This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2017 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications, (2) Application process for recruiting SPARK participants into new research studies is now open, (3) A SFARI channel on bioRxiv, (4) A Conversation with SFARI Bridge to Independence Investigator Sung Han, (5) SFARI-funded publications, (6) Past lecture: Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele, “Potholes and progress on the road to translational treatments in autism spectrum disorder”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SPARK update, (2) Simons Simplex Collection: Updated medical and educational data now available, (3) SFARI Gene: New data available, (4) SFARI at IMFAR 2017, (5) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at IMFAR 2017, (6) Special Interest Group at IMFAR 2017: Promoting partnerships between patient advocacy groups and researchers to improve autism research, (7) A Conversation with SFARI Investigator Liqun Luo, (8) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (9) Past lecture: Stephan Sanders, “What can genetics tell us about autism spectrum disorder?”, (10) Past lecture: Mark Zylka, “Exploiting genetics to identify environmental risks for autism”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2016 Bridge to Independence Award finalists announced, (2) SFARI 2016 Explorer awardees announced, (3) Simons Variation in Individuals Project (Simons VIP): New data available, (4) SFARI Gene: New data available, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (6) Upcoming lecture: Arnold Kriegstein, “Genomic insights into human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disease”, (7) Upcoming lecture: Mark Zylka, “Exploiting genetics to identify environmental risks for autism”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI 2016 Pilot and Research awardees announced, (2) SPARK Clinical Site Network - Request for applications, (3) SFARI Explorer Awards - Request for applications, (4) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (5) Upcoming lecture: Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, “Potholes and progress on the road to translational treatments in autism spectrum disorder”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SPARK update, (2) SFARI Social at Neuroscience 2016, (3) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2016, (4) 2017 Pilot and Research Awards - Request for applications, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (6) Upcoming lecture: Beth Stevens, “How immune cells help wire the brain: Implications for autism and psychiatric illness”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2017 Pilot and Research Awards - Request for applications, (2) Simons Variation in Individuals Project (Simons VIP): New data now available, (3) SFARI Blog: SFARI’s 2017 funding priorities, (4) SFARI Blog: 2017 Pilot and Research Award applications: The review process, (5) Upcoming lecture: Mustafa Sahin, “Tuberous Sclerosis: Shedding light on the neural circuitry of autism”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Update on Simons Simplex Collection whole-genome sequencing data availability, (2) Rat models for autism research, (3) Induced pluripotent stem cell models for autism research, (4) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (5) Upcoming lecture: Ruth O’Hara, “Sleep in autism spectrum disorders: A window to etiology, diagnosis and treatment”, (6) Past lecture: Christopher Walsh, “One brain, many genomes: Somatic mutation and genomic variability in human cerebral cortex”.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) Autism BrainNet begins tissue distribution, (2) SFARI Gene update, (3) A Conversation with Pamela Feliciano, Scientific Director of SPARK, (4) SFARI Blog: Taking stock, (5) Highlights of SFARI-funded research.

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2016 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications, (2) SFARI Blog: SFARI supports preprints for the life sciences, (3) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (4) Past lecture: Gordon Fishell, "Making up your mind: Interneurons in development and disease".

This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SFARI launches SPARK, an online research initiative that aims to recruit 50,000 individuals with autism, (2) Upcoming lecture: Christopher Walsh, “One brain, many genomes: Somatic mutation and genomic variability in human cerebral cortex”.