New data were added to SFARI Gene in December 2016. This data release included updated gene scores for candidate autism risk genes, new animal models, and new copy number variant loci associated with autism.
SFARI announces the launch of HumanBase, a Simons Foundation interactive web server for predictions and information about human genes, pathways and disorders.
SFARI director of clinical research Wendy Chung presented What We Know About Autism to those gathered in Vancouver, Canada, for the TED2014 conference on March 19, 2014. The talk, geared to the lay public during Autism Awareness Month, covered topics ranging from reasons for increased autism prevalence to the role genetics plays in the disorder.
On May 21, 2019, the recipients of the SFARI Bridge to Independence Award gathered at the Simons Foundation to discuss their scientific findings and plans in autism research.
A new collaboration between SFARI and the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation will generate hundreds of induced pluripotent stem cells from individuals with autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions. These cell lines will become available to researchers starting next year.
Join the SFARI science team and leaders in the autism research community for an informal evening of food, drink, conversation and mingling on 14 November 2016 in San Diego.
Join the SFARI science team and leaders in the autism research community for an informal evening of food, drink, conversation and mingling on 19 October 2015 in Chicago.
Join the SFARI science team and leaders in the autism research community for an informal evening of food, drink, conversation and mingling on 13 November 2017 in Washington, D.C.
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund five collaborative groups in response to the 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism request for applications.
A new, improved version of SFARI Base that streamlines and facilitates the process whereby researchers can request access to SFARI data and biospecimens as well as the submission of research recruitment requests, has launched.