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SFARI announces the launch of HumanBase, a Simons Foundation interactive web server for predictions and information about human genes, pathways and disorders.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Third-party gene scores added to SFARI Gene, (2) SFARI Explorer Awards - Request for Applications, (3) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (4) Upcoming lecture: Shafali Spurling Jeste, "On the road to precision health: Brain-based biomarkers in autism spectrum disorder", (5) Past lecture: Matthew Siegel, "Arousal, emotion regulation and challenging behaviors: Insights from the Autism Inpatient Collection".

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2017 SFARI Pilot and Research, Explorer and Bridge to Independence Awards announced, (2) Simons Simplex Collection, (3) Simons VIP, (4) SPARK, (5) SFARI Gene, (6) SFARI channel on BioRxiv, (7) SFARI.org relaunch, (8) SFARI funding, (9) SFARI-funded publications, (10) Simons Foundation Autism Research lecture series.

SFARI is happy to announce a new addition to the gene-scoring module of SFARI Gene: scores and rankings from an additional six published approaches to evaluating the strength of the evidence implicating each gene in autism risk.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2017 Explorer awardees announced, (2) SFARI 2017 Bridge to Independence Award finalists announced, (3) A Conversation with SFARI investigator David Ginty, (4) SFARI Explorer Awards - Request for Applications, (5) SFARI-Funded publications, (6) Past lecture: Daniel Geschwind, “Autism genetics: Searching for coherence”.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it has awarded 13 grants in response to the Explorer Awards request for applications this year.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected seven finalists in response to the 2017 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications.

SFARI Investigator David Ginty talks about the links between deficits in the sense of touch, tactile hypersensitivity, and alterations in social behaviors in autism.