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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
Autism Research Database
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Project Title

Project Title

A drug-screening platform for autism spectrum disorders using human neurons and astrocytes

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Ferrer-Alegre, Marc

Description

Description

During this period, the NCGC has worked to adapt and optimize an HTS-amenable human neuron assay, and high-throughput screening is underway.As a center, the NCGC has fostered and maintained over 110 active collaborations with both NIH and extramural investigators, facilitating drug discovery efforts across the entire spectrum of human disease. These efforts have led to dozens of high-throughput screens and a number of medicinal chemistry campaigns to further improve on screening hits, providing our collaborators and the general research community with publications and a variety of promising small molecule probes and leads. In addition, the NCGC has worked to advance a number of informatic initiatives to make better use of existing drug and disease target information and provide the general public with easily accessible resources, further catalyzing the development of new therapies for human disease.

Funder

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Funding Country

Funding Country

United States

Fiscal Year Funding

Fiscal Year Funding

37474

Current Award Period

Current Award Period

2016

Strategic Plan Question

Strategic Plan Question

Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?

Funder’s Project Link

Funder’s Project Link

NIH RePORTER Project Page Go to website disclaimer

Institution

Institution

National Institutes of Health

Institute Location

Institute Location

United States

Project Number

Project Number

1ZIATR000073-02

Government or Private

Government or Private

Government

History/Related Projects

History/Related Projects

N/A

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