Events
Upcoming Events
SFARI Clinical and Basic Researcher Speed Networking at INSAR 2025
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is hosting an event focused on bringing together basic science and clinical researchers for speed networking. The event is intended for doctoral-level scientists (e.g., PIs and senior postdocs) attending the 2025 annual INSAR meeting. We hope this event will foster better understanding of different disciplines and potentially create new opportunities for collaboration. SFARI staff will also be available to answer any questions you may have about the research and resources supported by SFARI.
Past Events
Mapping human cerebral cortex: Structure, function, connectivity, development and evolution
On April 3, 2019, David Van Essen provided an overview of basic principles of cortical organization and connectivity from studies of laboratory animals and analyses of individual variability in humans. He also highlighted a new map (‘parcellation’) of the human cerebral cortex based on data from the Human Connectome Project.
The genetic influences on autism spectrum disorder risk
Associate Member, Broad Institute
On January 30, 2019, Elise Robinson provided an overview of the role that genetic factors play in autism spectrum disorders and discussed the next steps to further understand autism genetics.
The predictive impairment hypothesis in autism: An empirical assessment
On December 12, 2018, Pawan Sinha and Dagmar Sternad reviewed a recently proposed hypothesis about the nature of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that posits that the common traits of the disorder are manifestations of an individual’s difficulty in making predictions about cause and effect.
Rethinking autism and animal models: A systems perspective
On November 28, 2018, André Fenton discussed work with mouse genetic models of fragile X syndrome (FXS) – the most common single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms – and focused on the utility of such models to evaluate hypotheses for understanding ASD. He evaluated distinct hypotheses by assessing synapse function and the action potential discharge of knowledge-expressing hippocampus “place cells” during behaviors that require varying cognitive effort.
SFARI Society for Neuroscience 2018 Social
Join the SFARI science team and leaders in the autism research community for an informal evening of food, drink, conversation and mingling on 5 November 2018 in San Diego.
Thinking differently about neurodevelopmental disorders and autism: Lumping vs. splitting
Senior Clinician Scientist, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
On September 26, 2018, Evdokia Anagnostou discussed the challenge of rethinking classification systems and diagnostic labels for autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders in light of recent findings from research and clinical studies.
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