SFARI 2018 Pilot and Research awardees announced
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 36 grants (15 Pilot Awards and 21 Research Awards) in response to the 2018 Pilot and Research Awards request for…
Tag: fragile X syndrome
SFARI spring 2018 science meeting discussed latest developments in autism research
SFARI held its thirteenth science meeting April 8–12, 2018. SFARI investigators, collaborators and foundation staff came together to discuss recent findings in autism genetics, molecular and system-level mechanisms, and clinical…
Exploring deficits in lineage-dependent neocortical circuit assembly in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
Using a battery of cutting-edge approaches, Song-Hai Shi will investigate lineage-dependent, precise, local and long-range cortical neuron circuit assembly in the Fmr1 knockout mouse model of fragile X syndrome.
Restoring FMRP in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
The symptoms of fragile X syndrome stem from the loss of a single protein, raising the possibility that reintroducing FMRP could counter the key problems that lead to disrupted signal…
Alternations in network communication, not synaptic dysfunction, linked to behavioral alterations in fragile X syndrome
Assessing network and synaptic communication in the hippocampus of behaving Fmr-1 null mice, André Fenton and colleagues showed altered network communication linked to behavioral alterations in fragile X syndrome.
SFARI 2017 Pilot and Research awardees announced
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has awarded 32 grants (19 Pilot Awards and 13 Research Awards) in response to the 2017 Pilot and Research Awards request for applications…