This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SPARK update, (2) Autism BrainNet establishes collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, (3) SFARI Gene: New data release, (4) SFARI Investigators elected to the National Academy of Sciences, (5) SFARI Investigators elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, (6) SFARI fall 2018 science meeting report, (7) A Conversation with SFARI Bridge to Independence Investigator Seth Shipman, (8) 2019 Bridge to Independence Award – Request for applications, (9) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (10) Upcoming webinar: “SFARI Viewer – an online platform to visualize and analyze SFARI genomic data”, (11) Past lecture: David Van Essen, “Mapping human cerebral cortex: Structure, function, connectivity, development and evolution”, (12) Recent media coverage of SFARI.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) New SPARK clinical sites announced, (2) Genomic Analysis for Autism Risk Variants in SPARK awardees announced, (3) Additional family meetings of rare genetic developmental disorders planned for summer 2019, (4) Creation of induced pluripotent stem cells from SFARI biospecimen samples – Request for information, (5) SFARI workshop: Coordinating animal- and human-based research on sensory alterations in autism spectrum disorders, (6) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (7) Summer 2019 Pilot Award – Request for applications, (8) Upcoming lecture: David Van Essen, “Mapping human cerebral cortex: Structure, function, connectivity, development and evolution”, (9) Upcoming lecture: David Ginty, “Altered somatosensory processing in autism spectrum disorders: Mechanisms and emerging therapeutic opportunities”, (10) Recent media coverage of SFARI.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Winter 2019 Pilot awardees announced, (2) Autism BrainNet begins distribution of new postmortem brain tissue, (3) SFARI Viewer has launched, (4) SFARI Gene: New data release, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (6) 2019 Novel Outcome Measures in ASD – Request for applications, (7) Summer 2019 Pilot Award – Request for applications.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2018 Bridge to Independence awardees announced, (2) A new version of SFARI Base has launched, (3) SFARI Gene: New data release, (4) SFARI workshop discussed digital tools for phenotyping cognition and behavior in autism spectrum and other brain disorders, (5) SFARI-funded publications, (6) 2019 Research Awards – Request for applications, (7) Past lecture: André Fenton, “Rethinking autism and animal models: A systems perspective”, (8) Past lecture: Pawan Sinha and Dagmar Sternad, “The predictive impairment hypothesis in autism: An empirical assessment”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2018 Explorer awardees announced, (2) Research opportunities at family meetings of rare, genetic developmental disorders, (3) SFARI workshop revisited the excitation-inhibition hypothesis of autism, (4) SFARI workshop highlighted chromatin-associated proteins and autism risk, (5) 2019 SPARK Clinical Site Network – Request for applications, (6) 2019 Research Awards – Request for applications, (7) Upcoming lecture: André Fenton, “Rethinking autism and animal models: A systems perspective”, (8) Upcoming lecture: Pawan Sinha and Dagmar Sternad, “The predictive impairment hypothesis in autism: An empirical assessment”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2018, (2) Simons VIP: New data release, (3) AIMS-2-Trials has launched, (4) A Conversation with Paul Wang, Deputy Director of Clinical Research Associates, (5) 2019 SPARK Clinical Site Network – Request for Applications, (6) SFARI Social at Neuroscience 2018, (7) Past lecture: Richard Lifton, “From genes and genomes to biology and health”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2018 Pilot and Research awardees announced, (2) SFARI Gene: New data release, (3) SFARI spring 2018 science meeting discussed latest developments in autism research, (4) SFARI workshop discusses zebrafish as experimental systems to study autism, (5) Winter 2019 Pilot Awards - Request for applications, (6) Upcoming lecture: Evdokia Anagnostou, “Thinking differently about neurodevelopment disorders and autism: Lumping vs. splitting”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Winter 2019 Pilot Awards – Request for applications, (2) SFARI scientific perspectives, (3) SFARI RFA reboot: Why, what and how, (4) Drosophila and zebrafish models added to SFARI Gene, (5) SFARI Investigators elected to the National Academy of Sciences, (6) Workshop highlights online platforms for visualizing and exploring SFARI genomics data, (7) Genomic analysis for autism risk variants in SPARK – Request for applications, (8) 2018 Bridge to Independence Award – Request for applications, (9) Past lecture: Matthew State, “Autism genetics: Where have we been and where are we going?”, (10) Past lecture: Jennifer A. Doudna, “CRISPR systems: Editing the code of life”.