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An image comparing the presence of ZBTB18 mRNA and ZBTB18 protein in germinal-zone cells shows that whilst RNA is detectable, the protein is not.

Protein Levels, Not Just Transcripts, Hold Clues to Autism

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Now Accepting Applications for Workshops on Quantitative Behavioral Phenotyping in Autism

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative will hold three workshops aimed at developing a multiyear collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral analysis of individuals with autism.

A photo of a boy using the smartphone AI app, BlinkLab, designed to support clinicians in the assessment of autism.

Unbiased Approaches to Quantifying Motor and Other Visible Behaviors in Humans with Autism

On January 22–23, 2026, SFARI held a workshop to explore advanced quantitative phenotyping methods for capturing visible behaviors, including motor phenotypes.

New Ideas: Applications Open for Exploratory Autism Research Grants

New Ideas RFA: Perspectives

Announcing the Recipients of the 2025 Data Analysis Awards

SFARI is funding 16 projects through its 2025 Data Analysis awards. This award is designed to encourage the use of large, publicly available data resources by providing investigators with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working in and publishing from these previously collected data.

Image of the mouse superior colliculus neurons, overlaid with a color map showing the degree of plastic changes in their visual response dynamics during visual implicit learning task.

Altered Corticotectal Circuitry Shapes Contextual Sensory Processing in a Mouse Model of Autism

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2026 SFARI Sex Differences Collaborations Announced

These awards support interdisciplinary research into the sex bias associated with autism and its underlying biological mechanisms.

A photo of Faith Cerbo presenting her poster at the SURFiN Symposium.

How SURFiN Fellowships Jump-Started These 3 Neuroscience Students’ STEM Careers

The Simons Foundation revisits several previous members of its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Neuroscience (SURFiN).

A little boy with Autism and his sister sitting playing together laughing and being happy, smiling and cute.

Age at Autism Diagnosis Linked to Distinct Genetic Profiles

Recent SFARI-funded research challenges the idea that autism represents a single condition driven by a uniform set of genetic risk factors. Instead, the results support a developmental framework in which distinct constellations of polygenic influences are linked to different diagnostic timelines.