5. A Conversation With SFARI Scientists Alan Packer, Pamela Feliciano and Misia Kowanda About SFARI Gene Lists

    December 10, 2021
  6. Altered Hormone Signaling in the Brainstem Causes Motor Delays in 16p11.2 Mice

    November 22, 2021
  7. Autism BrainNet To Digitize the Autism Celloidin Library of Postmortem Brains

    November 22, 2021
  8. SFARI Investigators Awarded Nobel Prize, Lasker Award and MacArthur Fellowship

    November 18, 2021
  9. 2021 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies Awardees Announced

    November 17, 2021
  10. RhoA Overactivation May Underlie Smaller Brain Volumes in Cul3 Mutant Mice

    November 16, 2021
  11. Tandem Repeat Mutations in Autism

    November 16, 2021
  12. Neuroscience 2021: Presentations by SFARI Investigators

    October 28, 2021
  13. SFARI Investigators Elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021

    October 27, 2021
  14. Perceptual Impairments and Altered Excitatory–Inhibitory Activity in Cntnap2 Knockout Mice

    September 30, 2021
  15. Fetal Responses to Maternal Infection May Help Explain Prevalence of Autism in Males

    September 30, 2021
  16. 2021 SFARI Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Awardees Announced

    September 29, 2021
  17. Study Using SPARK Data Uncovers New Inherited Genetic Risks for Autism

    September 28, 2021
  18. Probing the Neural Circuits of Social Interactions in Monkeys

    September 28, 2021
  19. A Conversation With SFARI Consultant-in-Residence Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg

    September 28, 2021
  20. ASHG 2021 Virtual Meeting: Presentations by SFARI Investigators and Collaborators

    September 28, 2021
  21. SFARI Spring 2021 Science Meeting Discusses Key Issues in Autism Research, Treatments and Genetic Risk

    September 23, 2021
  22. New Zebrafish Lines Added to SFARI Resources

    September 20, 2021
  23. SFARI Workshop Explores Sleep Challenges in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    August 27, 2021
  24. A Conversation With SFARI BTI and SEED Awardee J. Elliott Robinson

    August 26, 2021
  25. Excessive Dendritic Spine Clusters in MECP2 Duplication Syndrome Mouse Model

    August 25, 2021
  26. Large Cohorts Aid in Genotype-Phenotype Analyses

    August 25, 2021
  27. Sensory Habituation Is Reduced in Autism

    August 25, 2021
  28. SFARI Announces the Awardees of the Supplemental Funding for Studies of Maternal COVID-19 as a Potential Risk for Autism

    August 25, 2021
  29. SFARI 2021 Bridge to Independence Fellows Announced

    August 19, 2021
  30. SPARK: Five Years Accelerating Autism Gene Discovery and Research

    August 9, 2021
  31. Autism BrainNet Tissue Requests Can Now Be Made Through SFARI Base

    July 29, 2021
  32. 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism Awardees Announced

    July 29, 2021
  33. Rare Inherited Variants in Previously Unsuspected Genes May Confer Significant Risk for Autism

    July 26, 2021
  34. Impaired Long–Range Communication and Reduced Anxiety–Related Behavior in Pogz Deficient Mice

    July 20, 2021
  35. SFARI Investigators and Affiliated Staff Appointed to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

    July 20, 2021
  36. Pupil Responses Predict Reward Sensitivity and Autism Status

    July 19, 2021
  37. Cellular System To Screen ASD Risk Gene Function

    July 19, 2021
  38. Kelsey Martin To Lead the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Neuroscience Collaborations

    July 12, 2021
  39. SFARI Workshop Explores the Use of Rat Models in Autism Research

    June 28, 2021
  40. SFARI Continues Support of Summer Undergraduate Research Program

    June 22, 2021
  41. 2021 Autism BrainNet Appreciation Award: Recipients Announced

    June 9, 2021
  42. 10 Years of Simons Searchlight: Advancing Research on Autism and Genetic Neurodevelopmental Conditions

    June 7, 2021
  43. SFARI Presentations at INSAR 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

    May 26, 2021
  44. Mitochondrial Deficiency and Fragile X Syndrome

    May 24, 2021
  45. Neural Circuitry of Sociability in Mice

    May 24, 2021
  46. American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Six Simons Research Grantees 

    May 4, 2021
  47. Simons Searchlight: April 2021 Data Release

    April 29, 2021
  48. SFARI Fall 2020 Science Meeting Highlights New Developments in Autism Research

    April 28, 2021
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