Uncovering the roots of Parkinson's disease, together
A global research initiative
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) is a coordinated research initiative to accelerate discoveries for Parkinson’s disease. We are managed by the Coalition for Aligning Science (CAS) and work collaboratively with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to implement our programs. The initiative was incubated under Dr. Ekemini Riley’s leadership with support from the Sergey Brin Family Foundation.
GP2 announced the eighth data release on the Terra and the Verily® Workbench platforms in collaboration with AMP® PD, which includes 5,481 additional whole genome sequences and 10,454 clinical exome sequences.
ASAP launched the CRN Cloud, a data-sharing tool designed to advance Parkinson’s disease research by making data easily available to researchers worldwide. The platform initially includes data from a unique human postmortem-derived brain sequencing collection from 156 unique donors. We plan on releasing more data on the platform by the end of this year. Stay tuned!
iNDI-PD has added new cell lines associated with Parkinson’s disease variants to the Human iPSC catalog through The Jackson Laboratory (JAX). They are publicly available for the research community to use.
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Stories that drive ASAP Open Science Policy
This blog series outlines ASAP’s rationale for why we have gone above and beyond most funders to require open access articles and the sharing and identification of all research inputs and outputs that make up ASAP-funded publications.
Supporting the next generation of Parkinson’s disease scientists: 2024 ASAP COSA virtual meeting
ASAP’s annual Celebration of Scientific Achievement (COSA) showcased the outstanding contributions of young investigators across our Collaborative Research Network (CRN). This year’s event attracted over 550 attendees who attended poster presentations from over 140 ASAP young investigators.
Platform launched for sharing brain samples in Parkinson’s research
Parkinson’s News Today reports on the ASAP CRN Cloud, a data-sharing platform that will make data on human brain samples available to researchers around the world.
