Apply for the Gene Therapy Initiative Team Science Award Program
The Gilbert Family Foundation’s (GFF) Gene Therapy Initiative is accepting proposals for high-impact research on gene therapy strategies aimed at addressing the loss of [...]
Apply for the Drug Discovery Initiative Registered Reports Award Program
Applications are now open for the Children's Tumor Foundation's (CTF) 2021 cycle of Drug Discovery Initiative Registered Reports (DDIRR) award program, a program to [...]
Hack for NF 2020
Do you want to advance the field of neurofibromatosis (NF) and rare diseases? Hack for NF, and be part of developing solutions to [...]
Apply to the Francis S. Collins Scholars Program
In 1990, Dr. Francis S. Collins led the team that discovered the NF1 gene. Now it's your turn to join the team that [...]
Summer 2020 Updates
NF Data Portal: major updates We’re thrilled to announce the re-release of the NF Data Portal. New features include the ability to explore [...]
Spring 2020 Update
Photo courtesy of National Cancer Institute. Therapeutic highlight: MEK inhibitor approved! After several years of innovative preclinical research and intensive clinical study, [...]
Uncovering Therapeutic Strategies for Neurofibromatosis Type 1
By Jineta Banerjee and Robert Allaway Drug discovery studies are challenging to conduct for rare diseases because there often isn’t enough relevant [...]
Winter 2019 Updates
2nd NF Hackathon results The NF-OSI ran the 2nd ever NF Hackathon in San Francisco this past September. During this collaborative scientific event, [...]
Fall 2019 Updates
2nd NF Hackathon: Sept. 13-15 in San Francisco Reminder: A collaborative research event is happening in San Francisco on September 13-15, 2019, one [...]
Summer 2019 Updates
New datasets available on the NF Data Portal The Synodos for NF2 project, led by Drs. Wade Clapp, James Gusella, Scott Plotkin, and [...]