A new version of SFARI Base has launched A new, improved version of SFARI Base that streamlines and facilitates the process whereby researchers can request access to SFARI data and biospecimens as well as the submission of research…
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SPARK workshop discussed digital tools for phenotyping cognition and behavior in autism spectrum and other brain disorders On February 22, 2018, SFARI organized a workshop on the uses of digital tools for phenotyping cognition and behavior in brain disorders. Goals of the workshop included learning more about…
Characterization of predictive abilities in individuals with autism using web-based interception games Dagmar Sternad, in collaboration with Pawan Sinha and Robert Joseph, proposes to experimentally test the Predictive Impairment in Autism hypothesis, which posits that the multifaceted manifestations of autism in several…
Disentangling autism heterogeneity through multivariate genetic analyses Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions. Beate St Pourcain aims to disentangle autism heterogeneity by identifying shared and unique genetic factors among co-occurring ASD symptoms.
Maximizing autism gene discovery by combining machine learning and single-cell expression data analyses Thorough understanding the genetic causes of autism spectrum disorder is critical to improving clinical care and advancing biomedical sciences. Yufeng Shen aims to maximize genetic discovery from the exome sequencing…
Mechanisms of complex genetic inheritance in autism Jonathan Sebat is investigating the nature of complex genetic inheritance in autism by assembling a large combined data set from SPARK, the Simons Simplex Collection and other ongoing genome-sequencing efforts…