Tag: organoids

Transcriptional regulation during brain development and in autism Genomic and transcriptomic studies implicate fetal cerebral cortex transcriptional dysregulation in ASD, but the implicated regulatory elements, their target genes and their role in development remain unclear. Flora Vaccarino will…

SFARI 2019 Research awardees announced SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund nine grants in response to the 2019 Research Award request for applications.

SFARI fall 2018 science meeting highlighted recent findings in autism research SFARI held its fourteenth science meeting September 30–October 2, 2018. SFARI investigators, collaborators and foundation staff came together to discuss recent findings in autism genetics, molecular and system-level mechanisms, as…

Modeling autism using genome engineering in human 2-D and 3-D neural systems Yun Li will investigate the effects of candidate ASD genes on neural and glial development and on cell-cell communication using human stem cell-derived 2-D neural cultures and 3-D brain organoids.

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

Understanding autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: From the embryo to brain organoids