This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) New collaboration between SFARI and Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation will generate iPS cells for autism research, (2) Transition in SFARI directorship: Update, (3) Simons Searchlight new data release, (4) SFARI Gene: October 2020 data release, (5) New Autism BrainNet website has launched, (6) ASHG 2020 Virtual Meeting: Presentations by SFARI Investigators and collaborators, (7) Workshop report: SFARI workshop discusses opportunities to study maternal infection and autism risk during COVID-19 pandemic, (8) SFARI Conversation with Kevin Eggan, (9) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (10) SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) — Request for applications, (11) 2021 Bridge to Independence Award — Request for applications, (12) Past lecture: Evan Eichler, “Rare variants and the genetics of autism.”

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2020 Bridge to Independence fellows announced, (2) New rat models available to study autism spectrum disorder, (3) On rat models: A SFARI Conversation with Investigators Peter Kind and Loren Frank, (4) SFARI Gene: New data release, (5) Reminder about SFARI’s acknowledgment policy, (6) SFARI Spring 2020 science meeting goes online, (7) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (8) SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) — Request for applications, (9) Past lecture: Emmanuel Mignot, “Phenotyping Sleep”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2020 Research awardees, (2) SFARI’s response to appeals for racial justice in science and society, (3) SPARK update: New phenotypic data now available, (4) SFARI Gene: New data release, (5) Requesting SFARI data and biospecimens during COVID-19 pandemic, (6) SFARI abstracts and e-posters at INSAR 2020 Virtual, (7) SFARI Investigator and board member elected to the National Academy of Sciences, (8) SFARI Investigators and board member elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, (9) Workshop report: SFARI workshop explores challenges and opportunities of gene therapies for autism spectrum disorder, (10) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (11) Past webinar: Allyson Berent, “From parent advocate to nonprofit chief science officer, to biotherapeutic company cofounder — A personal journey through drug development for Angelman syndrome.”

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI Winter 2020 Pilot awardees, (2) Note to SFARI Investigators regarding COVID-19 epidemic, (3) SFARI 2019 Director awards, (4) Reminder: Limitations on using SFARI Simons Collection data sets and/or biospecimens, (5) SFARI meeting report: DYRK1A family meeting supports parents and scientists alike, (6) Conversation with SFARI Investigator Karen Parker, (7) 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism — Request for applications, (8) Summer 2020 Pilot Award – Request for applications, (9) Highlights of SFARI-funded research.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism — Request for applications, (2) New changes implemented to SFARI Gene, (3) 2019 Bridge to Independence Award fellow, (4) SFARI funds to support diversity at Gordon Research Conferences, (5) SFARI meeting report: Seeing through a forest of SCN2A gene variation, (6) SFARI meeting report: Bridge to Independence fellows meeting highlights research findings and plans of the next generation of SFARI autism scientists, (7) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (8) 2020 Bridge to Independence Award — Request for Applications, (9) Summer 2020 Pilot Award – Request for Applications, (10) Past lecture: Jason Lerch, “Autism, Autisms or Neurodevelopmental Disorders?”

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Zebrafish lines added to SFARI resources, (2) 2019 Novel Outcome Measures in Autism Spectrum Disorder awardees, (3) Transition in SFARI directorship, (4) A joint variant call-set for all Simons Simplex Collection whole-genome sequences, (5) SFARI Investigators elected to the National Academy of Medicine, (6) SFARI blog: Paul Wang, “The need for objective outcome measures to advance intervention research in autism”, (7) SFARI blog: Wendy Chung and John Spiro, “Simons Searchlight: Rebranding and expanding the program”, (8) SFARI spring 2019 science meeting report, (9) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (10) 2020 Bridge to Independence Award – Request for applications, (11) Upcoming lecture: Jason Lerch, “Autism, autisms or neurodevelopmental disorders?”

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Summer 2019 Pilot awardees, (2) SPARK pilot study identifies novel candidate autism risk genes, (3) Simons VIP rebranded as Simons Searchlight, (4) Simons Searchlight: New data release, (5) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at ASHG 2019, (6) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2019, (7) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (8) SFARI Social at Neuroscience 2019, (9) Simons Foundation Tech Open House, (10) Upcoming lecture: Gloria Choi, “Neuroimmune interactions shaping social behavior in mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2019 Research awardees, (2) SFARI Gene: New data release, (3) Workshop plumbs infancy for autism insights, (4) A Conversation with SFARI Investigator Dan Feldman, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (6) 2019 Bridge to Independence Award – Request for applications, (7) Winter 2020 Pilot Award – Request for applications, (8) Past webinar: “SFARI Viewer – an online platform to visualize and analyze SFARI genomic data”.