SFARI

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2021 SFARI Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science awardees announced, (2) New zebrafish lines added to SFARI resources, (3) ASHG 2021 Virtual Meeting: Presentations by SFARI Investigators and collaborators, (5) A Conversation with SFARI consultant-in-residence Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg, (6) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (7) SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity – Request for applications, (8) SPARK Research Match Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity – Request for applications.

SFARI consultant-in-residence Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg discusses his work and collaboration with the Simons Foundation Flatiron Institute to study the microbiome and its potential implications for ASD research.

J. Elliott Robinson talks about his lab’s work on the neural circuits involved in neurofibromatosis type 1 and developing gene therapy treatments for the condition, and how the SFARI BTI and SEED awards have aided these efforts.

SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund four grants in response to the Maternal COVID-19 as a Potential Risk for Autism: Supplemental Funding for Ongoing Pregnancy Cohorts request for applications.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Kelsey Martin to lead the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Neuroscience Collaborations, (2) 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism awardees annonunced, (3) SFARI Investigators and affiliated staff apointed to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, (4) Autism BrainNet tissue requests can now be made through SFARI Base, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (6) Autism Rat Models Consortium – Request for applications, (7) SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) – Request for applications, (8) SPARK Research Match Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity – Request for applications

Researchers interested in requesting brain tissue from Autism BrainNet can now submit their applications through SFARI Base, SFARI’s clearinghouse for autism and autism-related research data and biospecimens.

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.