SFARI

SFARI Investigators will be giving a number of presentations at Neuroscience 2018 in San Diego, CA (November 3–7).

Two SFARI Investigators were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and one SFARI Investigator was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April 2022.

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) 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.

SFARI announces that it has awarded six grants in response to the Genomic Analysis for Autism Risk Variants in SPARK request for applications. These grants will help to advance the understanding of the genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder.

A SFARI Investigator and a past member of SFARI’s Scientific Advisory Board are among the 146 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.

SFARI announces that it has selected five fellows in response to the 2019 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications.

SFARI held a virtual version of its spring science meeting in a series of four webinars in April and May 2021. The webinars were organized around themes of importance in autism research, including biological convergence, sensory sensitivity, treatment development and genetic risk.

SFARI Investigator Dan Feldman discusses the E-I ratio hypothesis in autism and his lab’s recent studies that aimed to test it.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected four awardees in response to the 2018 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications. This program helps early-career scientists transition from mentored training positions to independent careers in autism research.